Director, Event Strategy

Summary

Description:

The Director of Event Strategy at Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) will guide content decisions, speaker relations, content production excellence, and marketing communications for events of all formats at CCUSA — including our annual gathering, forums, panel discussions, digital events, and webinars — in concert with Programs, Government Relations, Member Services, Communications and Marketing, and other CCUSA team members who host or are involved in the successful execution of events.

The newly created role will showcase the director’s creative talents, technical prowess, project management skills, and knowledge of the Catholic Church to ensure the content of CCUSA events achieves high marks from attendees and speakers alike.

The role will perform the following responsibilities in coordination with CCUSA staff who serve as event hosts and content experts, along with Convening colleagues:

• Develop and guide content strategies for conferences, meetings, webinars, virtual events, and other event-based experiences at CCUSA, both for Catholic Charities and non-Catholic Charities audiences.
• Design attendee learning experiences that incorporate a variety of formats, including keynote presentations, workshops, panels, round tables, and interactive sessions, as well as design learning objectives and content frameworks aligned with an event’s goals and audience needs.
• Help build event agendas, session formats, and content that maximize attendee engagement.
• Monitor and evaluate emerging trends in event content strategy and audience engagement technologies, including cloud-based tools that facilitate real-time participant feedback and perspective sharing.
• Research, recruit, and secure keynote speakers, moderators, panelists, and subject matter experts, keeping an ongoing list of potential outside talent to fill event roles.
• Manage speaker communications, agreements, briefing materials, preparation, and presentation development.
• In support of digital and hybrid events, assist in coordinating the scheduling, booking, frequency, and operational use of the CCUSA recording studio, including marketing and distribution.
• Support the effective use of event technology across live, virtual, and hybrid events, including overseeing show production for premiere in-person and digital events, including the Annual Gathering.
• Partner with Communications and Marketing to develop event messaging and promotional content.
• Coordinate with digital event and training platforms and production teams to create a quality online event presence.
• Develop a comprehensive measurement plan to evaluate content effectiveness and attendee satisfaction in conjunction with Convening and Research & Evaluation teams.
• In coordination with Communications and Marketing, elevate the design, format and messaging within presentation materials and decks.
• In conjunction with the Vice President, Leadership Development & Catholic Identity and the Executive Vice President, Member Services, ensure that educational content, event programming, and event resources accurately reflect Catholic Social Teaching and Church tradition.

• Embraces CCUSA’s values and the behaviors that support these values.
• Builds trusted relationships with CCUSA executives, team members, internal event hosts, and outside speakers.
• Possesses a solid knowledge of the Catholic Church and how event content must align with the teachings of the Church.
• Has strong oral and written communications skills.
• Can take complex sets of inputs and create clear, understandable outputs.
• Able to manage multiple event content planning engagements simultaneously, establishing guiding timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Exercises excellent problem-solving skills and…