Festival Director: Creative & Commercial Leader

Informa Group; Riyadh; Sur place; SAR 600 000 - 900 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical Insurance for individual and a

Annual leave – 28 days

Remote working on Sundays

Working anywhere – 2 months every year

School fees contribution, 40,000 SAR /

Residency visa including yearly depend

Individual annual flight allowance for

Résumé du poste

Tahaluf in Riyadh, in partnership with LIONS Riyadh and Saudi authorities, seeks an Event Director to lead the festival strategy and delivery. The role requires senior leadership, strong commercial sense, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams and key partners.

The successful candidate will shape the event's vision, coordinate government, brands, agencies, and media, and ensure a distinctive, world-class experience for regional and international participants.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Events, Communications or related discipline.
• Significant senior leadership experience within major events, media, creative industries, entertainment, culture or premium international platforms.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, complex, multi-functional events or businesses with full commercial and operational accountability.
• Experience launching, scaling or repositioning a major brand, event or platform is highly desirable.
• Strong stakeholder-management and leadership capabilities.

Responsabilités

• Develop and own the overall event strategy, budget and long-term growth roadmap.
• Own revenue, expenditure and operating profit performance, driving commercial growth across sponsorships, partnerships and brand experiences.
• Oversee the development of a compelling event proposition, content programme, audience strategy and end-to-end customer experience.
• Lead and align teams across Sales, Partnerships, Content, Marketing, Operations, Creative, Finance and Project Management.
• Build a high-performing, collaborative team culture and manage senior relationships with government stakeholders, strategic partners, global brands and agencies.
• Own the master event plan, overseeing milestones, resources and onsite delivery.
• Establish governance, reporting and decision-making processes, proactively managing risks.
• Maintain understanding of the global creative landscape to identify opportunities for growth.
• Champion LIONS Riyadh's positioning within the global creative ecosystem.

Connaissances

Senior leadership experience

Large-scale events

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Commercial & operational ownership

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Events, Communications or related discipline

Description du poste

Tahaluf in Riyadh, in partnership with LIONS Riyadh and Saudi authorities, seeks an Event Director to lead the festival strategy and delivery. The role requires senior leadership, strong commercial sense, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams and key partners.

The successful candidate will shape the event's vision, coordinate government, brands, agencies, and media, and ensure a distinctive, world-class experience for regional and international participants.