[Hiring] Director, Online Events and Production @Energize Marketing

Role Description

Energize Marketing is seeking a freelance Director, Online Events and Production to lead our growing online events division. Your initial focus will be customer webinars through TechTalks™, our award-winning B2B webinar brand, and launching our new podcast offering for B2B brands. You’ll also launch corporate and editorial webinars and podcasts for Energize Marketing and our brands, including TechChannels.

You’ll lead the growth and evolution of TechTalks as a B2B media brand and business division, building on our established webinar offering while developing podcasts, original programming and new formats. Working with Marketing, Editorial and Sales, you’ll strengthen its market presence, grow its audience and identify opportunities to expand client relationships and revenue.

You’ll help set priorities and track performance while owning the creative and production experience that makes our programs stand out. This is an opportunity to shape a growing, strategically important division. Bring your ideas, spot what needs improving and make it happen—building strong programs, reliable workflows and a client experience that brings customers back.

What You Will Own

• Program Management and Client Communications:
  • Lead webinar and podcast programs for B2B brands across technology, cybersecurity, fintech and related markets.
  • Own planning calls, schedules, communications, feedback and approvals.
  • Align internal teams and freelance specialists around clear briefs, responsibilities and deadlines.
  • Manage scope, production budgets and resources across standalone programs and integrated campaigns.
  • Coordinate with Marketing, Delivery and Customer Success to meet agreed audience targeting, qualification, lead volume and delivery commitments.
• Client Planning and Creative Direction:
  • Lead planning conversations that uncover client priorities and draw out SME expertise.
  • Recommend topics, formats, speakers and discussion approaches.
  • Develop programming and discussion guides with Editorial, Research and moderators.
  • Coach speakers on structure, storytelling and presentation.
  • Grow our network of moderators, hosts, speakers and production specialists.
• Webinar Production and Quality:
  • Produce engaging prerecorded webinars featuring senior executives, industry experts, analysts and panelists.
  • Shape, launch and produce corporate and editorial webinars across our brands.
  • Run Zoom recordings, guide speakers on presentation and technical setup.
  • Direct editors, designers and animators, giving clear feedback on audio, visuals, pacing and the viewer experience.
  • Build repeatable workflows that uphold our production standards.
• Podcast Development and Production:
  • Help shape and launch our new podcast offering for B2B brands.
  • Help shape, launch and produce podcast shows and recurring series.
  • Own production calendars, guest booking, preparation, recording and postproduction.
  • Guide hosts and guests toward compelling conversations.
  • Deliver finished episodes and supporting promotional assets for publication.
• Brand Growth and Event Promotion:
  • Help shape TechTalks’ positioning and programming.
  • Partner with Marketing to promote customer and Energize Marketing programs.
  • Support Sales with client conversations, proposals and format recommendations.
  • Use client feedback and audience performance to strengthen programming.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience at a media company, digital publisher, agency or B2B marketing team.
• Strong client management experience, including planning calls, communications and approvals.
• Hands-on knowledge of prerecorded webinar production and Zoom.
• Technical confidence and a discerning eye for audio, visuals, pacing and the viewer experience.
• Experience directing freelance creative partners and managing production schedules, budgets and quality.
• Practical podcast production experience, including guest coordination, recording and postproduction.
• Understanding of B2B demand generation and account-based marketing.
• Experience promoting programs and developing audiences.
• Strong organization, sound judgment and the initiative to move work forward independently.
• Availability for scheduled client calls, speaker rehearsals and recordings during agreed U.S. business hours.
• Video editing skills, an established speaker network, familiarity with technology, cybersecurity or fintech audiences.
• Relevant education or training in media production, communications, journalism, marketing or a related field is welcome.

What Success Looks Like

• Engaging, polished programs delivered on schedule, within scope and budget.
• Clients and speakers who feel prepared and supported.
• Successful launches of our customer podcast offering and Energize Marketing’s own programming.
• Stronger audience engagement and repeat business.

Why Join Energize Marketing?

Take ownership of a growing division and help define what comes next. You’ll lead an award-winning webinar brand, work with leading technology and financial services companies and their agencies, and bring new podcast and event offerings to market.

Join a collaborative team spanning B2B media, research, content and demand generation—with room to shape programming and turn your ideas into successful programs.

Ready to apply? Submit your application with examples of webinars, podcasts or online event programs you’ve led. Tell us what you owned, what made them successful and what you would bring to this next stage of growth.