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Ava Labs
Role
Developer Engagement Manager
Built and improved developer engagement pathways that moved builders from first contact toward programs, events, and deeper technical support.
Selected result9,000+ developers engaged
Read case study ↗Shawn Porter / Growth, community & creative technology
I turn ideas into products, content, and communities.
Clear stories, repeatable programs, measurable growth, and media people want to return to—built as working ecosystems.
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Role
Co-founder & Growth Lead
Helped turn an internet radio station into a recurring creator loop built around discovery, recognition, and community ritual.
Selected result1,765 artist submissions in 2025
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Role
Community Manager & Marketing Lead
Created a weekly development show and surrounding content system that made an unfinished game easier to follow and worth returning to.
Selected result25% increase in YouTube subscribers
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Role
Podcast & Community Producer
Connected podcast production, social programming, live conversations, and event coverage into one audience-growth engine.
Selected result35% follower growth
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How I Work
- A
Find the gap
Listen closely, map the audience, and identify what is missing between the idea and participation.
- B
Build the system
Shape the content, programming, workflows, and touchpoints that make the idea useful and repeatable.
- C
Run the loop
Publish, host, engage, measure, and refine until the system produces real momentum.
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Creative Lab
A working space for ideas that cross media, music, community, and lightweight product design.
ACreator experiment / Workflow
AI music workflows
Prompt design, rapid song prototyping, collaborative challenges, and public release experiments that connect tools to creative practice.
BCommunity product / Early concept
Competition tools
Early concepts for submission forms, ranking flows, and lightweight creator tools designed around real community behavior.