At 1stDibs, we do what’s right for our community by connecting design lovers with the world's most extraordinary objects. Here, your work directly impacts the business. You’ll join a culture of trust and collaboration where good ideas win, and you are empowered to solve challenging problems. We don’t just host events; we continually evolve how our trade, seller, and consumer communities connect, learn, and engage with luxury design.

The Impact You’ll Make

1stDibs Experiences is building a new business around curated, high-touch events and programming for our trade, seller, and consumer communities. As our Sr Associate, Experiences & Events, you will be the operational backbone of this initiative, ensuring strategic concepts become flawlessly executed, memorable experiences.

• Deliver Results: Own day-to-day execution and production logistics for 2–4 flagship experiences per cycle, driving operational precision from vendor contracts to post-event reconciliation.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Serve as the central operational point of contact across Sales, Marketing, Trade, and Operations to keep cross-functional stakeholders aligned and on schedule.
• Act Like an Owner: Help shape the operational roadmap of a brand-new business unit from the ground up, proactively spotting bottlenecks and proposing creative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Listen & Learn: Support customer discovery interviews, synthesize competitive research, and track post-event attendee insights to continuously elevate future programming.

What You’ll Do

Event Production & Operational Excellence

• Own day-to-day coordination for flagship events across discovery, planning, and execution phases.
• Manage vendor relationships, including contract review, deliverables, timelines, and invoicing for venues, catering, A/V, and production partners.
• Build and track event budgets, manage vendor payments, and handle post-event financial reconciliations.
• Develop comprehensive run-of-show documents, production schedules, and brief materials for internal leaders and external partners.
• Oversee on-site event logistics, setup, registration, staffing, and live troubleshooting.

Research & Attendee Insights

• Assist in organizing customer discovery interviews, including scheduling, note-taking, and synthesizing feedback.
• Track and organize post-event survey data and metrics in shared systems to measure success and inform future strategy.
• Maintain competitive research on experiential trends across the luxury and art/design sectors.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partner with the Experiences Program Manager on staffing allocations, resource planning, and timeline tracking.
• Coordinate activation details, asset delivery, and on-site execution for brand partners and sponsors.
• Collaborate with Marketing on post-event asset collection and content amplification logistics.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience: 3+ years of professional experience in event production, experiential marketing, program management, or partnership activation.
• Operational Precision: Meticulous attention to detail with a track record of managing complex timelines, budgets, and vendor contracts without missing a beat.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to and coordinating across multi-disciplinary global teams.
• Technical & Organizational Stack: Proficiency with Google Workspace, project management platforms (Asana), and data/spreadsheet tracking tools.
• Problem-Solving Instincts: High level of agility and comfort navigating ambiguity to keep projects moving forward seamlessly.

Nice to Haves

• Prior experience coordinating luxury, e-commerce, art, fashion, or interior design events.
• Familiarity with sponsorship activations, partnership logistics, or event analytics platforms.

This position is based in NYC but has the potential to not require an in-office presence if you reside in one of the following states: CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, TX