Events Manager

Job Title: Events Manager

Supervisor: Creative Operations Director

Location/Compensation: Remote - This is an unpaid position offering valuable experience and

the chance to contribute to Courageous Comic's growth. A stipend may be offered based on

event success, as determined by the supervisor.

About Us: At Courageous Comics, we seek to empower people with disabilities by crafting

real-life experiences into superhero stories that are part of a universe that fosters connection,

creativity, enjoyment, and relatability.

Role Overview: The Events & Networking Coordinator will be responsible for planning and

executing a variety of events. This role also plays a key role in cultivating relationships with

volunteers, potential partnerships and collaborations from these events. This role is ideal for

someone with strong organizational skills, a flair for relationship-building, and a creative

mindset.

Key Responsibilities

● Event Coordination & Evaluation: Manage event logistics including venue selection,

catering, speaker coordination, registrations, and on-site operations. Negotiate and

oversee vendor relationships. Collect attendee feedback, analyze event performance,

and provide reports on attendance and networking outcomes. Assist with budgeting to

ensure events stay within budget while maintaining quality. Maintain event records and

report regularly on networking and event successes to senior management.

● Networking & Volunteer Management: Develop and implement strategies to build and

maintain relationships with industry professionals, clients, partners, and attendees.

Foster long-term connections with volunteers, industry contacts, and networking groups

to support growth. Recruit, train, and manage volunteers, ensuring role clarity and

schedule coverage for events.

● On-Site Coordination: Oversee the execution of events on the day(s) of, ensuring

everything runs smoothly. Handle any unexpected issues that arise, ensuring the event

experience is seamless for attendees.

This role typically requires approximately 5-10 hours of work per month, though the time

commitment may fluctuate higher or lower depending on the season and event. Team members

are expected to complete tasks efficiently and meet established deadlines with consistency and

professionalism.

*This role may require travel. We prefer candidates located on the U.S. West Coast, though

this is not a requirement.*

Strong organizational skills, relationship-building, creative mindset; ability to manage event logistics, volunteers, and on-site operations; approximately 5-10 hours per month; may require travel; U.S. West Coast preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• planning events
• managing volunteers
• coordinating logistics

Job Details

• Category: Marketing
• Seniority: No Prior Experience Required
• Commitment: Volunteer
• Workplace: Remote — United States
• Languages: English

About Courageous Comics

A comic company that empowers people with disabilities by crafting real-life experiences into superhero stories. — Industry: Media and Communications