Director of Events and Experiences

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Director of Events to own global events: hosted, speaking engagements, and sponsorships. Set strategy, oversee production, manage budgets, and build the events team from the ground up.

You will lead calendar decisions, run launches and dinners, manage sponsorship terms, collaborate with Sales and Brand, and ensure events reflect the product. Willingness to travel internationally and base in SF or NY preferred.

Qualifications

• 12+ years producing events, including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs.
• Has built or led an events team.
• Has owned large budgets, agency relationships, and vendor contracts.
• Has negotiated sponsorships and knows a good deal when they see one.
• Has run an executive speaking program: selecting stages, preparing speakers, managing the day.
• Knows production: run of show, staging, AV, registration, staffing, security, permits.
• Drives measurement: event attribution and tracked brand sentiment, reporting results.
• Can partner with Sales, Product, Comms, Brand, Finance, Legal, and executives.
• Power user of AI tools and able to demonstrate their use.

Responsibilities

• Own events. Hosted, speaking, sponsored. Strategy, budget, production, results.
• Set the calendar. Decide which events we run, which we speak at, and which we skip.
• Produce hosted events. Launches, dinners, summits, roadshows. Concept, programming, venue, vendors, run of show.
• Run the speaking program. Pick the stages. Prepare the speakers.
• Manage sponsorships. Negotiate terms, design our footprint, and account for the spend.
• Run field events with Sales. Get the right customers in the room. Make sure someone follows up.
• Be the company. Our events should look and feel like our product. Work with Brand and Creative on every one.
• Lead the team. Equal parts IC and manager.
• Build the system. Playbooks, event tiers, intake, vendors, agencies, budgets.
• Measure. Attendance, coverage, pipeline, signups. Know which events worked and stop doing the ones that didn't.
• Be on site. For the events that matter, you are in the room.

Skills

Event production

Budget management

Team leadership

Sponsorship deals

Executive speaking

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools

Global event strategy

Job description

the company is seeking a Director of Events to own our events worldwide: the ones we host, the stages we speak on, and the ones we sponsor. You will set the strategy, run production, manage the budget, and build the team. If you have produced a flagship and a dinner in the same week, know what a good sponsorship deal looks like, and want to build an events function from the ground up, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Own events. Hosted, speaking, sponsored. Strategy, budget, production, results.
• Set the calendar. Decide which events we run, which we speak at, and which we skip.
• Produce hosted events. Launches, dinners, summits, roadshows. Concept, programming, venue, vendors, run of show.
• Run the speaking program. Pick the stages. Prepare the speakers.
• Manage sponsorships. Negotiate terms, design our footprint, and account for the spend.
• Run field events with Sales. Get the right customers in the room. Make sure someone follows up.
• Be the company. Our events should look and feel like our product. Work with Brand and Creative on every one.
• Lead the team. Equal parts IC and manager.
• Build the system. Playbooks, event tiers, intake, vendors, agencies, budgets.
• Measure. Attendance, coverage, pipeline, signups. Know which events worked and stop doing the ones that didn't.
• Be on site. For the events that matter, you are in the room.

Qualifications

• 12+ years producing events, including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs, ideally in-house at a technology company.
• Has built or led an events team.
• Has owned large budgets, agency relationships, and vendor contracts.
• Has negotiated sponsorships and knows a bad deal when they see one.
• Has run an executive speaking program: selecting stages, preparing speakers, managing the day.
• Knows production: run of show, staging, AV, registration, staffing, security, permits.
• Drives measurement. Has built event attribution and tracked brand sentiment, and reports what each event returned.
• Can partner with Sales, Product, Comms, Brand, Finance, Legal, and executives.
• Power user of AI tools. Most of your work already runs through them, and you can show us how.
• Based in San Francisco or New York. Willing to travel internationally.