Chief of Staff, AfroTech & Live Events

Blavity Inc. is a venture-funded media and technology company, founded in 2014 around a simple idea: enable Black millennials to tell their own stories. Today, we are home to the largest network of platforms and lifestyle brands serving the multifaceted lives of Black millennials & Gen Z through original content, video, unique experiences, and product solutions. Blavity Inc. has evolved into a market leader for Black media, reaching 250 million users per month through our growing brand portfolio, including Blavity, Blavity360º, AfroTech, Talent Infusion, 21Ninety, Travel Noire, Home & Texture, and Blavity House Party. Our Blavity, Inc. employee community is composed of passionate, energetic, and culturally conscious individuals working together to deliver value to each other, the company, and our clients. We are always searching for new additions to our community that will help us continue to scale, contribute meaningfully to our culture, and advance our strategic direction.

Job Summary:

Blavity Inc. is looking for a Chief of Staff, AfroTech & Live Events to take our programs from idea to execution.

This is a generalist & people management seat. In a given week it might mean writing a go-to-market plan for a new program, unblocking a contractor, pulling a sponsor deliverable across the line, rebuilding a launch calendar after a date moves, and telling leadership plainly that something is off track. The person who thrives here is comfortable moving between marketing, operations, partners, and program design without waiting for a clean handoff.

This role will report directly to the SVP of Live Events.

Responsibilities:

• Take AfroTech programs from concept to execution, including scope, timeline, owners, budget, and launch plan
• Own the go-to-market plan for each program and event, including positioning, offer, channel mix, and launch calendar, from announcement through post-event follow-up
• Lead, manage, and develop a team of employees and contractors across content and creative operations, event and membership marketing, community, and social distribution
• Own the master calendar across all Blavity Inc. live and virtual events and keep every workstream sequenced against it
• Run point across teams, keeping content, sponsorship, email and growth, community, and production moving toward the same dates
• Drive registrations, ticket sales, and Insider Member conversion for AfroTech Conference, Health Stack, and pipeline events
• Develop ticket and offer strategy with leadership, including pricing tiers and time-bound urgency windows
• Direct teams to ensure social distribution and awareness content across owned channels, including email, AfroTech.com, AfroTech Culture, AfroTech University, creator brand content, and Black Tech Green Money
• Equip external partners, associations, and coalition members with assets, messaging, and clear calls to action
• Coordinate with teams to ensure data on program and event performance are communicated after every launch, including delivery against plan, registrations, ticket sales, Insider conversion, and attendance

Qualifications:

Required Experience:

• [6+ years] across go-to-market, program management, growth or event marketing, business operations, or a chief of staff role, with direct ownership of programs that had to launch on a date
• Go-to-market experience taking a product, program, or event from plan to launch, including positioning, offer, and channel strategy
• [3+ years] managing and developing a team, including blended teams of employees and contractors
• A generalist track record. You have owned things outside your job description and they turned out fine
• Experience carrying several programs or brands at once without dropping any of them
• Working fluency in marketing performance, enough to direct campaigns, read the numbers, and know when something is not working
• A demonstrated habit of measuring and reporting on your own work

Preferred Experience:

• Prior chief of staff, right hand, or number two experience to a founder or senior executive
• Experience at a media, community, culture, or creator-led brand
• Experience with both large in-person conferences and virtual summits or training series
• Experience with membership or subscription programs
• Familiarity with ticketing and event platforms such as Posh, Eventbrite, or comparable tools
• Experience supporting sponsorship and partner co-marketing