Event Specialist (Travel)

Job Description

TLDR; Manage, Curate & Produce bar-raising social travel experiences for groups. (Hotels, Flights, Experiences/Activities, Food) The longer version Travel is core to the Experience Co. business & our members are some of the dynamic professionals & talent in the country. Think Director at Netflix, Design Lead at Meta, Emmy award winning artists, International Art Project founders and beyond. As an Experience & Production Manager at Experience Co., youll be at the forefront of creating immersive experiences for a community of founders, creators, leaders, rebels, and misfits. This role demands both creative vision and operational finesse to produce extraordinary residencies across the world, from Japan to South Africa. At Experience Co. you will be involved in various aspects of experience design, planning, bookings, coordination and inventory management, budgets & building strategic partnerships. Key Responsibilities: As part of this role, you will be curating experiences in different countries across the world, curating food menus for our residencies, identifying top neighbourhoods, researching about party spots, activities & experiences that delight in culture & creative cities across the world. You'll get to curate life-altering experiences for a community of founders, creators, leaders, rebels, artists, designers, corporate misfits & beyond. You will be directly working with the production team on destinations like Japan, Spain, Iceland, Kazakhstan, South Africa, etc. You will get to manage budgets, negotiate with vendors, coordinate timings & outcomes with vendors all while prioritising resident experience on our trips. You will be working in a dynamic, yet remote environment, and can expect a startup energy through and through, where execution is the focus. In this role, you will get to use both your left & right brain, and dance between both to launch, produce, curate experiences across the world Youd be a great fit if you You know what is Get your Guide, Airbnb Experiences, Viator You are usually the one ordering food for the table in a restaurant You are a natural problem solver & negotiator You have a grip on situations even when they seem out of control and can communicate challenges & updates flawlessly You can multi-task and bring your own productivity system to the role You are an effortless communicator & collaborator, and find it easy to work with people across all levels You are great at onboarding vendors, building long term relationships & cracking win-win partnerships You are passionate about curating, producing bar-raising travel experiences Organisation Structure This role will report directly to the Head of Travel & Experiences