Global Development Event Specialist

We are seeking an editorially-savvy, highly organized and detail-oriented individual to support our special coverage team in creating impactful live journalism events, podcasts, and other digital content around critical global convenings such as the United Nations General Assembly, World Bank Annual Meetings, United Nations Climate Talks, or COP, World Economic Forum, World Health Assembly, and beyond.

• Exhibit strong editorial judgment: Collaborate with senior editors to shape how Devex shows up to and covers key moments in global development, to include special edition newsletters, podcasts, and live events.
• Conduct research: Explore the issues that matter to our community, help to develop ideas for interviews or panels, and identify innovators and thought leaders- and how best to reach them- to feature in our events and podcasts.
• Help bring issues to life onstage: Identify and recommend speakers who can bring critical issues to life onstage, helping our audience better understand complex challenges in global development, and opportunities for collaboration.
• Manage speaker correspondence: Handle communications with a robust roster of speakers to confirm speaking details, schedule briefing calls, collect and share key assets, prepare event and podcast materials briefs and materials, and join speaker briefing calls that spark confidence.
• Provide strategic support: Support senior editors and executive teams with both seeking and managing external speaking and moderation opportunities, coordinating logistics and scheduling, and developing presentations.
• Collaborate across teams: Partner with social media, marketing, and production teams, as well as the Office of the President, to ensure content flows smoothly from concept to execution, maintaining consistency across the entire event lifecycle.
• Keep organized: Maintain meticulous organization of project timelines, deliverables, and communication. Ensure all tracking tools and documents are up-to-date to support efficient event management.
• Support event coverage: Support any write-ups or video recaps from event sessions, providing input on what moments are most valuable and interesting for the Devex community.

• Strong editorial judgment and a keen sense for what matters to global development audiences, with experience editing and curating content that resonates.
• Interpersonal skills are top-notch-you build strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders and know how to instill confidence in high-profile speakers.
• Minimum 3-5+ years of experience in a journalism, editorial content creation, and / or event management.
• Writing and editing skills are top-notch, clear, and concise.
• Excellent at juggling multiple priorities with exceptional attention to detail.
• Don't let things fall through the cracks, managing up and sideways as needed to ensure projects stay on track.
• A whiz with content management systems and tools (bonus points).
• Stellar communication and interpersonal skills are your jam. You can become a quick expert on a topic and speak confidently about it with people.
• Navigate the English language with fluency (written and spoken).
• A fast-paced environment fuels your creativity.
• A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in journalism, communications, or a related field is ideal.

Our vision is to do more good for more people in the global development community. We're a media platform that connects 1+ million development professionals with news, jobs, content series, events, and funding.

We value diversity at our company. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

Ready to get started? This role is a remote position and the salary range will be based on the candidate's location and market rates to align with our global compensation philosophy. If selected for an interview, we can share the compensation range specific to your geographic area.

Interested in this position but don't think you tick every box? We'd love to hear from you anyway and why you think you'd be a great fit for the role.

• Mid-Senior level

• Contract

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
• Industries: Online Audio and Video Media

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