Director of Editorial Events

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $105k - $125k / year

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CalMatters

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2015

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

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CalMatters is your nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Focused on California issues, it provides in-depth reporting on politics, education, health, housing, economy, and environment, aiming to hold those in power accountable and keep the public well-informed. Through various programs and newsletters, CalMatters empowers Californians with fact-based journalism that is free from partisan politics and corporate influence.

📋 Description

• Build and lead a strategy for editorial events that expands CalMatters’ audience, elevates important California conversations, and strengthens the organization • Conceive, launch, and produce pillar events that become defining CalMatters experiences • Develop and test innovative storytelling, audience-participation, and interactive programming formats • Identify timely issues and recruit policymakers, experts, journalists, and community voices • Work with newsroom leaders and reporters to maintain editorial excellence and journalistic integrity • Bring CalMatters journalism to audiences beyond its existing readership • Introduce people to CalMatters and its nonprofit model in partnership with the membership team • Partner with the development team to create, market, and execute mission-aligned sponsorship opportunities • Manage budgets for the overall events business and individual events • Track audience growth, engagement, revenue, and overall impact • Supervise and work closely with the Events Manager • Report to the Editor in Chief as part of the editorial leadership team

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience producing high-quality live events, conferences, festivals, or public forums • Strong editorial instincts and deep understanding of journalism, current events, and civic engagement • Demonstrated ability to create original concepts that attract audiences and generate excitement • Experience working with journalists, public officials, executives, and other high-profile speakers • Strong project management and organizational skills, with ability to manage multiple complex productions simultaneously • Experience developing sponsorship opportunities or partnering with fundraising, business development, or marketing teams • Excellent communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills • Passion for CalMatters’ mission of delivering trusted, nonpartisan journalism • A college degree is not required • Resume, cover letter, and work samples if applicable required for application • Must answer application questions personally without AI or other automated tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance (95% employer-paid for you and your dependents) from a range of HMO and PPO providers • Paid family leave • FSA/HSA accounts • 401(k) match of up to 4% • Life insurance at no cost • Cell/internet stipend • Professional development funds