Hello from the Local Boys—your weekly inside scoop on who's hiring, who's getting funded, and how to get a job in web3.

Today's rundown:

• 🔥 Freshly Posted Jobs

• 🖼️ Demystifying the Web3 Landscape

• 🔮 WTF is happening Reads from the Week

• 🌱 Startup Funding

Tweet of the week:

FRESH JOBS

Open roles that dropped this week (remote-based unless otherwise noted).

😎 Social Creative Director 💸 $195-230k, Coinbase → As a key member of Coinbase's Creative Studio you'll be on the forefront of creative marketing. Crypto, web3, art, culture, community, technology and finance are all par for the course here. Sweet job benefits (HSA, 401k with match, 18 weeks paid Parental leave and more).

😎 Business Development Associate 💸 $60-100k, Certik → Secure the web3 world with this industry leading company.With 3200 enterprise clients and a stacked list of investors (Sequoia, Tiger, Lightspeed, Coinbase Ventures), it's #uponly.

👾 Head Sales Engineer 💸 $80-200k, UMA → Lead a small, agile team to drive web3 integrations and expand UMA's oracle solution. Web3 knowledge is a must. Competitive salary and token allocations.

🏆 Venture Analyst 💸 $Unknown, Nascent → With 50+ early stage investments, this crypto-native VC firm holds strong in the bear market. The bonus payout structure is extra bonus-y.

🥳 Open App 💸 $69-140k, Shard → Calling...everyone. This unique posting is open to candidates of all types. They have strong "new friend at conference" vibes.

✏️ Content Marketing Associate 💸 $50-165k, Injective → Content is king, especially when it comes to spreading the word for Layer 1 blockchains. Looking for 2+ years in social + experience in crypto. If you love Solana, don't apply.

🌞 Partnerships Lead 💸 $155-200k, Foundation → A "web3-native curation tool". Build relationships with creators, collectors, and other brands to grow this curated NFT marketplace.

💽 Senior Podcast Producer & Editor 💸 $100-110k, Coindesk → We wanted to save this one for ourselves it's so good. Develop shows for Coindesk and make documentary-style audio sparkle. Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3.

🌍 Account Executive and Mid-Market 💸 $120-150k, Magic → Grow the sales org and client portfolio for this instant web3 wallet company. This has our cool-factor vote.

🗓️ Executive Assistant 💸 $75-201k, Polychain → Do you enjoy keeping others organized (and occasionally stopping by SoHo in NY)? Step into your venture capital future.

🎨 Brand Designer 💸 $85-140k → The global web3 custom design team-for-hire that you've never heard of. Counting NEAR, Avalanche, Artemis, and many more among their clients, this is a design role made in crypto heaven. Reply to this email with "Brand Designer Convo" if you're interested in learning more. Include your resume and LinkedIn profile link.

DEMYSTIFYING THE WEB3 LANDSCAPE

When we refer to the web3 job market, we talk about tech companies that are evolving the Internet into a more decentralized state using blockchain. NBD. Blockchain has grown into an entire industry with many sub-verticals. These range from venture capital firms who fund blockchain-based orgs to marketing firms that service them.

Dizzy? Here are a few snapshots of companies in web3 to bring it all into focus. By narrowing in on a specific function in web3, you can map out what the prospective landscape looks like and where your future job, partner, or client may live.

NFTs

Blockchain

Venture Capital

Common search terms to narrow in on the right companies for you

Here's a non-exhaustive list of search terms that help you navigate the waters and keep your job search from becoming stale:

• Brokers & Crypto Banks

• Blockchain Infrastructure

• Crypto Exchanges

• Cryptocurrency

• Custodians

• DAO

• DeFi

• Market Makers

• NFT & Metaverse

• Platforms & Protocols

• Token Issuance Platforms

We'd love to hear: how is your search going? Fill out the below 3-question form to win a free career coaching session ($250 value).

TODAY'S EDITION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY COINBASE

Do you enjoy risk? Yearn for a terrible user experience? Enjoy knowing that your hard-earned crypto investments might not be there when you try to take them out? If so, Coinbase is NOT for you.

Most people buy crypto to invest. Investing means a long-term outlook. A long-term outlook means careful caretaking and clear views on your daily, weekly, monthly and yearly returns. With a mission to increase economic freedom in the world, Coinbase empowers you to create a better life, one trade at a time.

Coinbase makes it easy for you to get started, offering easy to digest videos, learn-to earn programming, clear (dare-we-say fun?) trading charts and no-bs wallets.

Coinbase is built for the long-haul and makes sense if you:

• Have money in crypto and are looking for a safe place to invest it.

• Value transparency, ease-of-use, and an enjoyable experience above all else.

• Want access to the best way to invest in a wide variety of cryptocurrencies.

• Like to earn rewards (up to 4% cash back on the Coinbase Visa debit card).

Over 108 million people and businesses trust Coinbase to buy, sell, and manage crypto. The future of money is here. Learn how you can make your next trade on the blockchain with Coinbase today.

READS FROM THE WEEK

1️⃣ Has Crypto Failed? We sure don't think so, but here's a read on the current market. Read.

2️⃣ An Awesome Repository of ChatGPT prompts to make AI work for you (and your comedian, screenwriter, football commentator dreams). Read.

3️⃣ Stop getting old while you look for a job. Read.

4️⃣ How Jim Collins' Hedgehog relates to leadership. Read.

It's always...

FUNDING SZN

Every week we give you a rundown of companies with recent investment activity. Why? Because $$$ means growth and growth means new jobs. Hop into this list and do some outreach. You might nail a job that's not yet posted.

That's a wrap. See ya next Wednesday! If you want more, be sure to follow our Twitter (@LocalBoys_xyz).

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