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Binance Accelerator Program - Community & Events (Africa)

Binance
South Africa, Cape TownPosted 5 days ago
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About the team

The team is a young, dynamic, and ambitious group spread across the African continent, united by a shared belief in Africa's power to shape the future of finance. Driven by the opportunity to help build the next financial super app in Africa with Binance, they are passionate about expanding access, driving adoption, and creating meaningful impact in the markets they serve. With Africa positioned for extraordinary growth, this team is committed to making the continent a major force in Binance's journey toward 3 billion users.

About the role

Day to day, the intern will help grow and engage Binance's local community by moderating social channels and chat groups, supporting content creation and localisation, coordinating online and offline events, and assisting with partnerships across universities, developer communities, KOLs, and broader Web2/Web3 ecosystems. They will also support community campaigns, Binance Angels initiatives, and general regional marketing and community operations to ensure Binance remains active, relevant, and well connected in the local market.

Key Responsibilities

  • Grow and manage local user focused online and offline Binance communities
  • Moderate the regional social media and chat groups to increase community followers and increase positive engagement
  • Explore new community-friendly platforms to best facilitate the local community
  • Organize online and offline events and meet-ups in your region
  • Create, translate, and proofread content that will serve the local community and users well for Binance, focusing on the local market
  • Setup close partnerships with the regional Developer Communities, Universities, Blockchains associations, KOLs, and other web2 and web3 audiences
  • Deploy successful online and offline Developers campaigns, such as hackathons, workshops and conferences from ideation to execution
  • Explore new community-friendly platforms to facilitate the expansion
  • Serve as a liaison between Binance Angels and all departments at Binance to coordinate and support special projects, marketing initiatives and campaigns, community AMAs, communications, among other program tasks
  • Assist in the recruiting and onboarding of new volunteers for the Binance Angels program

Qualifications & Requirements

  • Bachelor degree or above, prefer major in marketing
  • Exposure to digital marketing planning and execution work experience, preferably in crypto exchanges/fintech/eCommerce/tech/gaming, B2C facing
  • Past marketing/growth roles at Spanish virtual asset exchange is strongly preferred. Knowledge in crypto, blockchain technology, and the Binance ecosystem
  • Extremely organized, able to manage time effectively, and comfortable working across time zones and multiple projects
  • Fluency in English is required to be able to coordinate with overseas partners and stakeholders. Additional languages would be an advantage
  • Ability to handle a fast-paced environment and many moving parts at once
  • Experience in community management and events is a plus

About Binance

Binance, launched in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao in Shanghai and now globally distributed, is the largest crypto exchange by spot and derivatives volume, serving 180M+ registered users. Its ecosystem spans Binance Exchange, BNB Chain, Trust Wallet, Labs investments and institutional custody. After settling major regulatory actions in 2023-24, Binance rebuilt its compliance stack and expanded in Dubai, Paris and Brazil. Location spread reflects its distributed model with hubs in Dubai, Taipei and remote. Candidates should expect high bar for detail, on-call ownership and ability to ship at exchange scale. Candidates joining Binance enter a high-velocity, globally distributed operational model that prioritizes exchange matching engine throughput, 24/7 system availability, and strict global compliance standards.