WEF: Specialist, Event Editorial – New York

Please Note: This role requires the ability to work on site 3 days per week per company policy.

The annual salary range for this role is $80,000-85,000 in New York.

Why we are recruiting

The Global Programming Group is the team responsible for stewardship of the Forum’s events. It leads on the programming, the architecture and the operations of the Forum’s institutional events.

Reporting Lines & Interactions

This role will report to the Head/Deputy-Head of Event Editorial within the Global Programming Group. Working closely with the Forum’s core thematic impact teams (Centres), the successful candidate will be responsible of providing a holistic view of Forum impact priorities, be knowledgeable about the latest issues, and identify cross-thematic collaboration opportunities. Within the Global Programming Group, the role will work closely with the Event Management, Event Design and Strategy and Engagement units.

This role requires a high degree of internal collaboration to align editorial priorities across platforms and institutional communities and to diplomatically balance competing requests. The role involves working with teams across the house, providing exposure to all core areas of the Forum’s work. Each Editorial Specialist manages or supports a thematic portfolio covering the economy, society, environment, technology, or geopolitics. We are currently seeking profiles with thematic specialization across one or several of these areas.

Breakdown of Main Responsibilities

• Ensure that all Forum events meet a uniform standard of excellence, by developing and socializing programme design frameworks, structures, processes, and tools.
• Support and co-lead the collaboration with thematic Centres as well as other teams across the house to scan emerging issues, identify relevant experts, and shape a programme that delivers on Forum’s strategic priorities.
• Lead the programme development and speaker selection processes for institutional events, balancing impact priorities, partnership goals, inclusion targets, and audience interests.
• Ensure live session delivery for virtual and in-person events.
• Support the editorial process by scanning for emerging issues and identifying or engaging relevant experts to stay abreast of the latest developments in each thematic portfolio.

The Successful Candidate will be assessed on

• Stewarding the Forum’s institutional events, providing consistent thematic architecture and event processes, and ensuring that all events meet a uniform standard of excellence.
• Close collaboration with colleagues beyond the Global Programming Group, including thematic Centres, Global Communications Group, and business engagement functions.
• Developing a strong understanding of the Forum’s mission and aligning event content with platform impact priorities.
• Conducting thorough post-event debriefs of the editorial process, demonstrating a keen interest for innovation and improvement
• Effective interpersonal and negotiation skills, including verbal and written communications and presentations to internal and external audiences.
• Close collaboration with the broader Forum ecosystem, and ability to navigate the complexity of a matrix organization.
• Ensuring that programme development milestones are articulated consistently and regularly shared with internal and external stakeholders.
• Developing a strong understanding of the Forum’s mission and regularly monitoring the landscape to engage foremost experts in a specific field.

Preferred Requirements and Experience

• 4+ years of relevant professional experience, including experience with programme development targeting a global audience, ideally engaging business, government, and non-profit audiences in international environments.
• Passion for and demonstrated ability to identify, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate complex issues to diverse audiences.
• Advanced university degree in business, media, communications, economics, journalism, or other relevant fields.
• Proven track record of project management and coordination, and negotiation skills.
• A problem-solving mindset and proven experience at identifying the strategically salient questions and marshalling the data required to answer them.
• Excellent team collaboration, relationship development, and operational skills.
• Experience thriving in a multicultural work setting that is highly collaborative, and fast-paced; flexibility and the ability to embrace ambiguity is a must.
• Fluency in English, with excellent written, digital and verbal communication skills; knowledge of other languages would be an asset.
• Mastery of Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word); experience with Salesforce a significant plus

Why join us?

Join an independent and impartial organization with over 55 years of connecting leaders to make sense of global challenges and move the world forward together.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements