Dentsu America

Director, Hospitality & Events

Dentsu America$82K — $110K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Florida, US
Hospitality & Recreation
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a similar role
  • 8+ years in events, hospitality, or experiential marketing
  • Agency experience or Formula One experience required (ideally both)
  • Fluent Spanish required, Portuguese a plus
  • Experience with VIP or corporate hospitality programs
  • Strong vendor management, budgeting, and project management skills
  • Excellent communication and client service skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead a hosting and hospitality strategy for a Fortune 500 F1 program
  • Serve as the senior client lead, providing strategic guidance and building relationships
  • Oversee multiple events, ensuring consistency and quality
  • Identify new opportunities for account growth, leading SOWs and proposals
  • Guide team structure and staffing plans across the account
  • Lead account teams, providing direction and mentorship
  • Oversee all phases of event planning, from venue selection to guest experience

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance
  • Life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
  • 401k plan
  • Flexible paid time off starting at 20 days
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick and safe leave
  • Paid parental leave
  • Corporate discounts and commuter benefits
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Responsibilities

Develop and lead the overall hosting and hospitality strategy for a Fortune 500 F1 program, aligning with broader marketing and business objectives

Serve as the senior client lead, providing strategic guidance and building long-term relationships across client stakeholders and key properties

Oversee multiple events and programs, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment across all properties

Own account growth and evolution, identifying new opportunities and leading development of SOWs, POVs, and proposals

Set and guide team structure, staffing plans, and ways of working across the account

Lead account team(s), providing direction, mentorship, and oversight to ensure strong execution and team development

Provide high-level oversight across all phases of event planning, including:
  • Program development and overall experience design
  • Venue and hotel strategy, selection, and contracting approach
  • Guest experience strategy (invitations, communications, gifting, transportation)
  • Budget strategy, oversight, and financial accountability
  • Run of show and programming direction

Guide and approve key decisions across logistics, production, and vendor partnerships, while delegating day-to-day execution to the team

Partner cross-functionally with internal teams (finance, creative, HR, executive leadership) to align on program delivery and business objectives

Develop and review key client deliverables, including event overviews, strategic recommendations, post-event recaps, and case studies

Ensure strong onsite leadership presence, focusing on executive oversight, client management, and issue escalation as needed

Drive continuous improvement across programs, identifying efficiencies and elevating the overall client experience

Manage 2-3 full-time staff, in addition to broader account teams of varying size

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a similar role

8+ years of experience in events, hospitality, or experiential marketing

Agency experience or Formula One experience required (ideally both)

Fluent Spanish required, Portuguese a plus

Experience with VIP or corporate hospitality programs

Strong vendor management, budgeting, and project management skills

Excellent communication and client service skills

Willingness to travel and work non-traditional hours (up to 30% annually)

Comfortable assisting with physical event setup and breakdown when needed

The annual salary range for this position is $82,800-$110,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

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The Perks

Not only will you be joining a multi-award-winning Agency with great culture, you will also have the unique opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from our other offices across the globe. There is a whole heap of benefits that come with the role- a flexible holiday package starting at 20 days, corporate discounts, commuter benefits, cell phone reimbursement and much more. Our benefit plans have your total well-being in mind, and we offer an extensive list you can choose from to suit your needs.

Working with Us

We're an agency born of fanatics...fans of sports (yes, even pickleball).

Fans of music (we sing in the shower).

Fans of data (we're proud nerds).

Fans of art (from exhibitions to film).

Fans of culture (this is huge). And that means we put it all in for what we love, truly understanding what fans need, want, feel, hate and love about the brands and properties we lead.

We're led by our core values which focus on collaboration, community, inspiring change, pursuing excellence, and celebrating bravery - all of which are foundational to our culture and how we treat each other and our clients.

We're a community where you are free to be you, where good work gets rewarded, and you are truly energized by the team around you. It's more than just 'warm & fuzzies' - happy humans are vital to our commercial success. And together, we make magic.

Inclusion and Diversity

We're proud to be different and that starts with our people. To us, representation means more than just diversity, it means true equity. We won't define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. We are constantly evaluating our practices and policies, creating and sustaining pathways to promotion, and intentional in how we create and distribute resources, giving people what they need to grow. That's what we care about. So, whether you're joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create opportunities for everyone. We offer team member support through flexible working arrangements and schedules that promote work/life balance along with progressive parental and caregiver programs as well as opportunities to give back to the community as part of our global social responsibility efforts.

Location:
USA - Remote - Florida - Eastern Time

Brand:
Mktg Sports

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent

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