[LBC #136] Yearbook 2025, CMAD 2026, Portfolio Builder & 120+ Jobs

Hi friends!

Grab your favorite drink and dive into our final newsletter of 2025:

🎥 We’re closing the year with the Community Pros Yearbook 2025, a collection of short video reflections from community builders across our network. Want to add your voice? Submit your video here.

🧰 New tool alert: the Portfolio Builder for Community Pros is live! Turn your work into a clean, shareable profile to showcase your experience, case studies, and focus areas. Free forever. Watch the quick demo and build your profile.

🎉 Community Manager Appreciation Day (CMAD) 2026 is around the corner! After an incredible global celebration this year, we’re gathering worldwide again with meetups, coworking days, and simple moments of connection. Stay tuned!

🗓️ Our 2026 agenda is coming together: Talks & Pros returns, the new Community Creators Series launches, and more learning and inspiration are on the way. Check it out.

🎤 Community Week 2026 speaker applications are now open across Online, London, and New York. Got a story or lesson to share? Apply here.

📘 Featured playbook: Strengthening Local Engagement through Online Communities by Marjorie Anderson — a practical guide for chapter leaders building communities that last.

📚 This week’s reads bring strategy, ops, analytics, community design, and member insights from Circle, Discourse, CMX, Max Pete, and more.

🎧 Fresh podcast episodes are in from Amanda Lea Kaiser and Your Work Friends — on engagement, ownership, and what helps communities thrive.

💼 Job hunting or hiring? Our Job Board has new openings across the US, Europe, Asia, and plenty of remote-friendly roles. Take a look and find your match.

Scroll for more stories, resources, and opportunities — and thank you for being part of another year building, dreaming, and showing up with heart. See you in January!

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

• From Discourse: Our Commitment to Your Ongoing Success with Discourse. Read

• From CMX: Fostering Connections: My Journey in Community Management. Read

• Why Community Managers Deserve to Be Respected, Paid, and Empowered by Nikita Heyland. Read

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

• Consultants Should Proudly Disclose Their Gen AI Use To Clients by Richard Millington. Read

• Staying top of mind (without being weird about it) by Max Pete. Read

• A simple onboarding flow for WhatsApp communities by Martha Essien. Read

• Yes, you are badass! by Rosie Sherry. Read

• Million Dollar Community: Daybreaker by Gareth Wilson. Read

Are we missing a newsletter? Let us know!

And more worth reading below:

• From Rosieland: Community Call Outs. Read

• From Buffer: How to Grow on Social Media in 2026: A Data-Backed Strategy. Read

• From CMGR.LIVE: Why is Online Community Management Important? Read

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

• From Amanda Lea Kaiser Podcast: How to Elevate Engagement. Listen

• From Your Work Friends: Ownership Works: When All Employees Own a Piece of The Upside w/ Anna-Lisa Miller. Listen

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

US & Remote

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

💼 Community Manager - US (Remote) at The Dispatch. Apply

💼 Community Manager - US (Remote) at Tools for Humanity. Apply

💼 Community Manager - US (In-Office) at Genstore AI. Apply

💼 Community Manager, Silicon Valley - US (In-Office) at WeWork. Apply

💼 Lenovo Creator Global Community Manager - US (In-Office) at Lenovo. Apply

💼 Director of Public Programs and Engagement - US( Hybrid) at The Asian Art Museum. Apply

💼 Event DevRel Lead - US (Remote) at Tenstorrent. Apply

💼 Community Manager - US (In-Office) at World. Apply

💼 Community Operations, Growth - US (In-Office) at Weights & Biases. Apply

💼 Sr. Customer Engagement Marketing Manager - US (Hybrid) at PointClickCare. Apply

💼 VIP Community Manager - US (Remote) at BrandChamp. Apply

💼 Scaled Program Operations Manager - US (Hybrid) at Patreon. Apply

💼 Head of Content and Community - US (In-Office) at Probably Genetic. Apply

💼 Creative Brand, Community & Growth Lead, Robotics - US (In-Office) at Tutor. Apply

💼 Community Program Manager - US (In-Office) at vivenu. Apply

💼 Events & Community Marketing Manager - US (Remote) at Verifiable. Apply

💼 Community Engagement Lead - US (In-Office) at Grafton Sciences. Apply

💼 Senior Customer Marketing Partner - Communities - US (Hybrid) at Thryv. Apply

💼 Customer Advocacy Manager, Startups - US (Hybrid) at Vanta. Apply

💼 Community Engagement Specialist - US (Hybrid) at Alumni Ventures. Apply

Canada & Remote

💼 Customer Advocacy Marketer - Canada (Remote) at Workleap. Apply

Europe & UK & Remote

💼  Strategic Community Specialist - UK (Remote) at Reddit. Apply

💼 Community Lead - UK (Hybrid) at Accurx. Apply

💼 Cardiff Space & Community Manager - UK (Hybrid) at Monzo Bank. Apply

💼 Partnerships & Community Manager - UK (Remote) at Genie AI. Apply

💼 Social Content Manager - UK (Remote) at s360. Apply

💼 Campaign and Content Manager - UK (Remote) at Bjak. Apply

💼 Junior content manager - UK (Remote) at Bending Spoons. Apply

💼 Community Coordinator - UK (Hybrid) at Warner Music Group. Apply

💼 Community & Social Media Manager - Moldova (Remote) at Binance. Apply

💼 Head of Community & Player Engagement - Poland (Remote) at Overdroid. Apply

Australia & Asia & Remote

💼  Community Marketing Manager - Israel (Hybrid) at Powtoon. Apply

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

💼 Community Manager / Lead Specialist - Japan (In-Office) at Lululemon. Apply

💼 Community Manager - Education - Indonesia(Hybrid) at Canva. Apply

Jobs in other locations

💼 Community Operations & Project Manager - Global (Remote) at Bellingcat. Apply

📅 The Global Events Calendar

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

🗓️ Feb 26th, Build a Thriving Membership Community in 2026 with Tom Ross. Save your spot

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