Events Content Operations Specialist

About the role

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the coordination and execution of AFP's events, ensuring that all aspects of the event are managed efficiently and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate event programming timelines, speaker communications, and session logistics from planning through execution.
• Manage the end-to-end speaker experience, including onboarding, agreements, presentation materials, travel coordination, and event readiness.
• Research and support keynote speaker selection while coordinating logistics and deliverables.
• Administer the call-for-proposals process, including submission tracking, review coordination, and speaker notifications.
• Maintain accurate speaker, session, and event information across the website, event app, LMS, webinar platforms, and internal systems.
• Partner with Marketing, Sponsorship, Certification, and Event Operations teams to deliver exceptional attendee experiences.
• Provide onsite and virtual event support to ensure speakers and educational sessions run smoothly.
• Recommend process improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, and quality across event operations.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience supporting conferences, events, speaker management, training programs, or educational programming.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a customer-service mindset.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort learning and using event technology platforms, CRMs, webinar tools, and Microsoft Office.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and support events outside normal business hours when needed.

Qualifications

• Intellectually curious and able to adapt to change.
• Works autonomously and collaborates in cross-functional teams.
• Dedicated to demonstrating extraordinary results at a fast pace.

Skills

• Event management and coordination skills.
• Speaker management and logistics expertise.
• Project management and organizational skills.
• Communication and customer service skills.
• Event technology proficiency.

Benefits

AFP offers a competitive base salary + a generous commission plan, great career growth, superb benefits plan, including a generous vacation/sick/holiday leave policy, medical, dental and vision health insurance, 401K plan with employer match, and flexible schedules.

Pay

Competitive base salary + a generous commission plan.

Schedule

Flexible schedule.

Benefits

Great career growth, superb benefits plan, including a generous vacation/sick/holiday leave policy, medical, dental and vision health insurance, 401K plan with employer match, and flexible schedules.

AFP CORE VALUES

• We always strive to be better.
• We listen, we speak up, we smash silos.
• We are courageous.
• We are all in it together.