Editorial

Editorial Events Director/Senior Manager, TechTarget Security Media

Needham, MA

TechTarget's Security Media Group is looking for an editorial events director/senior manager who will be responsible for overseeing the editorial content and operational aspects of its conferences and road shows. The ideal candidate has a minimum of five years' experience building editorial content and coordinating live events, preferably in the high-tech arena with proven project management skills. He/she will work with the group's Editorial Director to establish build 40+ one-day seminars and two national conferences. This position will work with speakers on their presentations, help build out new shows, emcee events and moderate panels. This person will travel to most of our events and ensure that the editorial program is executed seamlessly. He/she will also serve as the primary editorial liaison to other TechTarget groups that contribute to our conference/events business.

Essential Job Functions:

• Working with Editorial Events Manager in setting timeline and workflow for all conferences and editorial road shows;
• Responsible for the editorial planning, operations and execution of seminars and conferences;
• Identifying and recruiting new speakers for events ;
• Building out new editorial content based on attendee need;
• Crafting an editorial strategy for our road shows and events;
• Managing speaker deliverables for all conferences and editorial road shows;
• Emceeing events and moderating vendor panels;
• Writing and editing session information for conference Web sites;
• Serving as the primary security editorial point person for the Events Group;
• Tracking all speaker-related expenses and managing them against budget;
• Receiving and reviewing all PowerPoint presentations for each event;
• Setting, tracking and enforcing speaker deadlines;
• Managing the conference proceedings process, including budgeting for and analysis of publishing options;
• Working with the Editorial Director to survey attendees of all our events;
• Preparing competitive analysis studies positioning our events against others in the information security arena; and,
• Managing Editorial Events Manager

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• A minimum of five years' editorial experience or events planning experience;
• Bachelor’s degree;
• Very strong organizational skills;
• Strong technical knowledge of the industry
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at once;
• Experience meeting tight deadlines and remaining cool under pressure;
• Good proofreader;
• Willingness to travel frequently (40 – 50%);
• Great presentation and interpersonal skills; and,
• Familiarity with PowerPoint.

Please contact jobs@techtarget.com