Online Event Marketing and Management

School16 is reinventing the higher education model, and we’re looking for someone with experience in managing online events end to end, from recruiting speakers to promoting the event and helping with co-facilitation responsibilities. Please note that past experience is required to be considered. Please describe your expertise and examples of successful work you've done in your application.

Our programs have been developed and tested at top Universities as well as venture accelerators and funds, including NYU’s Entrepreneurial Institute, Venture for America, Starta Ventures, State University of New York, and more.

Our network of instructors and speakers include tech leaders at public and private companies like Google, Facebook, Slack, and Amazon and all programs are designed and run by practitioners to help students achieve tangible career results.

This is an opportunity to get in at the ground level of a startup with a founding team that has experience across higher education, media, venture capital and technology. You’ll be working directly with the company founders who have a deep background in hosting and running events with the opportunity to shape and scale our event marketing strategy. This is a part time position with an opportunity to turn full time.

**What you'll do**

* Recruit speakers (experts from technology companies) to fill our event calendar, targeting at least one weekly online event.
* Execute a weekly outreach and follow up strategy to engage with prospective speakers that may wish to speak to our community in the future
* Communicate with each speaker once they are confirmed, sharing relevant information to prepare them for each event, and collecting relevant information from them.
* Craft compelling event title/description copy
* Promote our events leveraging our university partnerships and email list.
* Come up with new ways to recruit attendees to our events.
* Create all relevant marketing materials for our events (flyers, social media posts, shareable promotion copy, etc.).
* Attend all live sessions to support the speakers and event hosts, managing breakout sessions, chat messages, etc.
* Track and report on event performance,

**Who you are**

* You have native level fluency in English. Applicants that do not meet this requirement will not be considered.
* You are comfortable with working U.S. based hours (New York City time zone).
* You are someone who gets excited at the opportunity to find and connect with relevant experts in tech
* You are relentless at following up to make sure that no contact or prospective speaker falls through the cracks
* You thrive in a small team with a lot of autonomy
* You have experience in or have demonstrated interest in becoming an event manager and marketer that drives revenue growth

**About School16**
*School16 is an education company that helps students and professionals break into competitive roles in tech by helping them understand the types of jobs that are the best fit for them, what's currently in high demand, how each role functions, and what skills should be developed to land a fulfilling job in this sector. Our expert led programs are designed to create the best online education experience available, at a fraction of the cost, and drive learning and career outcomes for every student.*

Application Steps

*Submit a brief introduction on onlinejobs.ph telling us a little bit about yourself
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Candidates that do not provide this information will not be considered for this role.

Hours: 20-40 per week

Application Deadline: July, 10th 2021