Audience Development - Events (Contract)

The role

This person will support audience development and event execution for Semafor World Economy. They will manage audience strategy, list building, invitations, registration, and attendee communications.

What you will do

• Develop and execute audience acquisition plans for assigned events.
• Build and curate targeted invitation lists.
• Translate event briefs into audience criteria.
• Draft invitation copy, registration messaging, and attendee communications.
• Coordinate with the design team on event invitations and creative assets.
• Manage event website content, registration pages, and RSVP workflows.
• Maintain registration data and manage attendee status changes.
• Own RSVP tracking and audience reporting.
• Manage registration pipelines against venue capacity and targets.
• Support event execution and post-event reporting.

Required qualifications

• Experience in audience development, event marketing, or attendee acquisition for high-profile business events.
• Ability to manage event audience development from initial planning through execution.
• Judgment in curating senior executive and business audiences.
• Strong copywriting skills for professional event invitations and communications.
• Proficiency with CRM systems, event registration platforms, spreadsheets, and website content management tools.
• Ability to manage registration pipelines, capacity targets, and multiple simultaneous deadlines.
• Highly organized and resourceful.
• Comfortable taking ownership in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working across editorial, commercial, marketing, and event operations teams.

About the company

Semafor is a global news platform. It aims to enable world-class journalists to deliver reporting and insights with rigor and transparency.