Core Team Roles & Structure
KlimaDAO Core Team consists of the project’s co-founders, and individuals deemed to have the skills, delivery track record and demonstrated merit to contribute to the long-term mission and scaling-up of KlimaDAO’s product and platform.
The existing mechanism for on-boarding new members to Core is via a majority vote held by the existing Core members. The vote is an informed decision making process, with existing Core members having full insight into the prospective member’s track record - both in terms of their contributions to the DAO, and their previous experiences. The existing mechanism to relieve Core members of their duties is via a majority vote by Core team members.
- Backend functional steward
- Smart contract development & deployment
- Coordinates with Olympus on new contract development and technical advice.
- Sources strategic partnerships
- Carbon market expert.
- Frontend functional steward
- Manages Scrum process for Engineering team
- Supports product scoping, design feedback, UI/UX and accessibility
- Policy Team co-steward.
- Strategic vision for future tokenomics and policy mechanisms.
- Community manager
- Discord bot maintenance
- Social media strategy and logistics
- DeFi domain expert - brings deep background and network from EthHub / DeFi Pulse / Index Coop
- A public face of Core - attends conferences and other public speaking engagements to represent KlimaDAO
- Policy Team co-steward
- Data & Metrics contributor (Dune dashboards, Subgraphs)
- Smart contract development & deployment
- Financial modeling to inform Policy Team objectives
- Carbon market expert
- Coordinates with VCM industry groups
- Provides strategic input re. on-chain carbon market development
- Partnerships contributor: advises on carbon accounting methodologies, strategic partnerships & demand-side integration
- Legal expert on DAOs and Blockchain
- Prepares legal documents and contracts, and checks that everything is compliant
- Provides input on decisions with legal and IRL (in real life) implications
- Manages legal structure and oversees Legal and Ops contributors
- Manages investor relations (VCs, angel investors, etc.)
- Manages IRL relationships with institutional partners (exchanges, press)
- Sources strategic partnerships
- Helps other Core members with IRL logistics (e.g. contracts, expenses)
- Attends meetings that require an IRL contact (meaning a contract to be signed, or something that has a legal implication)
- Marketing functional steward
- Branding Strategy
- Ensures cohesive workflows between Marketing and Creative departments
- Strategic vision for marketing
- Organizational Structure optimization
- Marketing Collaborations
- Partnerships contributor
- Partnerships contributor; lead generation; sales
- Social media strategy and FUD fighting
- Data & Metrics functional steward
- Policy Team contributor
- Discord bot maintainer
- Philosopher-in-Residence
- A public face of Core - attends conferences and other public speaking engagements to represent KlimaDAO
- Carbon market expert
- Carbon accounting (developed in-house PoS emissions model)
- Narrative strategist: oversees public relations and communications
- Marketing contributor: content writer (thought leadership/protocol specifics); subject matter expert (carbon/climate topics)
- Partnerships contributor: lead generation, carbon accounting, and strategic partnerships (especially institutions and VCM participants)
- Finance lead - manages accounts for Core team and oversees DAO wallet health
- Crypto Exchange/Industry Liaison - manages relationships with exchanges and partners.
- Sources and coordinates with blue chip partners (celebrities, public figures, corporates)
- Partnerships functional steward
- A public face of Core - attends conferences and other public speaking engagements to represent KlimaDAO
- Strategic lead for all areas of the creative department vision — participate in the initial project brainstorming, fuelling the idea conception and overall execution
- Lead the translation of creative output and communication into clear creative strategies, focusing on the “why”, backed up by the “how” or “what”
- Reviewing creative project briefs and timelines at milestone intervals
- Meet with the Creative Functional Steward and comment on the production of all creative and marketing collateral
- Oversee the quality of visual communication and brand standards, troubleshoot, and provide feedback to creative teams
- Meet with partners, Core, and external agencies, as needed to present, convey, and formulate creative strategies and solutions
- Lead the development of “Mugglisation” user-friendliness, accessibility, and plain language in all outputs
- Evangelist for creative-driven, team centric problem solving regarding any creative task or project
- Weekly and monthly assessment of all creative projects in a team stand-up
Unlike other KlimaDAO contributors, Core members are not remunerated with KLIMA from the DAO wallet. The Core team has independent funding and a multiyear runway. If all other contributors left or the DAO wallet ran dry, the Core team would carry on with KlimaDAO's mission.