Project Healthy Minds

Director of Special Events

New York, NY · Director

Sponsorship not specified$15k-$20kDetected 486 days ago

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About the role

This leader should have four superpowers:
An extraordinary level of creativity and experience conceptualizing and producing outside-the-box, elevated events.
Exquisite taste and editorial brilliance to curate the right topics, speakers, and participants to ensure Project Healthy Minds events are some of the most intellectually interesting events around.

An unmatched strategic, fundraising mindset to ensure that all of our events inspire individual donors and corporate partners to philanthropically support the mission of the non-profit.
Drive the execution of all event production elements end-to-end in a hands-on manner - providing strong day-to-day leadership to all internal stakeholders, external vendors, and venue partners.
Lead all vendor and venue relations - from sourcing to negotiation to management to reporting.
Create detailed end-to-end planning timelines for events and run the process to ensure best-in-class execution across the team.
Own the P&L for all events.

You are a meticulous planner and can ensure that all the moving parts of an event are clear and categorized.
You keep the trains on the track and ensure all stakeholders meet deadlines.
You respond skillfully to rapidly changing priorities and are excited by the prospect of every day being different with new problems to solve.
You are willing to travel for this role if needed.
A strong communicator - you have exceptional oral and written communication skills with an ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences and a diverse team of stakeholders.
Bachelor's degree and 15-20+ years of experience running events with proven success, ideally in the nonprofit space.
Competitive compensation
Opportunity to attend inspiring experiences and events with thought leaders, business executives, and iconic speakers across a range of industries

HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE: • Set the strategic vision and roadmap for the Project Healthy Minds fundraising events strategy – from culture-driven fundraisers (e.g. our annual gala) to intimate, VIP events. • Lead the strategy for each Project H

ABOUT PROJECT HEALTHY MINDS Project Healthy Minds is a mental health tech non-profit startup.
applying technology to address one of the biggest social issues of our time: the growing mental health crisis.
that it should be as easy to find mental health services as it is to book a flight or a restaurant reservation.
That's why we're building the world's first digital marketplace for finding mental health services that are right for you.
Set the strategic vision and roadmap for the Project Healthy Minds fundraising events strategy - from culture-driven fundraisers (e.g. our annual gala) to intimate, VIP events.

We are backed by a powerhouse of industry-leading Board of Directors and Advisory Council Members who are passionate, hands-on, and dive into the important work with us.

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
Project Healthy Minds is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law.
Project Healthy Minds will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws, and will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law

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