Erik Martin

I'm a community management and marketing leader who has been lucky enough to lead teams at some amazing companies like Nike, reddit, Depop, Airtime, WeWork & Teal. I’m an amateur history nerd. I have a particular obsession with early 1900s church cookbooks & other communal projects of yore.

I’m also currently an advisor to Belongly, a professional community for mental health providers.

At reddit, I was the first community manager, 5th employee, & later the General Manager. Here's a quote from a book about reddit, We Are The Nerds, that makes me blush, "Martin was the company’s first nontechnical leader and managed to create a cohesive group and grow it into a strong if scrappy creative force...Martin quickly became an empowering boss. In the eyes of his employees, he was honest, compassionate, and creative. He encouraged employees to explore new concepts by giving them tools to learn, and then challenging them to produce something that would benefit the site or its community."

I’ve been fortunate enough to have been named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time Magazine and a top 50 innovator by Adweek. The Washington Post once said this about me, "It can’t be understated how poorly Martin fits the start-up culture stereotypes: the extravagance, the arrogance. He’s not overtly extroverted or introverted; he’s a quietish, funny, normal dude."

Before my internet addiction took hold, I worked as an aspiring documentary filmmaker and then transitioned to marketing documentary and independent films.