Event Producer (Content)

Lever, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401K Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Account

Health Savings Account

Unlimited Vacation Days

7 days paid sick leave

9 paid Holidays

Referral Bonus Program

Job summary

Bisnow is seeking a dynamic events professional with a strong interest in commercial real estate to join our team. Hybrid role requiring 3-4 days in the office in NYC or Philadelphia, with roughly monthly travel.

You will recruit speakers, design the conference experience, and partner with sales to drive sponsorships while coordinating with multiple departments. Ideal candidates have 1–3 years of data center knowledge, strong project management, excellent communication, and a proven ability to

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of data center knowledge/experience.
• Detail-oriented and deadline-driven with strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to manage multiple projects under deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships with key people in CRE and travel approximately once a month.

Responsibilities

• Identify potential speakers and establish contact; recruit prospects via phone and email.
• Educate speakers on the value of speaking at Bisnow events.
• Build from scratch and manage event experience, including content ideas, speaker placement, and sponsorship coordination.
• Collaborate with sales and other departments to reach shared goals.
• Establish partnerships with associations and local groups to promote Bisnow events.
• Research CRE topics, programming ideas, and top speakers for events.
• Manage speaker relations from concept to day-of execution.
• Provide service and support to speakers and sponsors throughout the process.
• Lead pre/post-event meetings with direction and feedback.
• Identify innovative ways to improve content and attendee experience.
• Brainstorm fresh topic ideas to adapt to industry trends.
• Maintain cross-department communication on event status.
• Work collaboratively with other departments; manage multiple events at various stages.

Skills

Data center knowledge

Project management

Communication

Team player

Entrepreneurial

Time management

Job description

BISNOW OVERVIEW

Bisnow is the leading B2B media platform powering the commercial real estate industry. We connect CRE professionals through award-winning news, high-impact events, marketing solutions, recruiting services, and sales enablement tools that drive real business results.

With 1.7M+ subscribers and 400+ events annually across 47 markets in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands, we don’t just cover the industry, we help move it forward.

We inform. We connect. We create opportunities that turn into deals. Global mindset. Hyper-local execution.

Bisnow is looking for someone with a strong interest in commercial real estate to join our team. Knowledge of or experience with data centers is a plus. We welcome candidates from a range of backgrounds, including CRE, property management, events, and research. This is a hybrid role requiring 3-4 days per week in the office, based in either New York City (123 William St.) or Philadelphia (230 S. Broad St., 17th Floor). The selected candidate must also be willing to travel approximately once a month.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify potential speakers & establish contact with said individuals; persistently recruit prospects using phone and email.
• Educate potential speakers on why it makes sense to spend their time speaking at one of your events.
• With your team, build from scratch and then manage the event experience. This involves researching out-of-the-box content ideas, recruiting and placing C-level executives on each conference, working side-by-side with sales to drive sponsorship and managing the event experience throughout the entire process.
• Work with different departments at Bisnow to reach goals that can often be lofty. Bisnow is a sales-driven business and this role is one that requires an individual who can work with and support the sales team in achieving shared goals, no matter how ambitious they might be.
• Utilize and establish contacts within the community to promote Bisnow and event attendance including partnerships with associations and local groups.
• Diligently research CRE, programming ideas and top-notch speakers for your events.
• Manage speaker relations and touchpoints - from the idea of the event to day-of execution.
• Provide excellent service, support and communication to event speakers & sponsors.
• Lead pre and post-event meetings by providing direction, guidance, and feedback to all involved.
• Constantly look for innovative solutions to improve content and the attendee experience at your events.
• Persistently brainstorm fresh and relevant topic ideas with your teams to adapt to trends within the industry.
• Keep communication lines open through all departments on the status of events and projects.
• Work collaboratively and cooperatively with members of all other departments.
• Manage multiple events in various stages of production. This requires you to be extremely organized, detailed and have good time management skills.

What are we looking for?

• 1 - 3 years of data center knowledge/experience.
• Detail-oriented and deadline-driven, with very strong project management and meticulous organizational skills.
• Ability to manage, develop and launch multiple projects under time-sensitive deadlines.
• Great teammate with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Hands-on, roll up your sleeves worth ethic. Tenacity is expected.
• The ability to establish and maintain relationships with key people in CRE.
• Commitment to accuracy, quality, consistency and transparency.
• Creativity and a healthy sense of humor.
• Flexibility and the ability to handle situations creatively as well as jump into projects as needed and the initiative to notice a need and offer assistance where applicable.
• Receptive to feedback and always open to constructive criticism.
• Ability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated interest in commercial real estate.
• Innate hustle, raw intelligence, infectious enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity.
• Entrepreneurial and ambitious.
• Never give up attitude. Positive mental state of mind and a strong desire to be challenged on a daily basis.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive compensation structure!
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - effective the 1st of the month following your start date.
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - this includes maternity and paternity leaves as well.
• 401KFlexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Account
• Health Savings Account
• Unlimited Vacation Days
• 7 days paid sick leave
• 9 paid Holidays
• Referral Bonus Program
• You’ll get to work with incredibly smart, passionate, driven, ambitious, kind, caring and mindful people and will rarely experience an overload of policies, bureaucracy or toxicity (the latter, we do not tolerate).

$65,000 - $85,000 a year

Beyond base salary, this role offers significant additional earning potential through a quarterly performance bonus program. Bonus is tied to event revenue targets and individual goals, with payouts scaling above target for candidates who exceed event revenue benchmarks!

Our values demand that we be curious, self-aware, fearless, consistent. We say yes to seemingly insurmountable challenges because we dare ourselves to push further. And we go the distance because we are individually and collectively entrepreneurial, always asking: Why can’t it be done? We find a way because we care more than the competition. We embrace team and disown ego. We are ruthlessly disciplined and unabashedly kind. We unreservedly challenge the status quo and vigorously fight for new levels of excellence. We believe the difference between good and great is exceptional communication. We obsess over creating value for our team and our customers. We push ourselves and our industry to be more inclusive, to champion diversity and to fight racism, gender bias and all forms of inequality. We never peak. We never quit. We never have excuses. We own our failures and we commit to being smarter and stronger because of them. We give our best today and even better tomorrow. We are here to win.

Bisnow will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Bisnow's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.