Manager, Events

About the position

FOX Experience + Design is the internal brand engagement and experience agency providing strategic ideas, planning, and production in events, design, and technology to all divisions of FOX Corporation, including FOX Entertainment, FOX Sports, TUBI, Ad Sales, FOX News, Distribution, and FOX Corporate. We have a great opportunity for a Manager, Experience and Events! The Manager, Experience & Events is a strategically creative thinker; the definition of a team player; possesses creative problem-solving ability, detail-oriented, innovative, and hard-working; someone who looks beyond the “party” to provide elevated and meaningful engagements that create and maintain strong connections with fans, stakeholders, and internal teams to the FOX Family.

Responsibilities

• Creatively strategize all experience opportunities, whether they be brought to us by our stakeholders, or a new and exciting venture discovered by the internal team, to help determine the best methods of ideation and execution to achieve optimum results
• Actively listen to the needs of stakeholders, ask thoughtful and strategic information-gathering questions to help inform their decisions, and brainstorm and engage with our stakeholders and department members to provide executable ideas that achieve desired strategic goals
• Plan, coordinate, and manage successful, on-budget small to mid-size in-person and virtual experiences, corporate meetings, presentations, projects, tastemakers, and other as-needed engagements without administrative support
• Communicate clearly and collaborate closely with FED Technology and Design partners through a basic understanding of technical event needs and graphic specs and production, so everyone is clear on overall event scope, planning needs, and strategic goals, plus provide support and guidance as needed throughout the planning process
• Negotiate hotel contracts and vendor agreements; manage food and beverage design, rental orders, event layouts, rooming lists, parking, and all other corresponding event needs; establish marketing metrics for your event that will inform and educate your stakeholders on best practices and deliver ROI; recapping events and billing, and providing debriefs to team, stakeholders, and department
• Be 'in the know' on the hottest industry trends, and research, make, and nurture external industry connections and relationships that will benefit FOX's experiential endeavors
• Develop event partners & partnerships to help offset experience costs and positively impact the event's bottom line
• Support senior team Experience in production on larger-scale events, meetings, and hospitality programs as needed
• Prepare and present to stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of hands-on and supervisory experience in corporate events or with an agency
• Experience in media and the entertainment industry
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, and can communicate event ideas and turn them into reality
• Current knowledge of restaurants and venues, positive relationships with relevant vendors
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, basic database applications, internet searches
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented, and ever-changing environment without administrative support, and able to make quick reflex decisions under pressure with grace
• Ability to work after hours and weekends, over many days during a program, and still be able to function efficiently and remember detailed aspects of the event
• Willingness to get 'hands dirty' with packing, unpacking, and lifting boxes, setting up a production office, and standing on feet for more than 4 hours at a time while on-site at events

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in production

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off
• Annual discretionary bonus