Vice President, Corporate Events

Location: Hybrid role requiring work from the New York, NY, Orlando, FL, or Los Angeles, CA office at least three days per week; frequent domestic and international travel is required. Events may require nights, weekends, and nontraditional hours.

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

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment business operating across political news, business news and personal 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 enterprise 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.
• Build, lead, and develop the events team while establishing scalable standards, operating models, and partnerships with agencies, production companies, venues, and suppliers.
• Own event budgets, forecasting, vendor negotiations, production standards, approval processes, measurement frameworks, and risk-management practices.
• Partner with Communications, Marketing, Sales, Partnerships, Ad Sales, Finance, Legal, Security, workplace and technology teams, and business leaders.
• Measure attendee experience, brand impact, commercial outcomes, and operational performance, using insights and emerging trends to improve experiences.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in corporate events, experiential marketing, hospitality, live events, or related programs, including senior leadership experience.
• Deep expertise in event strategy, creative development, live production, guest experience, hospitality, financial management, contracting, vendor negotiation, and on-site operations.
• Proven experience building and developing teams and leading agencies, production partners, vendors, and other external partners.
• Strong executive presence, communication, project-management, prioritization, problem-solving, commercial, and financial skills.
• Ability to work from the designated U.S. offices at least three days per week, 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

• Values include trust, teamwork, transparency, agility, and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, discounts, and other benefits.
• Opportunity to shape an enterprise events and hospitality function across recognized news, business, sports, golf, and entertainment brands.

Hiring process

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