Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $100,000.00 - $1.00
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Flexible
Benefits
Medical insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Cellphone stipend
Paid Time Off
paid family leave
401(k) matching
professional training support
remote work flexibility
Job Description
The Texas Tribune is a prominent nonprofit news organization and the state's leading source for Texas politics and public policy. Founded with a mission to deliver serious, fact-based journalism, the Tribune has established itself as an innovative and trusted platform that breaks through the noise of partisan bias and confirmation bias prevalent in today's media landscape. Committed to nonpartisan reporting, the Tribune emphasizes accuracy, accountability, and inclusivity by ensuring its newsroom and news coverage reflect the diverse perspectives and experiences of Texans from all walks of life. Operating out of its downtown Austin office, just steps away from the Texas... Show More
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5 years experience in event production or related field
- Proven leadership experience managing teams and vendors
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage budgets and meet deadlines
- Willingness to work in downtown Austin office
- Ability to work flexible hours including during event periods
- Proficiency with project management tools and event production software
- Commitment to the Tribune's values of nonpartisan journalism and diversity
Job Qualifications
- Exceptional project and time management skills, strong writing and communication skills, and demonstrated experience overseeing multi-day event production
- Experience leading and coordinating staff, contractors and others across cross-functional teams
- A demonstrated aptitude for developing, building and stewarding internal and external stakeholders
- Experience managing event budgets and resources with accountability and transparency
- History of being organized and detail-oriented, highly effective at juggling multiple projects on time and on budget
- Strong discretion and courtesy when dealing with all Tribune contacts, as well as internal and external relationships
- Demonstrates a high degree of adaptability to continually changing environments
- Willingness and ability to adapt to increased demands during Festival planning/production
- Energized by working in a fast-paced, mission-driven journalism environment
- An interest in Texas politics and policy and a belief in the Tribune's mission
Job Duties
- Own end-to-end planning, production and execution of the Texas Tribune Festival, leading the Tribune’s cross-departmental Festival team and holding the organization accountable to strategic goals, audience priorities, revenue targets, and production timelines
- Project manage the process, ensuring regular production meetings that have agendas and include all necessary participants
- Build an event that reflects the Tribune’s mission, brand standards and editorial vision
- Work with the Tribune’s outside production partner and oversee and direct the production and A/V vendor(s) for the Festival, including panel recording, livestreaming, venue management and event production
- Build and execute a speaker communications strategy to ensure all Festival participants are prepared and properly briefed on their session(s)
- Work with the Senior Director of Events and Live Journalism on internal reports and communications of Festival updates, needs and progress toward goals, including leading weekly cross-departmental meetings, vendor meetings and text-based progress reporting
- Work directly with the Tribune’s internal and external design and production resources to develop and execute an excellent visual and experiential design experience
- Ensure the Festival has adequate accessibility opportunities and features for the virtual and in-person events
- Monitor event expenses to ensure all Festival team members keep within their allocated budgets and that the event does not exceed the total budget
- Partner with the Tribune sponsorship team to achieve Festival revenue goals by developing and executing on sponsorship opportunities, activations and presence at the Festival, including video elements, onsite activations and virtual platform presence
- Manage all Festival onsite teams (virtual and in-person) in tandem with Festival production vendor(s), including hiring and managing additional onsite staff as needed
- Work directly with the Tribune’s production and audience engagement teams to oversee live and post-production strategy and execution
- Work directly with the Tribune’s Marketing and Communications team to execute the Festival marketing and campaign strategy, as well as oversee any onsite or production-related needs of marketing and PR teams
- Work with the Senior Director of Events and Live Journalism and other team members on post-event analysis, data collection and reporting for internal teams, including reports to the Tribune’s senior management team. Assist the sponsorship and revenue teams with external reporting needs
- Work with the city of Austin for event permits as necessary
Job Qualifications
Experience
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