Audience Booker (Contract)

Semafor • New York, NY

2d

About The Position

Semafor is a global news platform for an increasingly complex world in which consumers are overwhelmed by too many news sources and unsure what to trust. We are building Semafor to enable world-class journalists to deliver reporting and insights with rigor in journalistic forms that ensure a new level of transparency. Our editors and reporters distill the most important stories from all over in formats that uncover the forces shaping the stories, explain the interests behind polarizing narratives, and replenish the stock of shared facts. As a global platform, Semafor recognizes that smart people can disagree and that informed readers need to understand alternative points of view from competing centers of power and culture in a multi-polar world. Want to join us? Read on.
Role Overview
Semafor is seeking an experienced Audience Booker to support curated roundtables and private convenings on the sidelines of Semafor World Economy in April.
This is not high-volume event marketing. This is high-judgment, executive-level curation.
The Audience Booker will lead guest strategy, targeting, and outreach for invitation-only roundtables designed for senior decision-makers. The role sits within the Audience team and works cross-functionally with editorial, revenue, and operations to ensure each convening is:
Strategically composed
Fully subscribed
Senior in caliber
Balanced in perspective
Operationally tight

This is a contract role requiring discretion, speed, strong executive communication skills, and sharp editorial judgment.

Requirements

• This is a contract role requiring discretion, speed, strong executive communication skills, and sharp editorial judgment.

Responsibilities

• Own guest targeting and outreach strategy for private roundtables and executive convenings
• Shape attendee composition aligned with editorial framing and partner objectives
• Curate rooms primarily composed of C-suite and senior executive leaders
• Ensure thoughtful balance across sector, function, geography, and perspective
• Maintain sensitivity to competitive dynamics and stakeholder considerations
• Exercise independent editorial judgment to protect the integrity and quality of the room
• Drive event fill while preserving appropriate seniority and room quality
• Monitor RSVP flow, declines, booking risk, and pipeline health
• Proactively manage capacity, fill ratios, and composition “health”
• Flag risk early and escalate where appropriate
• Draft and deploy polished, senior-level invitations
• Manage confirmations, attendance visibility, and executive communications
• Engage directly with CEOs, senior leaders, and their offices
• Conduct targeted research on prospective and confirmed attendees
• Identify and outreach to communications leads and chiefs of staff where appropriate
• Maintain real-time accuracy in Airtable and related tracking systems
• Prepare briefing notes and attendee materials for internal teams
• Send executive briefings to confirmed guests where required
• Present booking progress and audience updates in internal and client calls
• Collaborate closely with editorial, revenue, and operations teams
• Support on-site execution during summit week as needed

Benefits

• Semafor offers a Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy to our full-time, salaried employees who may take paid time off as-needed without a prescribed limit or defined balance.

What This Job Offers

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