Events Coordinator for high-velocity, exciting startup.
This is an incredibly promising role for someone who LOVES event strategy, event planning and operations, and has the ability to travel a bit and connect, talk, and build rapport with some of the most exciting founders in the world.
Hampton is a private, invitation-only community for founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs. If you haven’t heard of us, that’s because we’ve been building in private beta for about 6 months. We have over 250 members and are launching publicly in March/April (shhhh!) and we want to hire someone before things go absolutely crazy!
Below you’ll find the job description and the application process.
Events Coordinator, Hampton
Hampton is looking for an event coordinator to help drive our event strategy in order to scale our in-person events, retreats, and local adventures.
This individual will be our first full-time events hire, so plan on being an event production specialist, an events strategist, and a community engagement expert! The perfect candidate enjoys building programs from the ground up and has the experience and skill to quickly organize and accelerate the high-quality community events we’ve already begun.
In this role, you'll get to:
- Lead our events strategy and operations, including the budgeting, planning, and staffing to ensure our events continue to be seamless and can’t-miss attractions
- Collaborate closely with our community lead on the best strategy to connect members across various industries, geographies, identities, and other demographics to drive engagement
- Travel to Hampton’s events and be a representative for our team and brand, support the production team, and host and facilitate events on-site when needed
- Be responsible for setting the standard and raising the bar for the ideation, planning, production and execution for our in-person events
- Create an elevated experience where members feel comfortable connecting with other members over a several hour span
- Create a playbook for Hampton to continue scaling live events across the country
- Partner with key Hampton team members to gather member feedback, incorporate into future events, and systematize the planning process
We're looking for people who have:
- Proven experience planning and executing a variety of in-person events including ideation, conception, production, execution, and reporting
- Strong leadership skills and experience being on-site for a variety of events
- High comfort level interacting with and speaking to founders, entrepreneurs, and/or executives
- Willingness to travel 2-4x per month across the U.S.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to communicate quickly and succinctly
- Ability to build cross-functional teams is a plus
- Experience in startups, venture capital, or tech is a plus
- Great personality, humble, witty banter and sarcasm a plus
- Impeccable taste across a variety of categories
This job reports to Hampton’s CEO and is a highly visible role. The right candidate will have significant experience launching an events program and is also excited to continue their community building journey.
About Hampton
Hampton is a private, invitation-only community for founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs. We’re one of the fastest growing founder networks in the world and aim to be the most valuable place for founders to connect and grow their personal and professional network.
Application Process:
- Please fill out the application below
- Second part of the process is a short assignment
- Third round includes interviews with the team
- Fourth round includes an interview with the CEO and key stakeholders
