Event Producer (Content)
About the role
Bisnow is the leading B2B media platform powering the commercial real estate (CRE) 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. This role is based in NYC as a hybrid position, requiring 3-4 days in the office (123 William St., New York). Must be willing to travel once a month.
Responsibilities
- Identify potential speakers and establish contact with them; persistently recruit prospects using phone and email.
- Educate potential speakers on the value of participating in Bisnow events.
- Build and manage the event experience from scratch, including researching out-of-the-box content ideas, recruiting and placing C-level executives, working with sales to drive sponsorship, and overseeing the event process.
- Collaborate with different departments at Bisnow to achieve ambitious goals, particularly supporting the sales team.
- Utilize and establish community contacts to promote Bisnow and event attendance, including partnerships with associations and local groups.
- Diligently research CRE trends, programming ideas, and top-notch speakers for events.
- Manage speaker relations and touchpoints from event conception to execution.
- Provide excellent service, support, and communication to event speakers and sponsors.
- Lead pre- and post-event meetings, offering direction, guidance, and feedback.
- Innovate solutions to improve content and attendee experience at events.
- Brainstorm fresh and relevant topic ideas with teams to adapt to industry trends.
- Maintain open communication across departments on event and project status.
- Work collaboratively with all departments and manage multiple events in various stages of production.
Requirements
- 1 - 3 years of data center knowledge/experience.
- Detail-oriented and deadline-driven with strong project management and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage, develop, and launch multiple projects under tight deadlines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; a great teammate.
- Hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic with tenacity.
- 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 to handle situations creatively and jump into projects as needed.
- 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.
- Positive attitude with a strong desire to be challenged daily.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation structure with significant additional earning potential through a quarterly performance bonus program tied to event revenue targets and individual goals.
- 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.
- Collaborative, smart, and passionate team with minimal bureaucracy or toxicity.
Values
Bisnow’s culture is defined by the following values. Applicants should share these values for a mutually beneficial fit:
- Curious, self-aware, fearless, consistent: We say yes to challenges and push further.
- Entrepreneurial: We ask, "Why can’t it be done?" and find a way.
- Team over ego: We embrace collaboration and disown ego.
- Disciplined and kind: We are ruthlessly disciplined and unabashedly kind.
- Challenge the status quo: We fight for new levels of excellence.
- Exceptional communication: We believe it’s the difference between good and great.
- Obsessed with value: We create value for our team and customers.
- Inclusive and diverse: We push for inclusivity, diversity, and fight inequality.
- Never peak, never quit: We own failures and commit to being smarter and stronger.
- Winning mindset: We give our best today and even better tomorrow.
Bisnow will not offer sponsorship for employment status (e.g., H1-B visa) for this position. All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without requiring sponsorship.