Advisor Events Manager
1 week ago
Hi, we’re Fora. We’re reimagining the travel industry with fresh eyes, and building a travel agency that is modern, inclusive, tech-enabled and well, cool.
Our mission is bold. We’re here to empower 100,000 entrepreneurs to transform their passion for travel into a totally fun new career, and we’re doing it by curating the most incredible trips and experiences for travelers.
We’re proud to have been named as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. You can read about us in Condé Nast Traveler, where we were featured as one of the 56 Bright Ideas of Travel in 2022 and Phocuswire, where we were named as one of the hot 25 startups of 2023.
Fora was founded in 2021 by three travel entrepreneurs – Henley Vazquez, Jake Peters and Evan Frank – who shared one big idea. Since then, we’ve grown to a team of 50 full-time employees, with an office headquarters in TriBeCa, New York City.
We are fortunate to be backed by an incredible group of investors and are looking for more talented and mission-driven individuals to join our team.
About the Role
The Advisor Events Manager will lead Live Forum, our largest annual in-person event, and be responsible for its commercial oversight and impact to drive growth for advisors and partners. Acting as the general manager of a business unit, they will lead strategic planning with senior leadership, financial management, and project management. The focus will be on building and managing budgets to achieve profitability and deliver learning and sales opportunities for both advisors and partners.
The Advisor Events Manager must have strong relationship management skills, capable of developing and maintaining partnerships with travel partners and advisors, and communicating effectively. They will cater to three key audiences: partners, advisors, and internal Fora team members.
This role reports directly to the Head of Advisor Experience and requires comfort in a highly visible position both internally and externally.
What you’ll do
Lead Live Forum, Fora’s marquee advisor-partner conference. This year, we will host 850 attendees. In 2025, we will host more than 2000 attendees.
- Lead planning, management and execution of Live Forum in collaboration with a production agency; production schedules and timelines; budget ownership; and post-event return on investment reporting. This includes:
- Advisor experience including ticketing, website and app development, event layout and design, venue scouting, agency management, vendor hire and management, speaker management and content development, asset creation, catering, permitting and logistics, and contract negotiations
- Build Live Forum budget with a focus on profitability and value, including securing revenue through participation fees from partners, brand sponsorship and ticketing
- Secure participation from travel partners (deck, payment method) to afford multi-million dollar budgets with all internal travel-facing teams
- Manage partner relationships and regular communications throughout event planning, execution, and reporting, deliver best-in-class partnerships by demonstrating business value, telling strong stories, iterating deliverables as needed
- Create easy-to-track processes so that any stakeholder can review progress
- Project manage internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and decisions are made quickly with appropriate inputs and buy-in
In person advisor experiences
- Own the pre-and post-event advisor communications, preparation meetings and deliverables for Learning Days and in office experiences in collaboration with AX team members
- Support, develop and implement scalable processes for partners, advisors and internal stakeholders
Impact & Analysis
- Define, track, and report on business metrics that reflect the impact of in-person experiences you produce (pre/post bookings, number of clients, etc)
- Own, disseminate and act on lessons learned to constantly improve, including developing reporting to all sponsors and travel partners
- Communicate updates and learnings regularly to the larger organization
About You
- 4 - 6 years of experience in sales, partnerships, event management/production or operations
- Operates quickly and effectively, often working with tight or changing deadlines
- Experience in owning, building and managing budgets with strong financial management skills
- Capability to define, track, and report on business metrics that reflect the impact of in-person experiences
- Excellent verbal/written communications and presentation skills combined with effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be a quick-thinker, able to trouble-shoot and be a creative problem solver.
- Detail and process-oriented, organized, resourceful and proactive
- Collaborative and positive team player
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced corporate environment with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Compensation
- Salary: $95-110k + equity + bonus based management of Live Forum
Benefits & Perks
- This role is based in New York City with a hybrid WFH & office schedule (Monday-Thursday are our Tribeca in-office days, with flexibility for Friday at your preference). We offer unlimited vacation, health/dental/vision insurance, One Medical membership, 401(k), commuter benefits, supplemental life insurance, and more.
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WORK AUTHORIZATION
You must have authorization to work in the United States. Fora is unable to assist applicants with obtaining work authorization.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Fora is committed to an equitable hiring process and an inclusive work environment. BIPOC and traditionally underrepresented candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We will not discriminate and will take action to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any other characteristic protected by law.
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