Scredit Crunch

Young, foreign and struggling with IRC – what exactly am I doing at Scred? Certainly not coding. That bit is already brilliantly covered here. What I am working on has less to do with computers and technology and more with people and their needs.

I’m Anna, Scred’s summer intern responsible for marketing and community management. I am a Sociology and Communications student at the University of Helsinki, a competitive debater and founder of an Entrepreneurship Society at my Uni. I’ve been active in student organizations ever since I entered the university and with time I realized that skills I acquired recruiting members, arranging events and doing annual action plans can prove to be useful elsewhere. What I lack in computer science skills I make up for in ‘people’s skills’ and that’s what I will be concentrating on at Scred.

Finding easy and smart ways to share expenses and track group’s cash flow over time is tricky, boring and time-consuming. The worst thing is, the problem repeats itself next time you arrange a gig with your band or go on a road trip with your friends. None of that is true, of course, if you have a Scred account!

The service is up-and-running; it’s got a steady customer base and is gaining popularity. As a community manager for this summer my big goal is to increase the number of dedicated users through stronger customer relations. I want to improve Scred’s visibility and tailor the service to your group’s needs. 80% listening, 20% talking. The end-result would be a website that is more intuitive for the user, a service that solves the problem better and more efficiently than before and a brand that you trust and love more than ever.

Ambitious? For sure. Realistic? You betcha!