Founding City Ambassador - San Diego, CA

Remote | San Diego Metro Area, CA | Performance-Based Compensation + Equity Opportunity **Help build Dineships in San Diego — and earn the opportunity to own part of what you build.** About Dineships Dineships is a social dining mobile app available on iOS and Android that helps people turn online connections into real-world friendships over dinner, lunch, coffee, and drinks. Our app is fully built and live, and we're actively growing our initial user community in South Florida as we prepare to expand city by city. We're building a two-sided platform: For consumers: A free social dining app that connects people based on shared interests, location, dining preferences, and availability. For restaurants: An upcoming restaurant marketing and advertising platform that helps businesses attract local diners through affordable subscriptions and pay-per-click advertising. Our restaurant platform is preparing for launch, with introductory subscriptions planned to start at $49 per month for individual restaurants. San Diego is one of our first expansion markets, and we're looking for an entrepreneurial Founding City Ambassador to help build and eventually lead Dineships throughout the San Diego. metro area. The Opportunity This is not a traditional 9-to-5 position. It's an entrepreneurial, hands-on opportunity for someone who wants to build a market from the ground up and grow with the company. The role begins with community development and evolves into restaurant sales, partnerships, and market leadership. Phase 1 — Build the Community Your initial focus will be growing the Dineships user community throughout San Diego. You'll leverage your local network, community relationships, social media, partnerships, and grassroots initiatives to help establish the active user base that makes Dineships valuable. **You won't be building the market alone.** Dineships plans to support city launches through paid digital advertising, creator and affiliate partnerships, marketing resources, referral initiatives, and coordinated growth campaigns. Your responsibility will be leading local execution, developing relationships, and helping turn that marketing activity into a growing, engaged community. Phase 2 — Build the Restaurant Network As the user community grows, your focus will expand to introducing local restaurants to the Dineships restaurant platform. You'll prospect, pitch, and develop relationships with restaurant owners and operators, helping them understand how Dineships can connect their businesses with local diners. Our restaurant platform is designed to offer: Affordable monthly subscriptions for restaurant participation and visibility. Pay-per-click advertising opportunities that allow restaurants to promote themselves to relevant diners. A new channel for restaurants to reach people actively interested in dining and social experiences. You'll earn performance-based compensation for qualifying restaurant subscriptions, retention milestones, and subscription revenue. Phase 3 — Build Your Team & Lead New Markets As you achieve your market milestones and demonstrate success in building the Dineships community and restaurant network, you'll have the opportunity to advance into market leadership, build your own team, and help launch additional cities. Leadership advancement and team-building opportunities will depend on performance, company growth, business needs, and mutual agreement. Equity ownership is earned separately through the Founding Equity Track, subject to its milestones and vesting requirements. Successful Ambassadors may advance from Founding City Ambassador to Market Lead, City Manager, and ultimately Regional Leadership. At this stage, the opportunity expands beyond personally acquiring users and restaurant partners. You'll have the potential to: Recruit, build, and manage your own local team of Ambassadors and restaurant representatives. Oversee community growth, restaurant partnerships, and revenue performance across your market. Help launch and develop additional Dineships cities. Build and lead regional teams as Dineships expands. Earn increasing performance-based compensation while participating in the company's long-term growth through earned equity. Our goal is to give successful early market builders the opportunity to become long-term leaders who help shape Dineships' expansion across multiple cities. What You'll Do Build awareness and grow the Dineships community throughout the San Diego metro area. Leverage existing local relationships and networks to accelerate user acquisition. Develop grassroots, community, social media, referral, and partnership initiatives. Build relationships with local organizations, community leaders, creators, and potential partners. Coordinate with Dineships on marketing campaigns and local market growth initiatives. Help establish the local user density needed for successful social dining experiences. As the market develops, prospect, pitch, and close restaurant subscriptions. Develop and maintain relationships with restaurant owners, operators, and hospitality groups. Identify sponsorship, partnership, and business development opportunities. Work toward defined market milestones and take increasing ownership of local performance. Help build and manage local teams as the market expands. Who We're Looking For Entrepreneurial, competitive, self-motivated, and comfortable taking initiative. Strong communicator with excellent relationship-building skills. Lives in or near the San Diego metro area. Deep familiarity with the San Diego community and ideally an established local network. Sales, business development, community growth, or partnership experience strongly preferred. Comfortable prospecting, opening doors, pitching opportunities, and closing deals. Able to develop creative strategies for building a community and growing a local market. Interested in startups, hospitality, restaurants, social platforms, or local business development. Results-oriented and motivated by performance-based compensation and long-term upside. Excited about the possibility of growing into a city or regional leadership position. This is an entrepreneurial, performance-based opportunity rather than a traditional salaried position at the outset. The Founding City Ambassador program includes: User Growth Milestone Compensation: Earn compensation for achieving defined verified-user growth milestones. Restaurant Acquisition Bonuses: Earn payments for qualifying restaurant subscriptions and applicable retention milestones. Recurring Subscription Commissions: Earn a percentage of qualifying restaurant subscription revenue. Paid Leadership Progression: Opportunity to advance into compensated Market Lead, City Manager, and Regional Leadership positions as performance milestones are achieved and positions become available. Equity Opportunity: A performance-based path toward earning up to 1% equity in Dineships, subject to defined milestones, vesting requirements, continued service, and definitive agreements. Additional Business Development Opportunities: Potential compensation for approved sponsorships, strategic partnerships, and other revenue-generating relationships, with compensation terms agreed upon separately. We're looking for someone interested in building long-term value and growing with Dineships, not simply earning commissions from individual transactions. Location & Availability This is a remote position with no office requirement. However, candidates must live in or near the San Diego metro area and be available for local networking, restaurant meetings, community development, and partnership opportunities. We're looking for the selected candidate to begin within approximately 1–2 weeks. Interested in Building Something? If you're entrepreneurial, connected to the San Diego community, know how to turn relationships into results, and are excited about helping build and eventually lead a growing market, we'd love to hear from you. Selected applicants will receive additional information about the Founding City Ambassador compensation and equity track before moving forward in the interview process. #J-18808-Ljbffr