Director, Event Operations
at Axios
Remote; Arlington, VA
Quick take: Axios is a media company dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news content in an audience-first format. We’re hiring a Director of Event Operations to manage day-to-day event logistics, client relationships, and deliverables and ensure we remain true to our editorial standards while also working alongside sponsors for their defined sponsor integrations. Ultimately, the goal of each event is to bring our audiences together for worthy editorial conversations across the country.
Why it matters: We need a strong team member to manage operations and logistics, providing direction and support to team members, serve as a liaison with event clients, vendors, brainstorm creative concepts to bring our events to life, and create and implement all visual elements of our events (creative catering, invites, signage, event installations, etc).
Go deeper: This role has relationship-management and operational responsibilities and will manage multiple, concurrent events while moving at a fast pace. You will work cross-collaboratively with marketing, production and many other team members at Axios and will serve as an ambassador of Axios and the events team throughout the entire events process.
The details: Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit, and a passion for Axios’ mission, and have the following skills:
Base salary for this role is $100,000-$120,000 and is dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, and skills. This range does not include other compensation benefits.
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Additional pandemic-related benefits:
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