Conference & Events Planning Executive

Experience: 3-5 years

YourStory is India's leading digital media platform spotlighting entrepreneurial journeys, innovation, and bold ideas shaping India's future. With 1,50,000+ stories told over 16 years and a reach of 10+ million people every month across English, Hindi, and Tamil, we sit at the centre of India's startup, SME, and tech ecosystem.

We are looking for an Events Manager (Mid–Senior Level) to lead end-to-end events at YourStory — someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, marrying strategy with creativity and execution.

The Events Manager will be responsible for anchoring, planning, and executing high-impact events and media-led experiences for YourStory. You'll be the internal command centre — owning the project plan, keeping stakeholders aligned, running cadence calls, and ensuring nothing slips: timelines, dependencies, follow-ups, or updates.

Build and manage event workback plans, trackers, and weekly task lists.

Host recurring cadence calls: set agenda, keep deliverables in check, document outcomes, send crisp MoMs.

Coordinate across internal teams: sales, partnerships, marketing, design, editorial, video, product/tech, finance, and production.

Escalate early: flag risks, slippages, and decision gaps with options—not problems.

Speaker & content ops

Manage and track speaker outreach status and confirmations; Support session operations, coordinate rehearsals and tech checks (calendar, reminders, readiness tracking).

Track sponsor commitments and assets: logos, ad units, booth requirements, stage mentions, session formats, lead capture.

Ensure internal teams deliver sponsor outputs on time and on brand.

Maintain version control of sponsor signage/creatives and approvals.

Coordinate deliverables for landing pages, emailers, social posts, and creative deadlines (execution by marketing/design teams).

FAQs, event info, access policies, etc.

Reporting & hygiene (non-negotiable)

Post-event wrap: collect learnings, update SOPs/templates, archive final docs.

Must-have Skills & Experience

• 3–5 years in event coordination, programme ops, project management, or high-velocity cross-functional roles.
• Strong project discipline: timelines, dependencies, meeting hygiene, follow-through. Tools: Google Workspace; Excel/Sheets; Additional Skills For Bonus Points

Experience with conferences or B2B events, especially tech/startups.

Basic familiarity with sponsor deliverables, registration flows, and content production timelines.

Familiarity in working on Webflow, Canva, Slides/PowerPoint.

one complex project you managed end-to-end,

Skills: trello,asana,conference coordination,jira,notion,events