With Community
A Connective Approach to Community Building & Development
Welcome to With Community!
I specialize in helping businesses and brands of all kinds to elevate, grow, and engage with their target audience on a deep, meaningful level. My organic approach is designed to foster team culture, nurture existing communities, and inspire new customers.
My tailored community plans are crafted with a focus on bespoke connective experience design. Through extensive research and a deep understanding of your business, I help to increase loyalty and engagement, creating a strong sense of connection and trust with your community.
Whether you're a creative brand looking to inspire your audience or an enterprise business seeking to strengthen your relationships with loyal customers, I have 14+years of expertise to help you achieve your goals. Let's work together to take your community to the next level!
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If you're seeking friendship and deeper community, I'm also here to help. As a certified coach, I offer personalized 1-on-1 coaching to help individuals discover their tribe and cultivate meaningful friendships.
The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection.
— Robin S. Sharma
With Community’s Approach
At With Community, I believe that alchemizing community is a superpower. I specialize in creating customized and innovative experiences that deeply connect brands and companies with their target audiences. My goal is to make those people feel alive, joyful, excited, and connected to my clients’ brands and businesses through bespoke connective experiences and community management tools.
Our mission is to transform the community-building experience for everyone, from remote internal teams to organically growing loyal audiences.
I am passionate about transforming the community building experience for everyone. This ranges from working with internal teams who work remotely or are coming back to office life after pandemic separation, to organically growing a new loyal audience or reconnecting with an existing one. I am here to strategize and redefine what it means to feel connected. My commitment to your creative brand or enterprise business is to create meaningful touchpoints through multiple mediums that facilitate authentic connections, evoking emotions that resonate, and inspiring growth.
Justine has been curating connective events and leading community projects for 10+ years, including but not limited to networking, wellness, music shows, membership clubs, art exhibitions, and special events. I have consulted for a wide variety of DTC brands & B2B & Web3 companies. Past and current clients include the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History & Culture ‘Slave Wrecks Project’," JSwipe, SuperFly, Everyday Dose, The Sensualist, River, Eve Wealth, The Queendom, Crow Collective, Revel Silk, Turkish Breakfast Club, Orchard Ultrasound, MediClub, 11 Ounces, and more.
Succeeding in business is all about
making connections.
— Richard Branson
With Community’s Purpose
My mission on this planet is to promote loving awareness and human connection, which drives everything I do both personally and professionally. This drives my personal life and fuels my passion for my work. As a result, I am immensely grateful. My ultimate goal is to foster a sense of community with my clients and elevate our shared experiences.
My Bio
Justine Benanty is a multi-talented entrepreneur, consultant, coach, and builder with a passion for the power of vulnerable storytelling and leading with heart.
Before her career in community management, she was a maritime archaeologist who focused on significant projects such as slave-trade shipwrecks, WWII Tuskegee aircrafts, underwater heritage management, combating the black market illegal antiquities trade in the Middle East, as well as youth education. Her work was co-sponsored by respected organizations like the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American Heritage & Culture, the National Park Service, and The George Washington University. Justine's expertise is on display at the SINMAAHC, where her contribution to the Sao Jose slave shipwreck, the first-ever archaeologically documented slave ship carrying enslaved people at the time of its wrecking, is showcased. Over the 8+ years she spent on this project, Justine worked on various large-scale community outreach initiatives in four international countries.
As a co-founder of Youth Diving With a Purpose, Justine created a scholarship program that teaches high school students from around the world how to map shipwrecks for the National Park Service & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Along with her passion for ocean conservation, she is a certified alignment-based yoga instructor and invented underwater yoga - SirenYoga.
After leaving academia, she now provides consulting and coaching services for enterprise businesses, brands, and individuals. Her expertise includes life coaching, relationship coaching, community building, activation, event planning, and experience design. Let her help bring your community vision to life!