oceansec3

Operator/Swiss Army Knife

You don't need just another degen. You don't need just another linear Wall Street professional either.

You need a Swiss Army knife. That's me.

In 2016, I fell headlong into crypto by finding and reading "Digital Gold" by Nathanial Popper, by accident in a provincial Czech library. From there, I grew into a successful freelance writer in the space. I then leveraged that into marketing positions at two exchanges, advised two startups to seed funding, handled PR and ops, and oversaw full-stack marketing, PR, and business development at Serotonin, while also serving as the Head of Communications for Ukraine DAO.

After two years at Serotonin, I moved on to Push, where I resurrected their DAO and grants program, increased grants inbound by 10x, partnerships by 5x, and the contributor base by 10x, while bringing in considerable investments and revenue.

Through it all, there's one term that defines me: "a Swiss Army knife," through and through.

If you're looking for a cookie-cutter, typical person, that's not me. If you're looking to shake things up and propel forward further than ever before, I'm your guy.


Experience: 7 years

Yearly salary: $130,000

Hourly rate: $75

Nationality: 🇺🇸 United States

Residency: 🇺🇸 United States


Experience

DAO Lead/Grants Lead/Comms Lead
Push Chain
2024 - 2025
Turn-around management, resurrecting the DAO and Grants programs with new structures; Scaling regular DAO contributors from 2 to 50 by end of year; Organizing the first ever Push DAO Governing Council; Voting in the Push DAO Structure for 2024-2025; Managing the full grants lifecycle under the Grants subDAO from sourcing to application review to rubric review to monthly monitoring and scaling; Acting as the only public face of the brand besides the founders; Full BD lifecycle management; Cultivating relationships with ecosystem partners; Managing every aspect of the DAO including structuring its rules, processes and procedures.
Marketing Consultant/DAO Advisor
Serotonin
2022 - 2024
Hired as a content marketing consultant, scaled to PR, full-stack marketing and practical DAO-centered operational consulting; Acted as the de-facto BD rep, bringing in $200k+ in extra client revenue; Leading client content and integrated marketing as well as PR strategy; 0 client complaints in 2 years full-time; Event management on-site at NFT NYC 2022 and Art Basel 2022.
Freelance
Consulting
2020 - 2022
Content strategy and execution services with 3 startups; Advising two startups to full seed funding; Supporting those two startups in every funding-related meeting; Training one startup’s founders; Helping with startup’s hiring processes.
Marketing Manager
Norwegian Block Exchange
2020 - 2021
Handling full stack marketing and PR for the exchange; Growing awareness and usage of the exchange’s suite of products by 10x in users; Managing the exchange’s marketing strategy; Managing all aspects of brand strategy.
Marketing Manager
Bitpanda
2019 - 2020
Hired as content editor, grew into marketing manager; Managing the output of press releases; Structuring the strategy for the Bitpanda Academy; Assisting with brand and PR strategy.
Content Editor
Freelance
2018 - 2019
Managing industry blogs and their strategy; Contributing launch content to various protocols; Learning the basics of crypto industry PR best practices.

Skills

communications
community-manager
dao
growth
growth-hacker
growth-marketing
operations
strategy
business-development
english
czech
french