[LBC #133] AI Hackathon, Community Week 2026, Fresh Insights & Jobs

Hi friends!

Grab a coffee (or tea!) and dive into this week’s stories, tools, and inspiration:

🤖 Yesterday’s online Hackathon was a hit! Thank you to everyone who joined. Next up: our final in-person edition of 2025 in London on December 3rd. Save your spot.

🎙️ Not in London? No worries. Join our final Talks & Pros of the year with Ruthie Berber, happening online on the same day. Register here.

✨ And speaking of events… we’re already shaping our 2026 agenda. Expect fresh themes, new speakers, and formats designed to help your community thrive. Take a look at what’s coming next.

📣 Community Week 2026 is calling! Speaker applications are now open: Online (Mar 2–5), London (Jul 6–9), and New York (Oct 6–9). Want to share your story or expertise? Apply here.

🔍 This week’s reads bring fresh takes on strategy, operations, analytics, and community world-building — with thoughtful pieces by Circle, Discourse, Bevy, Stateshift, and Rosieland.

🎧 You’ll also find great listens from CHAOSS and Your Work Friends on sunsetting open source projects, and navigating AI, trust, and innovation.

🌼 Say hi to Swati! Founder of WeWomen and leader at Karyashala Foundation, she’s all about helping women grow and thrive. Read her story.

💼 Whether you’re job hunting or growing your team, our Job Board has you covered: explore roles from Airbnb, Amazon, and Canva, or share your own open position with the community.

Keep reading for more inspiration, opportunities, and resources.

With love,
Francisco, Paôla & the Led by Community Team of Volunteers

Build AI-powered tools that help communities grow, scale, and thrive — no coding required!

Join us at Tessl HQ for a hands-on day of prototyping, collaboration, and live demos powered by Lovable. Whether you’re a developer, designer, product thinker, or community builder, this is your chance to explore AI for onboarding, engagement, learning, moderation, events, and more.

• From Higher Logic: How Higher Logic Vanilla’s Salesforce Integration Unifies Community Engagement and Customer Data. Read

• From Discourse: How to Communicate the Value of Your Community. Read

• From Bevy: Community Health Scorecards: Metrics for Enterprise Forums and Events. Read

• From CMX: Sasmini Bandara, Navigating Community Building as a Digital Nomad. Read

We love to feature Community Professionals sharing their wisdom with the community. This week we have a few:

• Million Dollar Community: The Gathering Spot by Gareth Wilson. Read

• Yes, You Can Thrive Without A Niche (sort of)by Richard Millington. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

And more worth reading below:

• From Incredible: Burned out on building community? Read this. Read

• From Pamela Slim: Why you can’t half ass your commitment to your body of work. Read

• From Rosieland: Community as Minimum Viable World Building. Read

This week, we have a few new podcast episodes available:

• From CHAOSS Podcast: Practitioner Guides: #6 Sunsetting an Open Source Project. Listen

• From Your Work Friends Podcast: AI Ambition: Balancing Innovation with Trust w/McKinsey CHRO Wendy Miller. Listen

A powerhouse of purpose and compassion, Swati has spent over a decade empowering women through skill development, mentorship, and entrepreneurial innovation. From founding WeWomen, a global Facebook community of 120,000+ members, to leading Karyashala Foundation in Gurugram, she has built a vibrant, supportive ecosystem where women grow, collaborate, and thrive.

An entrepreneur at heart, Swati blends vision, empathy, and purpose to create spaces where women find confidence, opportunity, and meaningful connection.

Her advice for increasing community engagement: build personal connections. Comment, celebrate, and make members feel genuinely seen.

