Sr. Events Manager / Events Director (Remote, Full-time)

Application closes May 23

Work from home and help manage the events team and the execution of our well-known and well-respected software development conferences in New York, San Francisco and London and be part of a small global company that values creating an amazing work experience for a diverse, remote and highly professional team.

We are a 1.7M monthly reader online news website (InfoQ.com) and international technical conference series (QCon) with several thousand attendees per year (and several hundred speakers per year) whose mission is to inspire progress in software development. Software is changing the world!

C4Media is a privately-held and financially stable company based in Toronto, Canada. We are about 12 years old and have seen consistent annual growth and expansion of our business.

We have a staff of over 40 dedicated, passionate professionals working from home across 10 countries (including USA, Romania, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Barbados, UK) in various functions such as Software Development, Sales, Editorial, Marketing and business roles. Our culture and staff satisfaction have been rated among the highest our business coach has ever seen and our culture stems from our core values which include accountability, integrity, mastery, service, and transparency.

You are looking for a home-based, full-time, experienced, Sr. Events Manager / Events Director position that can support C4Media management in regards to outstanding events execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Event Planning & Coordination
• Venue Management
• Contract Negotiations (Venue & Suppliers)
• Union Negotiations
• Budget Creation & Management
• Room Block Negotiations & Management
• Ticket Pricing & Ticket Discount Policy
• Speaker Management
• Sponsor Management
• Supplier Management
• Volunteer / Temp Staff Management
• Timeline and Project Management
• Event Staff Supervision & Mentoring
• Minimum experience of 2 large events under your direct supervision
• Minimum experience of 3 direct reports

REQUIREMENTS

• Fluent in English – both verbal and written
• University Degree + minimum of 10 years post-graduate work experience in the events industry
• Proven experience of being the organizational lead for large conferences, each with
• 600+ attendees
• Minimum 4 concurrent track events
• 40+ speakers
• Proven supervisory experience / team lead
• Technology industry experience a plus
• Excel (Google sheets) proficient
• Computer-literate and comfortable with sharing documents (i.e. Google Docs), conducting video-calls (i.e. Skype, Zoom) and using online team productivity tools (i.e. YouTrack, Slack)

Other Requirements:

• Contractor Position
• Remote / work from home
• Full time
• USA passport holder
• Must reside in one of these USA States:
• MI – Michigan, IN – Indiana, KY – Kentucky, TN – Tennessee, GA – Georgia, NC – North Carolina, AL – Alabama, MS – Mississippi, OK – Oklahoma, AR – Arkansas, MO – Missouri, IA – Iowa, TX – Texas, KS – Kansas, NE – Nebraska
• Fully functioning home office
• Fast, reliable internet
• Working, newer laptop
• Able to travel nationally & internationally 4-6 times per year with each out-of-town stay being 7 -14 days in duration

BENEFITS

• An awesome team of highly motivated individuals with diverse skills and background.
• Co-workers in Canada, Romania, USA, China, Japan, Brazil, UK, and Argentina.
• Competitive pay and perks.
• Visit a new country every year while attending our annual company meeting
• A 100% remote – work from home – team spread across 3 continents and a great company culture!

Application requirements:

• We only consider applications submitted on our website at http://c4media.com/career.html (emailed applications will not be considered)
• We will only accept applications until May 23, 2018.
• The attached checklist questions have to be answered & submitted as part of the application

Please apply at https://c4media.workable.com/jobs/715407

Job Type: Full-time