Job Title: Lifestyle Curator

Department: People Operations

Reports to: Head of Talent

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Houston, TX – Required (on-site)

Who We Are

Persona AI is building humanoid robots for the most demanding environments in heavy industry — shipyards, steel mills, fabrication facilities, and offshore platforms — performing welding, grinding, maintenance, inspection, and material-handling work that is dangerous, physically demanding, and increasingly difficult to staff.

We are backed by leading strategic and financial investors and engaged with global industrial leaders across Korea, Japan, the United States, and Singapore. Korea is the center of gravity for our early commercial strategy, anchored by relationships with the world’s leading shipbuilders and steelmakers. Our work spans both the robot platform itself and the systems, partners, and playbooks required to deploy it at scale.

Why Join Persona AI?

• We offer competitive compensation, a performance-based bonus, 99% employer covered medical benefits, early-stage equity, competitive PTO, and a company-wide paid winter break between December 24th and January 2nd.

• You’ll be one of the most visible and appreciated people at Persona AI — the person every new hire thanks after their first month.

• Work alongside passionate teammates who value creativity, curiosity, and continuous learning — and who genuinely want to love where they live.

• Real ownership from day one — this is not a coordinator role. You will build the city experience program across both Houston and Pensacola from

About the Role

Persona AI is building in Houston and Pensacola — and we need someone who will make these cities feel like a destination, not a compromise, for every person who joins us. We’re hiring a Lifestyle Curator to be our biggest internal evangelist for both: the person who knows every great restaurant opening, every can’t-miss festival, every neighborhood worth exploring, and every experience that makes Houston and Pensacola two of the most underrated places in America to live and build a career.

This is not a traditional HR or events coordination role. You will sit down 1-on-1 with every new hire — many arriving from San Francisco, Seattle, or Boston — learn who they are, what they care about, and build them a personalized roadmap to their new city (Houston or Pensacola) that makes it feel like home. Fast. You will also plan and execute our internal events calendar and maintain a pulse on everything happening across both cities so our employees are always the first to know.

We’re looking for someone with roughly 3–8 years of experience — enough to have real relationships with venues and organizers in Houston and/or Pensacola and know how to execute, but still energized and plugged into what’s happening in these cities right now.

What You Will Be Doing

New Hire City Onboarding

• Conduct a personal 1-on-1 “City Intake” with every new hire within their first week.

• Build a custom roadmap ahead of the meeting, using questionnaire responses — neighborhoods, restaurants, events, social scenes, and colleagues with similar interests — tailored specifically to who they are, where they came from, and what they said they’re looking for.

• Follow up at 30, 60, and 90 days to check in, refresh recommendations, and help each person go deeper into the city as they settle in.

City & Events Intelligence

• Maintain a constantly updated knowledge of what’s happening across Houston and Pensacola, including food, arts, music, sports, nightlife, and culture, segmented by interest and age group.

• Curate a weekly or bi-weekly internal “What’s On” digest for each city and distribute it across the company, covering events suc