Who we are

Co:Create is the trusted global home for tattoo artists and their clients, built to simplify and elevate every step of the tattoo journey. We connect clients with handpicked, world-class tattoo artists, making it easy to discover, book, and bring exceptional tattoos to life.

For clients, Co:Create removes the stress of unanswered messages and confusing processes by providing a seamless booking experience with trusted artists. For artists, we offer a curated platform to showcase their art, streamline their bookings, and connect with clients-all without fees or unnecessary hassle.

Backed by a $25M seed round led by a16z crypto and guided by renowned tattoo artists and industry leaders, Co:Create is redefining how the tattoo world connects. We're on a mission to bring great tattoos to life and create the global home for this vibrant community.

You can learn more about our team and hiring process at https://team.cocreate.ink.
Mission and Outcomes

Below is the mission of the role, and the outcomes we hope the role will achieve during its first year.

Mission

Drive the growth and activation of top tattoo artists on CO:CREATE by identifying, engaging, onboarding, and activating them to use CO:CREATE as their primary booking platform. Every artist on CO:CREATE is handpicked by a Curator, and this role ensures that selected artists move seamlessly through the process-from discovery to onboarding to full activation.
Outcomes

1. Cultivate & Engage Top Artists

Before an artist is selected for CO:CREATE, this role is responsible for proactive engagement to build relationships and spark interest in joining.

• Individually engaging with high-potential artists via Instagram DMs, emails, and other channels to introduce them to CO:CREATE.
• DMing artists who follow our IG account to thank them, start a conversation, and encourage them to apply for curator selection.
• Monitoring and tracking artist interest & engagement, ensuring that promising artists are surfaced for curator review.
• Developing an ongoing pipeline of top artists who align with CO:CREATE's standards of excellence.

2. Manage the Artist Selection Process

Every artist on CO:CREATE is selected by a trusted Curator. This role ensures that process runs smoothly by:

• Managing two pathways for selection:
• Curator-Selected Artists - Artists proactively chosen by a Curator for their list.
  
  1. Artist Applications - Artists who apply for consideration and are reviewed by a Curator.
• Creating and maintaining the list of artists who apply for Curator review, sending it to Curators, and tracking their decisions.
• Ensuring that all approved artists are correctly documented and processed for addition to the World's Best Artist (WBA) Directory.

3. Engage & Build Relationships with Selected Artists

Once an artist is approved for CO:CREATE, this role is responsible for:

• Proactively reaching out to inform them of their selection and confirm their profile details.
• Starting a conversation with each artist-educating them on CO:CREATE, answering questions, and getting them excited about what we do.
• Providing concierge-level support to make onboarding seamless and personalized.

4. Ensure Smooth Onboarding to the Platform

• Preparing the Google Sheet data files (or manually adding artists) to onboard them into our system.
• Communicating with artists at every stage of the onboarding process, ensuring they have what they need to set up their full profile and start accepting bookings.
• Troubleshooting issues and answering questions to remove any friction in getting started.

5. Drive Artist Activation & Platform Adoption

Getting artists onto CO:CREATE is just the start-this role ensures they fully activate by:

• Encouraging them to complete their profiles and accept bookings.
• Following up over time to deepen engagement, provide updates, and keep them connected to CO:CREATE.
• Converting onboarded artists into fully activated users who make CO:CREATE their primary booking platform by:
• Getting them to link to CO:CREATE in their Instagram bio.
  
  1. Encouraging them to add their CO:CREATE profile link to their website (if applicable).
  2. Ensuring they use CO:CREATE for all client inquiries and bookings.

Who You Are

• Relationship-Driven - You know how to build trust and keep artists engaged through authentic, respectful communication.
• Highly Organized & Detail-Oriented - You thrive on managing high-volume outreach while ensuring accuracy and follow-through.
• Tech-Savvy & Process-Minded - You're comfortable working in Google Sheets, IG DMs, internal data systems, and CRM tools, and you identify ways to improve efficiency.
• Data-Driven - You track and measure engagement, onboarding, and activation, always looking for ways to improve.
• Action-Oriented - You take ownership, drive projects forward, and ensure no artist falls through the cracks.

Benefits & perks

• Fully remote team (US time-zone based employees only at this time)
• Team offsites twice a year
• Health insurance
• 401k Retirement plan
• Unlimited vacation & paid time off
• Two company-wide shut downs a year to give everyone the week off in both the summer and winter.
• $200/month in "get what you need" funds.
• Hate Monday meetings? So do we! We have a strong "no meetings" policy on Mondays.

How We Work

We care personally, and challenge directly: We cultivate a BS-free culture where honesty is coupled with empathy. Our team communicates with kindness and directness, ensuring clarity and mutual respect in every interaction.

We are humble and hungry: We embrace a mindset of continuous learning and scrappy innovation. Always open to new ideas and feedback, we're hungry for progress, relentlessly pursuing our goals with determination and resourcefulness.

We take ownership & accountability: We champion proactive ownership and outcome-based accountability. Moving beyond just participation, we focus on impactful results, taking the initiative to identify and address opportunities and challenges head-on.

We are optimistic, but realistic: We know we can be successful, but have a healthy respect for challenges we have to overcome.

We work with speed and intention: When faced with a tradeoff of fast or complete, we move fast. Though we always strive for both. Our actions are quick but not hasty, always connected to our objectives and responsive to the ever-evolving needs of our artists and community.

What We Prioritize

Artists' Needs Above All: At our core, we prioritize the welfare and prosperity of artists. We're dedicated to innovating solutions that amplify artists' earnings and recognition, always placing their needs at the forefront of our endeavors.

Community Collaboration: We believe in the power of community. By fostering a collaborative environment, we ensure that artists, collectors, and community members have a voice in shaping our platform, aligning everyone's incentives for mutual success.

Technology coupled with a respect for tradition: Honoring the rich traditions of tattoo art, we blend respect for history with a passion for innovation and emergent technology. Our approach involves understanding the past to skillfully craft the future, using technology to enhance and preserve the essence of this ancient art form.

About Co:Create

We are a woman-led company and believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Candidates of all protected classes are encouraged to apply and we offer equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law.