Vice President, Corporate Events

Location: Hybrid, with a minimum of three days per week in the New York, NY or Orlando, FL office; frequent domestic and international travel required. The role includes nights, weekends, and variable schedules for events.

Salary: USD 200,000–230,000 annually, plus bonus and LTI.

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment company operating across political news, business news and finance, golf, sports, and entertainment through brands including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, and GolfPass.

What you will do

• Develop and lead a multi-year corporate events and hospitality strategy aligned with business priorities, brand positioning, and stakeholder needs.
• Direct the creative development and end-to-end delivery of corporate events, executive meetings, industry conferences, client and partner hospitality, and brand activations.
• Lead, develop, and structure the events team while establishing scalable standards and ways of working.
• Manage agencies, production companies, venues, hospitality providers, and suppliers, including selection, contracting, and performance.
• Own event budgets, forecasting, vendor negotiations, production standards, measurement frameworks, and risk-management practices.
• Partner with Communications, Marketing, Sales, Partnerships, Finance, Legal, Security, workplace, technology, and business-unit leaders.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in corporate events, experiential marketing, hospitality, live events, or related programs, including senior leadership experience.
• Expertise in event strategy, creative development, live production, guest experience, hospitality, financial management, contracting, vendor negotiation, and on-site operations.
• Experience building and developing teams and leading agencies, production partners, vendors, and other external partners.
• Strong executive presence, communication, project-management, prioritization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-influence skills.
• Experience managing significant budgets and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally and work nights, weekends, and variable schedules when required. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Nice to have

• Experience in media, entertainment, sports, news, golf, hospitality, or another fast-moving consumer-facing industry.
• Experience developing client and partner hospitality around major sports, entertainment, cultural, or industry events.
• Familiarity with event technology, registration and CRM platforms, measurement frameworks, and audience insights.

Culture & Benefits

• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, discounts, and additional benefits.
• Work across a portfolio of recognized news, business, sports, golf, and entertainment brands.
• Values include trust, teamwork, transparency, agility, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Hiring process

• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global location before a hiring decision.