Steven Fowler

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Head of Marketing at Spindle Labs · Community

Spindle Labs
Nashville, TN · CT (UTC-6)
14+ years experience
Harvard University
English
Advising
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Overview

I've spent 14 years on community - first at Target, now at Spindle Labs. Ran 114 meetups across 11 cities. Before that: Spotify and UnitedHealth Group. Trail runner and occasional climber.

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  • Second opinions on events decisions
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Skills
socialpartnershipsdeveloper relationsevents
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for first-time founders: community and events

Topics
community, partnerships, developer relations
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Paid
Capacity
A few async reviews a month
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

14 years of community. One call a month or async reviews.

Nashville, TNdeveloper relationseventssocial
Open

Experience

  1. Head of Marketing
    May 2024 - Present
    Spindle Labs · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Rebuilt the community reporting so every rupee and dollar of spend is traceable.
    • Hired and trained a community team of 12.
    • Built a community of 40 thousand members from zero.
  2. Content Marketing Lead
    Sep 2020 - May 2024
    Spotify · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Ran 69 meetups across 9 cities.
    • Launched 4 campaigns, 5 of them in new markets.
  3. Senior Brand Manager
    Jul 2019 - Sep 2020
    UnitedHealth Group · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Hired and trained a community team of 7.
    • Built a community of 75 thousand members from zero.
  4. Product Marketing Manager
    Dec 2015 - Jul 2019
    Snap · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Launched the care product in 14 markets.
    • Ran 90 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
  5. Marketing Associate
    Oct 2012 - Dec 2015
    Target · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Launched 9 campaigns, 2 of them in new markets.

Projects

Write-up: community in practice
2025

A long-form guide to community for people starting out.

Open-source partnerships toolkit
2022

A small library for community that 530 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

  1. Harvard University
    AB, Psychology
    2008 - 2012

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