Scope of the Job
At Soho House, the Member Events Manager is responsible for programming, planning, and delivering innovative events using Soho House’s guiding principles of curating events for a creative community. Soho House events are designed to inspire members, cross-pollinate the community, and tell authentic stories about a city. The Member Events Manager is responsible for conceptualizing and producing creative, varied, and well-executed member events. The Member Events Manager will report to the Head of Membership.
A successful Member Events Manager is an organized storyteller with their finger on the pulse of cultural trends, possessing talent and innovation that engages members, guests, and staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the event programming and vibe of the property as well as tell hyper-local stories about the neighbourhood the Soho House occupies and its creatives
- Propose trends, technology, and leading innovations for new event formats (including digital) and collaborate with the team on themes and installations for big events
- Inspire members, talent and all Soho House teams when meeting to create and implement events
- Share contacts and ideas, and collaborate with all departments on the set up and creation
- Build and create a diverse database of talent, collaborators and experiences ensuring the House calendar captures the current cultural zeitgeist
- Ensure innovative events & programming are united around our global themes
- Create systems to track the booking and forward lead the event programming and vibe of the property
- Be inventive and ambitious when conceptualizing member events (e.g., booking talent, securing an artist residency, or building a grand installation)
- Collaborate with the team on themes and installations for large events
- Adhere to deadlines and budgets to ensure that business goals are met
- Compose compelling copy for all events
- Collaborate with global team in partnership
- Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor/manager
Experience Required
- 3+ years of cultural event programming or cultural event production experience
- Fluent in English
- Creatively driven and culturally in-tune to develop / foster a network and knowledge to execute events
- Collaborative and communicative providing direction and delegating as required
- Organized and detail oriented
- Ability to multitask and execute under pressure in a demanding fast-paced environment
- Flexible schedule including long hours and regular evening event coverage
- Hospitality or music experience a plus