We've just hired our 10th member of the WooTeam: Ryan Ray who will be our new Community Manager.
For me, this has been a natural progression of having a community that now exceeds 45k registered users and also reinforces our belief that community and user interaction is of the utmost importance. In comparison with most other online companies of our size (in user base, revenue and the scope of our operations), our 10 member team is relatively small and we've basically just been hiring new members organically and as we really need them.
There's a couple of reasons why this position specifically is so special and much-needed in my opinion:
So hell yes, I'm excited about Ryan joining the team and look forward to reporting back positively here. :)