Conference Event Producer (Content)
Bisnow is the leading B2B media platform powering the commercial real estate industry. We connect CRE professionals through award-winning news, high-impact events, marketing solutions, recruiting services, and sales enablement tools that drive real business results. With 1.7M+ subscribers and 400+ events annually across 47 markets in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands, we don’t just cover the industry, we help move it forward.
About the role
This is a hybrid role based in NYC (123 William St., New York), requiring 3-4 days in office per week. The selected candidate must be willing to travel once a month. This position requires high interest in Commercial Real Estate, including property management, and data center knowledge/experience.
Responsibilities
- Identify potential speakers and establish contact with said individuals; persistently recruit prospects using phone and email
- Educate potential speakers on why it makes sense to spend their time speaking at one of your events
- Build from scratch and manage the event experience, including researching out-of-the-box content ideas, recruiting and placing C-level executives on each conference, working side-by-side with sales to drive sponsorship, and managing the event experience throughout the entire process
- Work with different departments at Bisnow to reach ambitious goals, supporting the sales team in achieving shared objectives
- Utilize and establish contacts within the community to promote Bisnow and event attendance, including partnerships with associations and local groups
- Diligently research CRE, programming ideas, and top-notch speakers for your events
- Manage speaker relations and touchpoints—from the idea of the event to day-of execution
- Provide excellent service, support, and communication to event speakers and sponsors
- Lead pre- and post-event meetings by providing direction, guidance, and feedback to all involved
- Constantly look for innovative solutions to improve content and the attendee experience at your events
- Persistently brainstorm fresh and relevant topic ideas with your teams to adapt to trends within the industry
- Keep communication lines open through all departments on the status of events and projects
- Work collaboratively and cooperatively with members of all other departments
- Manage multiple events in various stages of production, requiring strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and time management
Requirements
- 1-3 years of data center knowledge/experience
- Detail-oriented and deadline-driven, with strong project management and meticulous organizational skills
- Ability to manage, develop, and launch multiple projects under time-sensitive deadlines
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic; tenacity is expected
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships with key people in CRE
- Commitment to accuracy, quality, consistency, and transparency
- Creativity and a healthy sense of humor
- Flexibility and the ability to handle situations creatively, jump into projects as needed, and take initiative
- Receptive to feedback and open to constructive criticism
- Ability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated interest in commercial real estate
- Innate hustle, raw intelligence, infectious enthusiasm, and intellectual curiosity
- Entrepreneurial and ambitious mindset
- Never-give-up attitude, positive mental state, and a strong desire to be challenged daily
Benefits
- Competitive compensation structure, including bonuses
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance, including maternity and paternity leaves
- 401K
- Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Account
- Health Savings Account
- Unlimited Vacation Days
- 7 days paid sick leave
- 9 paid Holidays
- Referral Bonus Program
You’ll work with incredibly smart, passionate, driven, ambitious, kind, caring, and mindful people in an environment with minimal bureaucracy or toxicity.
Company Values
Our values demand that we be curious, self-aware, fearless, and consistent. We embrace challenges, push boundaries, and go the distance because we are entrepreneurial. We care more than the competition, prioritize teamwork over ego, and are ruthlessly disciplined yet unabashedly kind. We challenge the status quo, fight for excellence, and believe exceptional communication makes the difference between good and great. We champion diversity, inclusion, and equality, and we never stop improving. We own our failures and commit to being smarter and stronger because of them. We give our best today and even better tomorrow.
Bisnow will not offer sponsorship for employment-based nonimmigrant visas (e.g., H1-B) for this position. All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without requiring sponsorship.