We have 120+ jobs available in our Job Board, but we are featuring a few below:

US & Remote

💼 Senior Customer Marketing & Community Manager- US(Remote) at Glia. Apply

💼 Lead Community Manager, Trust & Safety- US(Remote) at Raya. Apply

💼 Community Manager- US(Remote) at Fliff. Apply

💼 Social Media & Community Manager- US(Hybrid) at Pava. Apply

💼 Senior Community Manager- US(Remote) at HubSpot. Apply

💼 Digital Community Manager- US(Remote) at Shopify. Apply

💼 AI Evangelist and Community Manager- US(In-Office) at SuperAnnotate. Apply

💼 Head of Community- US(In-Office) at Duolingo. Apply

💼 Community Operation Specialist- US(Hybrid) at ByteDance. Apply

💼 Senior Program Manager, Digital Community- US(Remote) at Vanta. Apply

💼 Senior Community Manager- US(Remote) at Illumio. Apply

💼 Community Program Manager, AWS Developer Experience- US(In-Office) at Amazon. Apply

💼 Customer Marketing Manager- US(Remote) at Virtuous. Apply

💼 Content & Community Strategist- US(Remote) at UpCodes. Apply

💼 Developer Relations & Ecosystem Growth Lead- US (In-Office) at Sentient Foundation. Apply

💼 Content Director & Community Manager- US(Hybrid) at Bellota Labs. Apply

💼 Senior Director, Community- US(In-Office) at Autodesk. Apply

💼 Senior Community Manager- US(Remote) at thatgamecompany. Apply

💼 Manager, User Community and Engagement- US(Remote) at SmarterDx. Apply

💼 Manager, Events & Community- US(Remote) at Praxis. Apply

💼 Developer Relations- US(In-Office) at Imbue. Apply

💼 Developer Advocate, Support- US(Remote) at Toast. Apply

💼 Developer Relations Lead- US(In-Office) at Spice AI. Apply

💼 Developer Relations Manager- US(Hybrid) at Polymarket. Apply

Canada & Remote

💼 Creator & Community Partnerships Coordinator – Canada(Hybrid) at Knix. Apply

Europe & UK & Remote

💼  Senior Social Media & Community Manager - Germany(Remote) at New Moon Production. Apply

💼 Community & Customer Marketer- UK(Remote) at Bókun. Apply

💼 Community Program Manager - Developer Experience & Education- Portugal (Remote) at PagerDuty. Apply

💼 Community Manager- Ireland(Remote) at Jamango. Apply

💼 Fellowship Community Manager- UK(Hybrid) at The RSA. Apply

💼 EMEA Community Leader- Czech Republic (Hybrid) at Rockwell Automation. Apply

💼 Community Manager- UK (Hybrid) at Unfabled. Apply

💼 Community Marketing Manager- Cyprus (Remote) at Xsolla. Apply

💼 Membership Events Manager- UK (Hybrid) at Victoria and Albert Museum. Apply

💼 Event Marketing Manager, Mind the Product- UK (In-Office) at Pendo. Apply

💼 Manager, Direct to Fan & Community- UK (Hybrid) at Warner Music Group. Apply

Australia & Asia & Remote

💼 Event & Experiential Marketing Manager- Asia(Remote) at Grvt. Apply

💼 Community Manager - Levant- UAE(Remote) at Binance. Apply

💼 Community Manager- Japan(In-Office) at AIRoA. Apply

💼 Associate Community Manager- India(In-Office) at Newton School. Apply

💼 Project Manager (Community Engagement)- India(In-Office) at The Migration Company. Apply

💼 Community Associate- India(In-Office) at International Workplace Group plc. Apply

💼 Social Media & Community Coordinator- India(In-Office) at UPDEED. Apply

💼 Community Manager- India(In-Office) at Iron Lady. Apply

Jobs in other locations

💼 KM - Skool Community Manager & Digital Product Coordinator at KultreMedia LLC- Global(Remote) at KultreMedia. Apply

💼 Social & Community Marketer- Global(Remote) at Doist. Apply

💼 Community Moderator- Global(Remote) at DoubleZero. Apply

💼 Community & Events Manager- Global(Remote) at Chili Piper. Apply

📅 The Global Events Calendar

🗓️ Dec 3rd, AI Lovable Hackathon: Community Tools Edition (London). Save your spot

🗓️ Dec 3rd, Build With, Not For: Community Strategies for Product Innovation with Ruthie Berber. Save your spot

🗓️ Feb 11th, Turning Members into Storytellers: Unlocking the Power of Peer-Led Content with Beth Saunders. Save your spot

🗓️ Mar 11th, Scaling Community Relationships at Squarespace with Sarah Greisdorf. Save your spot