Director, Hospitality & Events
About the role
The Director, Hospitality & Events is the senior leader responsible for shaping and elevating the hospitality vision for a Fortune 500 Formula One program. This role oversees a global portfolio of VIP hosting experiences, executive engagement strategies, and premium event environments that deepen client relationships and strengthen brand impact.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the overall hosting and hospitality strategy for a Fortune 500 Formula One program, ensuring alignment with broader marketing and business objectives.
- Serve as the senior client lead, providing strategic guidance and building long-term relationships across client stakeholders and key properties.
- Oversee multiple events and programs, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment across all properties and markets.
- Own account growth and evolution, identifying new opportunities and leading development of SOWs, POVs, and proposals.
- Set and guide team structure, staffing plans, and ways of working across the account.
- Lead account team(s) by providing direction, mentorship, and oversight to ensure strong execution and team development.
- Provide high-level oversight across all phases of event planning, including:
- Program development and overall experience design
- Venue and hotel strategy, selection, and contracting approach
- Guest experience strategy (invitations, communications, gifting, transportation)
- Budget strategy, oversight, and financial accountability
- Run of show and programming direction
- Guide and approve key decisions across logistics, production, and vendor partnerships, while delegating day-to-day execution to the team.
- Partner cross-functionally with internal teams (finance, creative, HR, executive leadership) to align on program delivery and business objectives.
- Develop and review key client deliverables, including event overviews, strategic recommendations, post-event recaps, and case studies.
- Ensure strong onsite leadership presence, focusing on executive oversight, client management, and issue escalation as needed.
- Drive continuous improvement, identifying efficiencies and elevating the overall client experience.
- Manage 2–3 full-time staff, in addition to broader account teams of varying size.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in events, hospitality, or experiential marketing.
- Candidates must have direct Formula One experience; agency experience is preferred but not required.
- Experience with VIP or corporate hospitality programs.
- Strong vendor management, budgeting, and project management skills.
- Excellent communication and client service skills.
- Fluent Spanish or Portuguese a plus.
- Willingness to travel and work non-traditional hours (up to 30% annually).
- Comfortable providing oversight during onsite setup and breakdown as needed.
- Open to candidates based near Miami or remote within Florida.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401k
- Flexible paid time off
- At least 15 paid holidays per year
- Paid sick and safe leave
- Paid parental leave
Perks
- Flexible holiday package starting at 20 days
- Corporate discounts
- Commuter benefits
- Cell phone reimbursement
- and much more
Working with Us
We’re an agency born of fanatics…fans of sports (yes, even pickleball). Fans of music (we sing in the shower). Fans of data (we’re proud nerds). Fans of art (from exhibitions to film). Fans of culture (this is huge). And that means we put it all in for what we love, truly understanding what fans need, want, feel, hate and love about the brands and properties we lead. We’re led by our core values which focus on collaboration, community, inspiring change, pursuing excellence, and celebrating bravery – all of which are foundational to our culture and how we treat each other and our clients.
Inclusion and Diversity
We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. To us, representation means more than just diversity, it means true equity. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. We are constantly evaluating our practices and policies, creating and sustaining pathways to promotion, and intentional in how we create and distribute resources, giving people what they need to grow. That’s what we care about. So, whether you’re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create opportunities for everyone. We offer team member support through flexible working arrangements and schedules that promote work/life balance along with progressive parental and caregiver programs as well as opportunities to give back to the community as part of our global social responsibility efforts.