Director, Events and Experiential

Dow Jones & Company•New York City, NY

31d

About The Position

The Dow Jones Events team is seeking a Director of Events and Experiential to help develop, drive, and deliver the next era of data-driven, news-led, ambitious live events, virtual broadcasts, and interactive experiences for global audiences, sponsor partners, and other diverse stakeholders. Preceded by a legacy of more than one hundred years of journalistic excellence in print and digital publications and business resources (The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch , Mansion Global, and more ), Dow Jones brings together world-leading data, media, membership and intelligence solutions to power the professional world. Dow Jones continues to transform its products, services, and offerings to meet the moment and the evolving needs of the global business community. To that end, we recognize that our hugely successful live events,, now more than ever, need to tell compelling stories in formats that engage and entertain, as much as inform. As a Director on our team, you will help shape and define the future of live events at Dow Jones. As such you will have expert level knowledge of live event production. You will be a self-starting, goal-oriented leader with a strong background in creative experiential concepts and technical event production, in broadcast and video solutions. You will exhibit and support our core values: collaboration, impact, trust, and excellence. You will drive measurable strategies for growth, data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis, sponsor synergy, and creative engagement across our portfolio of live events. You will manage cross-functional vendor teams of technical production, and interactive design, You will facilitate the distillation and distribution of key events performance metrics across our business units and assess existing plans to ensure business alignment and continued innovation. Your role will research and evaluate trends in a competitive multidisciplinary media landscape and implement solutions to optimize and elevate Live Journalism offerings. You are a dynamic, self-starter with excellent communication skills, and a willingness to challenge convention, build relationships, and think critically and creatively about new event technologies and work processes

Requirements

At least 12 years in event and experiential creative and technical production, with strong familiarity in video, broadcast, livestream, and/or digital media landscape.
Exemplary written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
Exceptional time management finesse with competing priorities, high expectations, and a fast-paced, geo-diverse, deadline-rich environment
Capability to move easily between generating big, creative ideas, and driving ongoing process improvement
Experience working cross-functionally across multiple teams and disciplines

Responsibilities

Manage projects, production timeline, costs, and quality control for rolodex of vetted, external production, platform, creative agency, and experiential vendors.
Develop best practices for content hosting, interactive event technology solutions, virtual lead generation, and broadcast and hybrid presentation.
Collaborate with the Innovation, Technology, News, Marketing, Events, Programming, Sales, and Sponsor teams to bring business initiatives to life -- on brand, on time, on budget.
Serve as a resource and sounding board for junior and senior colleagues seeking to integrate technology into their workflow and offerings.
Propose new and/or unconventional ways of working and engaging, and improve and iterate upon these new ideas for different audiences, stakeholders, partners, and event goals.
Proactively support business management with long-term planning initiatives.
Provide data-led assessments of existing processes and productions, offering detailed analysis and solution ideation for improvement.