Sr Director, Events Marketing

Job Description

Hearst has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic events professional to help bring to life the many diverse initiatives happening corporately at the company.

Hearst is a leading media, entertainment, information and technology company, with businesses that span consumer media, with magazine brands such as Harper's BAZAAR and Esquire, television stations around the country, newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as ventures, health, financial services and transportation data companies. We are #Uniquely Hearst and we are always moving Forward.

Working with the VP, Events Marketing and Special Projects, the Senior Events Director helps establish the strategy and development of Hearst corporate events, provides leadership and hands-on execution of the concept, design and production of large-scale events, conferences, receptions, colleague engagement initiatives and special projects, both in-person and virtually.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Senior Director, Events Marketing is a highly visible role, serving as a consultant and partner to Hearst executives across divisions and businesses on project concept and execution. The role reports to the Vice President, Events Marketing and Special Projects. Ideal candidates will have at least 8 years events experience.

1. Creative thinking, excellent judgement, understanding of audience and user experience.
2. Manage high profile projects from concept through to delivery.
3. Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, ability to flex from partnering with executives on high profile projects to event production details.
4. Outstanding collaboration skills, solution-oriented, able to work across multiple functions, businesses, internal and external organizations with confidence and executive presence.
5. An understanding of how well-executed events and initiatives support business imperatives and the ability to manage shifting priorities.
6. Attention to detail and deadlines. Set standards for quality and creativity, ensuring consistency.
7. Comfort in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously.
8. Highly organized, with grace under pressure and a mindset geared to professionalism and creative solutions.
9. Computer skills: Proficient in Microsoft Suite and various virtual event platforms.
10. Manage event budgets, optimizing both internal and external resources to create efficiencies and support goals.
11. Develop, build and act as a liaison for Hearst relationships with philanthropic organizations, event venues, vendors, public relations and marketing firms, and more.

Supervisory (Management) Responsibility

1. Management responsibility for contracted external suppliers and vendors.

Hearst's Culture

We provide a supportive, inclusive culture, where colleagues can access extensive training and development opportunities. We prioritize robust internship, mentorship, and sponsorship programs to advance a strong pipeline of diverse talent. Our content offers audiences a range of perspectives, while HearstLab invests in women-led startups innovating in media, technology and data, and Level Up invests in Black and Latino-led businesses in these sectors, connecting them to Hearst resources and colleagues to provide expertise, advice and assistance. Colleagues have access to numerous Employee Resource Groups that foster inclusion and belonging.

Giving back and contributing have always been part of Hearst's DNA, whether through employee volunteerism, corporate donation-matching in response to crises, or local initiatives in our many operating markets. The Hearst Gives Back program provides a dollar-for-dollar match for colleague gifts to any one of more than one million 501 (c)(3) organizations up to $10,000 per colleague per year. The Hearst Foundations, independent private philanthropies operating separately from Hearst, identify and fund nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States have the opportunity to build healthy, productive and inspiring lives, distributing more than 22,000 grants to 6,335 organizations, totaling over $1.4 billion since their inception.

We care about sustainability. Since becoming the first publicly acknowledged, triple LEED-certified building in the U.S. in 2016, Hearst Tower in New York City continues to be a symbol of sustainability, implementing no- and low-cost energy-efficiency initiatives that have reduced energy costs by an additional 40%. And Hearst's Jack Ranch California Flats Solar Project consists of one million individual solar modules to produce clean, renewable electricity, displacing over 109,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. The company's first Sustainability Overview will be published in October 2022.

In accordance with applicable law, Hearst is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role if hired in New York City. The reasonable estimate, if hired in New York City, is $140,000-$165,000. Please note this information is specific to those hired in New York City. If this role is open to candidates outside of New York City, the salary range would be aligned to that specific location. A final decision on the successful candidate's starting salary will be based on a number of permissible, non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to skills and experience, training, certifications, and education.

Hearst provides a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401(k), paid holidays and paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more.

As part of its continued efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees, Hearst requires that all employees who receive a written offer of employment must be fully vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) against the coronavirus by the first day of employment as a condition of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Hearst will consider requests for reasonable accommodations due to medical and/or religious reasons on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

About Us

Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19% of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.

Hearst is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. Hearst does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Follow us on Twitter @Hearst. To learn more about Hearst, visit hearst.com.