ADAK, The Place For Athletes

Updates: Hiring!

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About ADAK

ADAK is a new type of social community connecting elite athletes through weekly experiences.

Rates of loneliness, mental health issues, and depression are on the rise. We believe we can address these issues for our members through consistent experiences designed to connect people in-person. Ranging from Saturday kickbacks and weekend athletic tournaments to group hikes and book clubs, we provide weekly experiences our members can easily access right in their neighborhoods.

ADAK membership is exclusively for elite athletes, their significant others, and their close friends. By focusing on current and former, college and professional athletes we are able to provide the highest quality experiences for our members.

We do not expect ADAK to fill the void a lifetime of competitive athletics can leave in a person's life. Instead we believe it can be a place for athletes to come together to shape their next chapter.

Note: it is NOT required for you to be a current or former elite athlete to work at ADAK!

The Job

We are looking for motivated self-starters, with a passion for people, to help us reimagine community in today's world.

You should be a leader with 2+ years of experience in the travel, hospitality, or outdoors industry. You have a passion for developing creative community experiences ranging from hikes & picnics to books clubs & coffee chats. You are not afraid to work in a fast paced environment, and roll up your sleeves to personally get stuff done.

As a Community Builder you will be a leader of the ADAK community. You will be responsible for planning in-person experiences on a week-to-week basis, executing these experiences, and building connections between ADAK members through these experiences. You should be comfortable in intricate social situations, and find joy in connecting others.

Competitive salary with an equity package

$50,000 -$70,000

This role is in-person in Los Angeles

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing engaging and inclusive experiences that serve as a foundational part of the ADAK community offering

• Planning experiences weeks in advance with thoughtful and flexible itineraries

• Coordinating with local businesses, contractors, and other partners to create these experiences

• Guiding community members through these experiences e.g. bike rides, hikes, athletic tournaments, books clubs, etc.

• Building connections between community members through these experiences

• Serving as a leader of the ADAK community and expert on the local area

• Bringing a creative and forward-thinking mindset to the ADAK team

Your qualifications should include:

• High emotional intelligence and self-described as a people person

• Excellent communications skills and a comfort with public speaking

• Project management experience and an extreme attention to detail

• Enthusiasm and flexibility in dynamic environments

• Persistence with an unstoppable self-starter mentality

• 2+ years of experience in a guest facing role in the travel, hospitality, or outdoors industry

• 23 years of age or older

• English fluency

Why work at ADAK?

• Opportunity to work with a mission driven team solving real problems affecting millions of adults

• Responsibility, autonomy, and the opportunity to drive real business impact for a startup

• A welcoming, collaborative, and inclusive startup culture

• Ability to advance your career as we grow

Additional Information About ADAK

ADAK, the place for Athletes, was created to provide elite Athletes with community after they retire from their formal careers. Ranging from immediately upon retirement to years after their last competition, many Athletes struggle transitioning away from the structure and camaraderie of their sport. This struggle is so common psychologists have given it a name: identity foreclosure.

At ADAK, we believe that we can help address this issue through consistent, in-person community. Our Founders were Athletes at Duke and USC (SoCal), and also struggled with the transition away from sports. Even after finding success in the professional world something did not feel right to them. With the exception of a few college friends, they had limited support from anyone outside of work and home. As their network began to move to new cities, our Founders realized that there was no consistent place to meet the type of people they enjoyed spending time with. Social clubs were expensive & not their kind of people, rec sports leagues were a good place to get hurt, gyms lacked a sense of purpose, and anything digital felt unfulfilling. So our Founders created something new. Outside of work and home, ADAK is a third place created for former college & professional Athletes to help Athletes build close personal relationships.

We do not expect ADAK to fill the void a lifetime of competitive Athletics can leave in a person's life. Instead we hope it can be a place for Athletes to come together to shape their next chapter. It is a place for Athletes to continue to do the activities they like, with the people they like to be around, all while discovering new passions that they did not have the chance to explore while training at the highest levels.

We are working every day to build a fulfilling and accessible community through in-person activity and face-to-face connection. In doing so, we seek to create a world in which we, ourselves, want to live. If you want to help us build the next generation of community, we want to hear from you.