Member Events Manager

Soho House Istanbul

A collection of private members’ clubs for like-minded individuals, with currently 23 locations internationally and growing, including Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles, and New York and our stunning Istanbul. 

We are connecting with the creative community in Istanbul to bring all forms of artists together in a home-away-from-home, with a unique setting to work, connect, eat, drink & nap. Also offering a private cinema, fully serviced gym, sauna & steam as well as exclusive member event programming. 

We are extending our team and looking for new recruits to join our family that embody our ethos. 

We are currently recruiting for an upbeat & experienced Member Events Manager to drive this home-away-from-home culture and share our Ethos with our amazing Soho House Istanbul team. 

We are looking for a “Member Events Manager” with the qualifications below: 

• Minimum of 5+ years of cultural event programming or cultural event production experience
• Influential leader driven by data driven analytics and relationships built throughout the creative community to ensure proper process, effective programs and technology are in place to support further growth and develop through membership recruitment, pipeline, process and member retention
• Creatively driven and culturally in-tune to develop / foster a network and knowledge to execute large scale events
• Collaborative and communicates well to provide direction / delegation to efficiently accomplish task(s) at hand
• Research as well as exceptional organizational skills and extraordinary relationship building skills
• Ability to multitask and execute under pressure and in demanding fast-paced environments
• Energetic, flexible, collaborative, a proactive; a team leader who can positively and productively impact both strategic and tactical finance, and administrative initiatives
• Critical thinker and the ability to exercise good judgment and solve problems quickly and effectively
• An essential part of the job is being available on a flexible schedule and being willing to work outside “office hours”. For example, nights, weekends and holidays (as needed and when applicable). This may or may not be required on a regular basis but is mandatory when needed.
• Hospitality or music experience a plus not a must

Job Description

• Lead member events and House programming to connect the creative membership community through local story telling achieved by creating diverse and innovative experiences that result in positive feedback 
• Conceive unconventional and memorable member events (eg. booking talent for a unique event, an artist residency or building a bowling alley)
• Propose trends, technology and leading innovations for new event formats (including digital) and collaborate with the team on themes and installations for big events, like Halloween and New Years Eve
• Inspire members, talent and all Soho House teams when meeting to create and implement events
• Work across all cross functional teams: Operations, design, content, creative, digital, events, partnerships to deliver on all strategic objectives
• Facilitate events by connecting members to other members and allow opportunities for events to be hosted by members
• Build and create a robust database of bands, name talent and trends so that the House calendar is capturing the current cultural zeitgeist
• Ensure innovative events & programming are united around our global monthly themes
• Create systems to track the booking and forward planning of events so that deadlines and budgets are always met and work closely with the General Managers to ensure events deliver on business goals
• Content curation that tells a story and connects members digitally or in-person
• Adhere to health and safety policy (I.e. IIPP, worker’s comp procedures, and allergy procedures) and implement, monitor and enforce compliance with all Company policies, procedures and standards and local, state and federal law as applicable
• Program to drive late night attendance of members in our Houses
• Attend Heads of Departments meetings on a regular basis

• Have regular presence on the floor and work alongside Membership Managers to answer any and all member needs or inquiries