Does your heart beat faster when you imagine to create and launch completely new event formats with the power to build an international movement of entrepreneurs and innovators? Did you already create and organize inspiring events and festivals with thousands of excited participants? Are you a god backstage and great host to be around with? Do you like to work in an inspiring working environment with a group of people who understand innovation as a lifestyle and who look for supporting entrepreneurs with solutions for relevant problems? Then we should get to know each other:

We are looking for an Event Management Hero who helps us create and run extraordinary events that will build and shape our ecosystem with international exposure.

We are an innovation hub in stealth-mode, starting an international movement of entrepreneurs and innovators who shape a sustainable and livable future. We do it from an emerging innovation center in the Ruhr area, which will support innovators and entrepreneurs in the region, but also far beyond – across Europe. By thinking and acting in ecosystems, we will connect people, foster communities, amplify what is already there and create what is still needed. More important: We are backed by strong shareholders from the Ruhr area – with secured long-term funding to create something truly impactful. And we are looking for more people to join us.

As one first important step to make our vision come true, we are looking for you to help us create and run a chain ecosystem-events with different components of activities: annual flagship-events, demo-days, pitch-competitions and many more. The events will build our brand and our ecosystem of likeminded innovators. For this important job, we will bring fusion (art, music, food etc.) into our events and build great relationships to all sorts of participants with innovation at their hearts, be it students, founders, investors or CEO´s.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
• You are an experienced event-manager.
• Ever since you can think, you wanted to inspire people and create experiences for them.
• You are an organizational and improvisation super talent.
• You have a broad network in the event industry, which you can contribute to our fusion concept.
• There’s no question that you create and run a great show, as you’re out in the festival and event scene every day.
• You are a team player with a great sense of humor and a big passion for innovation and lifestyle.
• You can speak (and write) German and English fluently.

FIELDS OF ACTIVITY
• You plan, coordinate and manage the execution of virtual, physical and hybrid events (our own events or partner events) – but make them special flavored with our fusion concept.
• You attract event sponsors, partners, ambassadors, and speakers.
• You drive event marketing, promotion and content creation with the Branding, Marketing & Communication team.
• You work in close collaboration with the Community Management Team and support each other.
• You ensure proper pre- during-, and after-event processes (e.g. ticketing, event logistics, catering, feedback).
• You manage event budget and external spend.
• You instruct and coordinate the outsourcing of event tasks to external agencies and service providers.
• You evaluate the need for and benefit of event management software – and you implement it as needed.
• You do all this with an entrepreneurial mindset closely with the entire crew to deliver a great event experience.

WHAT YOU GET
– The unique opportunity to help build an international innovation hub in the Ruhr area from the very beginning – with a huge ambition and strong shareholders with long-term funding power.
– An agile working environment, flexible working hours.
– Competitive salary and 30 days of vacation.
– An inspiring co-working space with exciting members from the startup and innovation scene in a central location in Essen, Germany.