MAVION's design challenge, Immutable and Blockworks are hiring, the Grammy's AI protocols, and happenings from #Cannes
Women in Emerging Tech - Issue #55
Welcome to Women in Emerging Tech! I’m Carly Long from Weld Recruiting and this is the 55th edition of our weekly get-down!
(Formerly known as #womeninweb3 -- y'all voted it was time to broaden the horizons)
So scroll through for some of the usual and some of the new stuff:
👯 Women in web3… and beyond
💼 Emerging tech job openings
🗓 Tech events to pencil in & big recaps
📰 All the #emergingtech news… (AI everything, NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
📚 A little bit of learning
👯 Women in web3… and beyond
Cathy Hackl spoke with Gary Vaynerchuk on her Metaverse Marketing Podcast. Take a listen.
Da Vinci took us through a thread on AI artist Clare Silver’s success.
Michelle Reeves’ MAVION is hosting a community design challenge — the winning look will be sold in digital games and metaverses with royalties shared with you! Want to learn more about MAVION? Listen to my episode of #womeninweb3 with Michelle:
💼 Emerging tech job openings
Looking for a blockchain recruiter? AI recruiter? A #web3 recruiter? We got you.
🚀 We do things a bit different at Weld with content recruiting – want to hear more about this complimentary benefit? Get in touch! I’d love to help.
Looking for a blockchain intern job? Salesforce blockchain jobs? web3 python roles? web3 #cybersecurity positions? We got you.
🚀 If you’re a candidate looking for a new career in web3, AI or emerging tech: Submit your resume to job openings on the Weld Recruiting site.
+ Jobs of the week:
Devon Ferreira and Immutable are looking for a Global Head of PR and Communications.
Dan Hennessy and Blockworks are looking for a Senior Designer.
Zach Stubenvoll is looking for a Head of Brand Design to join the Meta Reality Labs team.
🗓 Tech events to pencil in & big recaps
Cannes things: Keith Soljacich and Publicis launched an AI tool at Cannes six years ago. Fast forward to this year’s event — and it’s all anyone can talk about. + Captiv8 is doing some cool thangs. 👀 Meridith Valiando Rojas. PS — go to DEPT’s Bamboo Beach tomorrow.
If you’re having #cannes fomo and are stuck in NYC — I hope you were able to join Brandon Gutman and Brand Innovators for ‘Cannes on the Hudson.’
+ better start planning for fall events… they’ll be here before you know it!
Sept. 11-13, Permissionless is in Austin, TX
Sept. 13-14, Token 2049 is in Singapore
Sept. 20-22, Messari Mainnet is in NYC
Oct. 2-3, Chainlink’s SmartCon is in Barcelona, Spain
📰 All the #emergingtech news… (AI everything, NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
Wyre announced they’re shutting down “due to market conditions” — giving customers until Friday, July 14 to withdraw their assets.
The Grammy’s felt it was time to clarify — only human creators can win awards, according to their AI Protocols that were just released. (So does this mean Paul McCartney and the last Beatles song ever are in, or out?) Meanwhile, celebs are using AI to take control of their own images.
Mercedes owners will soon have ChatGPT as part of their car’s “info-tainment” system. But what for, exactly?
Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Lee Westwood’s LIV Golf team secured a sponsorship with crypto exchange OKX.
Ben Fielding and Harry Grieve announced that their team at Gensyn received a $43M Series A round, led by a16z.
H.E. Justin Sun announced the launch of the Huobi Mars Program, the first exchange to venture into space exploration.
Nike x Fortnite launched the ultimate Sneakerhunt. What that means? I’m not too sure. Guess you got to play to find out!
LVMH and Epic Games announced a partnership to bring customers new types of immersive products and experiences. + Zofia Zwieglinska covered what LVMH’s push into web3 and community building means for luxury’s direction.
📚 A little bit of learning
Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at EY, is launching his book “Ethereum for Business” this week — with all the profits going to Gitcoin to fund public goods.
That’s all for now folks! See you next week.
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