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About the Role

The Business of Fashion (BoF) is seeking a highly organised, proactive, editorially curious and relationship-driven Events Community Manager to join our Events team. This role will be responsible for stewarding and growing BoF’s global network of fashion, beauty and luxury industry leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage BoF’s global community event database, maintaining its accuracy, completeness and strategic value.
• Establish and maintain best-in-class processes for data governance, enrichment and ongoing database hygiene.
• Proactively track executive appointments, promotions, organisational changes and emerging industry leaders.
• Develop and maintain audience segmentation frameworks across geographies, sectors, functions, seniority levels and strategic priorities.
• Produce community insights and reporting to support event planning, audience development and broader business objectives.
• Partner closely with the Events team to deliver BoF’s portfolio of flagship and custom events.
• Lead guest list development, audience curation and invitation strategy for all events.
• Support with, and at times lead, the development of seating plans for flagship and custom events.
• Apply strategic, relationship-driven thinking to seating decisions.
• Build and maintain seating plans within BoF's events tools, ensuring accuracy as guest details change.
• Produce clear, accurate face sheets to support smooth on-site execution.
• Manage end to end guest communication, including invitations, RSVP tracking and post-event follow up.
• Collaborate with Brand Partnerships on custom events to ensure audience delivery aligns with client objectives.
• Support the development and delivery of community programmes at flagship events.
• Drive the cultivation and attendance of high quality executive audiences across all BoF events.
• Support on-site event delivery and act as an ambassador for the BoF brand.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the global fashion, beauty and luxury industries.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of the global fashion, luxury and beauty industries, including major brands, organisational structures and key decision-makers.
• Demonstrated interest in industry news, executive movements and emerging trends.
• Experience managing complex databases, CRM platforms and audience management systems.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills, with an ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to craft thoughtful, polished outreach and engagement communications for senior industry audiences.
• Naturally curious, proactive and resourceful.
• Highly collaborative, with the ability to work cross-functionally across Events, Editorial, Intelligence and Commercial teams.
• Professional, discreet and relationship-oriented.
• Passionate about building communities and creating meaningful industry connections.

About the Company

• The Business of Fashion is recognised around the world for its authoritative, analytical point of view on the global fashion and beauty industries.
• Our mission: to open, inform and connect the global fashion and beauty industries.
• Serving members in more than 125 countries, The Business of Fashion combines independent, agenda-setting journalism with practical business advice, online learning, career-building tools and immersive events, powering positive change in fashion and the wider world.
• BoF's pioneering approach has made it the fashion industry’s leading source of business intelligence, and one of its most respected and influential voices.
• The Business of Beauty brings the same kind of agenda-setting coverage to the beauty and wellness space.
• Our talented team of correspondents, editors, analysts, engineers, designers, marketers and more numbers more than 100 people in London, New York, Paris and Milan.

Equal Opportunity

• BoF is committed to building a diverse workforce and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer.
• All applicants and employees receive equal treatment regardless of race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, age, disability, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity.
• BoF is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and reach their full potential within their roles using a growth mindset.
• We are committed to creating an inclusive culture for our employees globally.
• BoF is committed to providing an accessible environment for all applicants throughout any stage of the recruitment process, by removing any barriers to ensure we offer a process that gives all of our applicants an opportunity to shine.
• We will work with you to understand what adjustments you may need in the recruitment process to ensure you are able to perform at your best and we want to create a safe space to support this.
• Should you require any particular adjustment to be made, please let the Talent Specialist who is managing your application know when you are contacted for an interview, so we can consider how best we can support you with this.