Senior Director, Events Marketing & Special Projects

New York City, NY (On-site)

$150K/yr – $185K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale Hearst’s corporate events program with executive-focused conferences, client and employee engagement initiatives, and high-profile special projects.

  • Event Portfolio Ownership: Plan and deliver executive events with measurable impact and stakeholder alignment.
  • Innovation & Tech: Push AI and emerging tech into event design, audience engagement, and analytics.
  • Operational Excellence: Oversee logistics, budgets, vendor management, post-event evaluation, and cross-team coordination.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive events strategy that supports Hearst's corporate priorities, business objectives and brand reputation.
  • Lead the creation of engaging event concepts and experiences that reflect Hearst's culture, values and leadership position.
  • Identify innovative event formats, technologies and industry trends to ensure Hearst remains forward-thinking and relevant.
  • Partner with senior leadership and internal stakeholders to develop event experiences that drive engagement and deliver measurable impact.
  • Lead the exploration and adoption of AI and emerging technologies to drive innovation in event design, audience engagement, content development, and event analytics.
  • Lead the planning and execution of Hearst's corporate events portfolio, including executive conferences, client events, employee engagement initiatives, leadership programs, philanthropic events and special projects.
  • Oversee event logistics, production, presentations, venues, catering, décor, technology, registration and communications.
  • Manage Hearst Tower event reservations and coordinate with Facilities, Dining Services, IT and other internal teams.
  • Ensure flawless execution and a consistently high standard of quality across all events.
  • Lead and develop internal team members while overseeing external agencies, vendors, and production partners to ensure successful delivery of Hearst’s events portfolio and a consistently high standard of execution.
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Hearst

3.7 Glassdoor

As one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, Hearst has been leading with purpose and integrity and innovating for more than a century. With a mission to inform audiences and improve lives, the company’s portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing the maintenance of jets and helicopters; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; more than 200 magazine editions around the world and ownership in cable television networks A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN. Leading with purpose, Hearst is always moving forward. With a commitment to the highest quality in our products and services, we’re investing in healthcare solutions to help improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions. Our brands are providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. And we are dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.

Founded in 1981
New York, New York, USA
6.4K employees (1,993 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
78% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
344.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.6%
Direct
56.2%
Referral
13%
Social
2.4%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,455 (23% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
8