Strategic Events Manager (Full-Time)
About The Position
OpenArt AI is seeking a Strategic Events Manager to shape and execute its global events strategy, with an initial focus on Los Angeles and New York. This role involves managing major industry conferences, executive dinners, roundtables, workshops, and other high-touch activations. The goal is to identify key opportunities, engage relevant stakeholders, build thought leadership and brand awareness, generate qualified leads, and maximize event ROI. This is a highly visible position with the opportunity to build new programs from the ground up and directly influence OpenArt's brand, partnerships, and revenue growth within the AI, advertising, media, entertainment, and creative industries.
Requirements
- Native-level English communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Exceptional execution and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams with speed, accuracy, and strong follow-through.
- Strong ownership and initiative — able to proactively identify opportunities and problems, develop practical solutions, and drive them through execution.
- Strong communication skills and sales instincts, with confidence engaging senior executives, making direct calls, and proactively driving attendance and outcomes.
- Strategic and first-principles thinking — able to identify the core problem, challenge assumptions, and determine the most effective approach.
- Strong business sense and street smarts — resourceful, creative, and comfortable finding unconventional ways to make things happen.
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous startup environment.
- Willingness to travel based on event needs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in advertising, media, entertainment, film, AI, creative technology, or related industries.
- Experience running major industry events and/or high-touch executive events, with demonstrated business impact.
- Background in sales, business development, partnerships, field marketing, or experiential marketing.
- Strong network and relationships with brands, advertising agencies, studios, or senior leaders across advertising, media, and entertainment.
- Experience building new programs, event strategies, or initiatives from 0 to 1.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute major industry events, executive dinners, roundtables, workshops, and other strategic activations.
- Identify and evaluate events, sponsorships, partnerships, and other opportunities based on strategic value and potential ROI.
- Build targeted executive and attendee lists, and drive attendance through phone calls, email, LinkedIn, and direct outreach.
- Develop relationships with senior executives, brands, agencies, studios, partners, and industry leaders.
- Partner closely with sales, marketing, partnerships, and leadership teams to ensure events support broader business goals.
- Own event execution end to end, including planning, outreach, logistics, stakeholder coordination, follow-up, and measurement.
- Track event performance, lead generation, pipeline contribution, and overall ROI.
- Continuously identify new event formats, partnerships, and opportunities that can strengthen OpenArt’s market presence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
