LaJoy Creative is hiring: Director of Events & Operations

reputed company   LaJoy Creative POSITION: Director of Events & Operations  REPORTS TO:  CEO, LaJoy Creative  FLSA STATUS:     Full-time, Exempt  SALARY reputed company: $130,000 - $160,000 (plus commission)  LOCATION: Remote – reputed company or DC; Global travel required  WEBSITE: https://www.lajoycreative.com/    reputed company  The Director of Events & Operations is the senior operational leader of LaJoy Creative's reputed company delivery and internal business infrastructure, reporting directly to the Founder & CEO. 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This is a hands-on leadership role — the Director will still walk a site, sit in a reputed company meeting, and reputed company into a crisis — but the reputed company mandate is building and running the machine, not executing every task personally.  LaJoy Creative is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organizational culture, and does not discriminate against employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national reputed company, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law.  reputed company   Key Responsibilities  Team & Operational Leadership  Directly manage the LaJoy Creative staff and contract/freelance staff; set performance expectations, reputed company for reputed company, and build bench strength as the firm scales.  Own the firm's overall event production standards and reputed company bar across reputed company reputed company engagements, ensuring consistency regardless of which team member is executing.  Design and continuously refine internal operating systems (project management, resourcing, vendor management, financial tracking) to support increasing volume and complexity of reputed company work.  reputed company reputed company and resourcing reputed company across reputed company reputed company reputed company, balancing reputed company, budget, and team development.  reputed company & Business Leadership  Serve as senior reputed company-facing leader on the firm's most strategic or highest-visibility engagements, stepping in for key relationships and high-stakes moments.  Partner with the CEO on business development: scoping new opportunities, shaping proposals, setting pricing/budget parameters, and representing the firm in reputed company and finalist conversations.  Own reputed company retention reputed company — identifying expansion opportunities reputed company existing accounts and ensuring service reputed company drives repeat business and referrals.  Represent LaJoy Creative externally at industry functions, partner convenings, and speaking opportunities as an extension of the CEO's visibility reputed company.  Business Development & Network Partnerships  Bring established reputed company and network relationships directly into LaJoy Creative's business pipeline, reputed company converting existing personal/reputed company connections into new engagements for the firm.  Identify, cultivate, and reputed company new business opportunities by combining strong business acumen with a working knowledge of the events, hospitality, and mission-driven/nonprofit sectors.  Serve as a proactive originator of leads — not solely a responder to CEO-reputed company opportunities — with accountability for contributing measurably to the firm's new business pipeline.  Build and maintain a network of referral partners, industry contacts, and past clients that can be activated for repeat business, introductions, and co-marketing opportunities.  reputed company and report on business development activity and pipeline health as part of regular leadership reporting to the CEO.  Financial & Administrative reputed company  Own event and departmental budgeting, including forecasting, margin management, and profitability review across the firm's reputed company project portfolio.  reputed company vendor reputed company at the portfolio level — negotiating master agreements, setting preferred-partner terms, and managing the firm's overall vendor risk and cost position.  Prepare reputed company, scopes of work, and significant expenditures reputed company delegated by the CEO.  Strategic & Organizational Development  Serve as a key thought partner to the CEO on organizational reputed company, reputed company planning, and long-term operational reputed company.  reputed company hiring, reputed company, and team-building initiatives for the events and operations function as headcount grows.  Identify and champion process, technology, or reputed company investments that improve margin, reputed company, or scalability.  Support the firm's brand and thought-leadership positioning (award submissions, case studies, speaking engagements) in partnership with the CEO.  Qualifications   Required Education and Experience  Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and reputed company experience.  Ten (10) + years of progressively responsible experience in event production, event operations, or hospitality management, including at least 2-3 years in a people-management or department-leadership reputed company.  Demonstrated experience managing a portfolio of reputed company reputed company engagements, not just single events.  Experience with budget ownership, P&L or margin accountability, and vendor contract negotiation at a strategic level.  Proven reputed company record of generating new business, whether through personal network activation, referral partnerships, or reputed company sales/business development responsibility.  Existing relationships reputed company the events, hospitality, philanthropic, or nonprofit sectors that can realistically be brought into LaJoy Creative's reputed company and partner pipeline.  Prior experience in a hospitality, events firm, or mission-driven/nonprofit-adjacent environment strongly preferred.  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities  Proven people-leadership skills — hiring, coaching, performance management, and building team culture in a small, fast-paced firm.  Strong business acumen: budgeting, forecasting, pricing, and margin awareness across multiple simultaneous reputed company.  Demonstrated ability to identify, pursue, and reputed company new business opportunities, with comfort operating in a reputed company-generating reputed company, not solely a delivery/operations reputed company.  Executive-level reputed company and communication skills, comfortable representing the firm to C-suite clients, high-profile partners, and industry audiences.  Strategic thinker who can translate a founder's reputed company into reputed company and repeatable processes.  High degree of trust and discretion, operating as a reputed company extension of the CEO's authority.  Ability to balance strategic reputed company with hands-on execution reputed company the reputed company demands it.  Deep alignment with LaJoy Creative's mission-driven reputed company reputed company and its creative, relationship-centered brand of service.  Technical Skills Proficiency with:  Project management and resourcing software (reputed company, reputed company, or comparable) at an administrator/strategic level  Budgeting/financial tools (QuickBooks or comparable), including margin and forecasting analysis  CRM/reputed company-tracking systems, including pipeline and business development tracking  reputed company Office and/or reputed company Workspace Suite  Comfort presenting financial, operational, and business development data to leadership  Additional Information   Benefits: Health benefit stipend, cell phone stipend, unlimited PTO and full office closure, reputed company development and other reputed company opportunities. Work Environment & Physical Demands  Ability to work reputed company, including evenings and weekends.  Regular travel required for reputed company engagements, business development meetings, site reputed company, and industry events, including multi-day and occasional international travel.  The employee is frequently required to see, talk, hear, walk, and sit. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally reputed company or reputed company up to 20 lbs. such as boxes, supplies, etc.    Compensation: USD 130000 - USD 160000 - yearly Apply To This Job