Director, Thought Leadership Event Programming

Nexstar Media Group Inc.; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) matching

Paid Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Job summary

The Hill seeks a Manager, Event Programming to craft and produce compelling thought leadership discussions for its growing events portfolio. This role reports to the Managing Director of Event Programming and collaborates with a dynamic team of events, sales and marketing professionals to execute nationally.

Nexstar Media Group, the broader parent company, is a leading diversified media company, and ideal candidates have 5+ years booking guests and segment production in television, events or

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create content plans for policy briefings, roundtables and Summits, providing well-researched speaker suggestions and thematic summaries.
• Book guests and/or recruit participants for events on a wide range of topics in the domestic and global policy and advocacy sphere, maintaining a rolodex of experts across sectors.
• Work with internal and external partners to meet deadlines and communicate updates in a collaborative environment.
• Conduct preparation call and draft briefing materials for event moderators and speakers.
• Manage coordination with speaker contacts and ensure alignment with event objectives and timing.
• Produce on-site program and any necessary elements related to the content and promotion of the speakers.
• Write copy for invitations, microsites, summaries of discussion topics, and copy edit others' work related to event content.
• Ability to edit video and produce social assets is a plus.

Skills

Guest booking

Segment production

Content planning

Relationship management

Time management

Team collaboration

Initiative

Video editing

DC politics

Tools

Microsoft Office

PowerPoint

Excel

G-Suite

Zoom

Teams

Canva

Splash

Job description

The Hill seeks a Manager, Event Programming to craft and produce compelling thought leadership discussions for its growing events portfolio. This role reports to the Managing Director of Event Programming and collaborates with a dynamic team of events, sales and marketing professionals to execute nationally.

Nexstar Media Group, the broader parent company, is a leading diversified media company, and ideal candidates have 5+ years booking guests and segment production in television, events or