About the role

Unbox is looking for a sharp, high-ownership Founders’ Associate who can help drive critical projects forward, solve problems across the business, and act as a true extension of the founding team.

About Unbox

Unbox is building the toolkit to power the social commerce revolution. Founded by two former TikTok executives, we're developing solutions to help brands leverage the power of shoppable content and affiliate creators to grow. Our platform combines intelligent creator discovery, content performance analytics, and tools to orchestrate affiliate campaigns at scale. We help global enterprises and fast-moving mid-market brands to unlock the potential of social commerce.

We’re a well-funded, early-stage startup backed by experienced angels and operators from the social commerce space. Our customers include leading enterprises & mid-market brands and top social commerce agencies, and we’re on a mission to make commerce more authentic, entertaining, and data-driven.

We’re a small, high-performing team with deep expertise in AI, social commerce, and creator-led sales. We’re based in London and moving quickly.

Why this role is important

We’re in a high-growth phase: we’ve launched our product, secured top-tier design partners, and are scaling both the platform and customer base. To keep momentum, our founders need a sharp, high-trust operator who can help move critical initiatives forward, remove friction from day-to-day execution, and contribute directly to shaping the company’s next chapter.

This is a unique opportunity to work closely with the founders and learn how to build and scale a startup from the ground up. You’ll get involved across product, operations, fundraising, customer success, and marketing: an ideal role if you’re considering becoming an operator or founder yourself one day.

What exactly are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who’s excited to build. You thrive in ambiguity, pick things up fast, and care about getting things done. You’re commercially sharp and creatively scrappy — just as happy writing copy for a landing page as you are pulling data from a CRM or preparing a pitch deck.

You’ll need to be confident working directly with founders, external stakeholders, and early customers. Prior experience in consulting, VC, startups, or a founder/operator background is a bonus — but we’re open to smart, driven people from any background.

Above all, you’re curious about social commerce, excited by creators and content, and energised by building something new from zero to one.

Sounds great! What are my responsibilities?

Working directly with the founders, you’ll help:

• Drive special projects across product, operations, and go-to-market

• Prepare materials for investors, clients, and internal comms

• Analyse sales and product performance data and turn insights into action

• Build and improve internal processes, tools, and documentation

• Conduct research to inform strategy, product decisions, and partnerships

• Own execution on projects that fall between functions

• Support hiring, onboarding, and team operations

What are the benefits of working at Unbox?

• Work side-by-side with experienced founders solving real customer problems

• Shape the culture, product, and future of an early-stage startup

• Competitive compensation including equity

• Hybrid working from our office near Shoreditch, with flexibility built-in

• Access to events, industry insights, and early-stage startup experience you won’t get anywhere else