[Hiring] Senior Associate, Experiences & Events @1stdibs.com

Role Description

1stDibs Experiences is building a new business around curated, high-touch events and programming for our trade, seller, and consumer communities. As our Sr Associate, Experiences & Events, you will be the operational backbone of this initiative, ensuring strategic concepts become flawlessly executed, memorable experiences.

• Deliver Results: Own day-to-day execution and production logistics for 2–4 flagship experiences per cycle, driving operational precision from vendor contracts to post-event reconciliation.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Serve as the central operational point of contact across Sales, Marketing, Trade, and Operations to keep cross-functional stakeholders aligned and on schedule.
• Act Like an Owner: Help shape the operational roadmap of a brand-new business unit from the ground up, proactively spotting bottlenecks and proposing creative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Listen & Learn: Support customer discovery interviews, synthesize competitive research, and track post-event attendee insights to continuously elevate future programming.

What You’ll Do

• Event Production & Operational Excellence:
  • Own day-to-day coordination for flagship events across discovery, planning, and execution phases.
  • Manage vendor relationships, including contract review, deliverables, timelines, and invoicing for venues, catering, A/V, and production partners.
  • Build and track event budgets, manage vendor payments, and handle post-event financial reconciliations.
  • Develop comprehensive run-of-show documents, production schedules, and brief materials for internal leaders and external partners.
  • Oversee on-site event logistics, setup, registration, staffing, and live troubleshooting.
• Research & Attendee Insights:
  • Assist in organizing customer discovery interviews, including scheduling, note-taking, and synthesizing feedback.
  • Track and organize post-event survey data and metrics in shared systems to measure success and inform future strategy.
  • Maintain competitive research on experiential trends across the luxury and art/design sectors.
• Cross-Functional Coordination:
  • Partner with the Experiences Program Manager on staffing allocations, resource planning, and timeline tracking.
  • Coordinate activation details, asset delivery, and on-site execution for brand partners and sponsors.
  • Collaborate with Marketing on post-event asset collection and content amplification logistics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in event production, experiential marketing, program management, or partnership activation.
• Meticulous attention to detail with a track record of managing complex timelines, budgets, and vendor contracts without missing a beat.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to and coordinating across multi-disciplinary global teams.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace, project management platforms (Asana), and data/spreadsheet tracking tools.
• High level of agility and comfort navigating ambiguity to keep projects moving forward seamlessly.

Nice to Haves

• Prior experience coordinating luxury, e-commerce, art, fashion, or interior design events.
• Familiarity with sponsorship activations, partnership logistics, or event analytics platforms.

Benefits

• Competitive medical/dental/vision benefits, including a $0 single medical plan, with HSA employer contributions. Health plan includes gender affirmation and infertility care.
• Flexible PTO; generally expect employees to take around 15 days/year.
• All employees enjoy ownership in 1stDibs in RSUs, through new hire grants, and/or annual refresh grants, if eligible.
• Choice to work in our New York headquarters or completely remotely, prioritizing flexibility for all employees.
• Fully paid wellness benefits, including One Medical membership and WellHub.
• Fully paid parental leave, leave to care for a family member, and bereavement leave, including reproductive loss.
• Company match of donations to 501c3 charities, up to $250/year.
• Full benefits package includes FSA, life and disability insurance, EAP, commuter benefits, and more.