Industry Engagement Strategist

STV•New York, NY

1d•$149,672 - $171,053•Hybrid

About The Position

STV is seeking an Industry Engagement Strategist to lead the firm’s approach to conferences, sponsorships, memberships, speaking opportunities, and strategic industry relationships. The position is hybrid, with three days per week in the office, and is based in STV’s New York, NY office. As part of the Communications team, the strategist works closely with business leaders, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development to ensure industry engagements support business priorities, strengthen STV’s reputation, and create opportunities for visibility, relationships, and growth. The role serves as the firmwide point of coordination for STV’s priority industry engagement portfolio, improving focus, consistency, and accountability in how opportunities are selected, funded, planned, executed, and evaluated. It combines strategic advising and hands-on program management, including managing association relationships, establishing processes, and overseeing event and sponsorship execution. The strategist develops and manages an industry engagement strategy aligned with business, brand, and reputation priorities; sets annual participation plans and objectives with internal partners; and evaluates where the firm should invest in conferences, sponsorships, memberships, and partnerships. The role manages speaking opportunities and executive visibility, coordinates conference and sponsorship activation, oversees memberships and association relationships, tracks budgets and promotional inventory, and establishes measurement and reporting practices to assess value and guide future investment. Success is measured by stronger alignment between industry engagement and business and reputation priorities; disciplined investment decisions; reliable management of memberships and association relationships; coordinated planning and clear funding ownership; stronger use of sponsorship and membership benefits; increased visibility for leaders and subject matter experts; documented business follow-through; and clearer evidence of which investments create value. Travel for selected conferences, meetings, and events may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, business, public relations, event management, or a related field.
Five or more years of experience in communications, marketing, industry relations, business development, experiential marketing, strategic events, association management, or a related discipline.
Experience managing conferences, exhibits, sponsorships, memberships, external partnerships, speaking programs, and complex event deliverables.
Demonstrated ability to build repeatable processes, manage budgets and vendors, coordinate across functions, and deliver under firm deadlines.
Strong strategic thinking, business judgment, project management, and relationship-building skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to influence leaders, constructively challenge low-value requests, and clarify ownership in a complex organization.
Ability to travel for selected conferences, meetings, and events as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry or another professional services environment.

Responsibilities

Develop and manage a firmwide industry engagement strategy aligned with STV’s business, brand, and reputation priorities.
Partner with business leaders, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development to set annual priorities, participation plans, and business objectives for priority organizations and events.
Evaluate conference, sponsorship, membership, and partnership opportunities and recommend where STV should invest, expand, or redirect involvement.
Define the purpose, target relationships, participants, and expected outcomes for industry engagements.
Manage a centralized process for identifying and tracking calls for speakers, panels, and presentations.
Review priority conference agendas and association opportunities to identify speaking, committee participation, and visibility opportunities.
Match opportunities with STV executives and subject matter experts, and coordinate abstracts, submissions, approvals, and deadlines.
Partner with Communications colleagues to prepare speakers and extend opportunities through thought leadership, media, social, and other channels.
Identify committees, boards, and industry leadership roles that advance executive visibility, market positioning, and strategic relationships.
Lead end-to-end planning and coordination for priority conferences, sponsorships, and association partnerships, including objectives, participants, timelines, responsibilities, budgets, and follow-up.
Manage sponsorship benefits and brand deliverables, including exhibits, booth assets, signage, advertisements, registrations, attendee lists, hospitality, promotional items, and related materials.
Translate sponsorship packages into practical activation plans that make intentional use of available benefits.
Establish lead-time expectations and intake processes for event, exhibit, promotional, and special-material requests; manage late requests and trade-offs.
Coordinate pre-event planning to identify priority clients, partners, pursuits, and relationship goals, and facilitate post-event debriefs to capture results and next steps.
Manage memberships for STV’s priority industry engagement portfolio, including renewals, membership structures, authorized participants, account contacts, key dates, benefits, and organizational records.
Serve as STV’s primary contact for designated industry organizations across memberships, sponsorships, exhibits, speaking opportunities, and related engagement.
Document association contacts, membership identifiers, participation rules, and core account information to maintain continuity when internal contacts change.
Help employees and business leaders use relevant training, publications, networking, committee, leadership, and membership benefits.
Track approved budgets, sponsorship commitments, invoices, and deliverables.
Track promotional inventory for conferences and sponsorships and establish thresholds for standard inventory, special requests, and large-volume orders.
Develop practical measures of value tied to objectives, including relationships advanced, teaming or pursuit activity, leadership visibility, speaking placements, benefit utilization, and documented follow-up.
Create consistent pre-event and post-event reporting that assigns business participants responsibility for documenting outcomes and next steps.
Compare expected outcomes, actual results, and total investment to inform future recommendations.
Build institutional knowledge about which organizations, events, and activation approaches produce strategic value and which should be reduced or eliminated.
Travel for selected conferences, meetings, and events as needed.

Benefits

Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and transit and parking where applicable
Disability insurance
Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
401(k) Plan
Retirement Counseling
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
Back-Up Dependent Care
Parental Leave
Continuing Education Program
Professional Licensure and Society Memberships