At Lexipol, our mission is to create safer communities and empower the individuals on the front lines with market-leading content and technology. Our top-notch team works closely with law enforcement, fire, EMS, corrections, and local government professionals to tailor our solutions to better address today’s challenges and keep first responders coming home safely at the end of each shift.
Working at Lexipol means making a difference – day in and day out.
Lexipol is looking for a part-time Webinar Specialist with prior experience in webinars and other online events. The right candidate is equal parts project manager, content creator and client communicator, and you must be comfortable with the full range of duties involved in executing live and on-demand webinars for our digital media websites, which include Police1.com, FireRescue1.com, Corrections1.com and EMS1.com. This position works closely with our Editorial team but sits within our Brand Studio, which produces a variety of custom content projects for advertisers.
The Webinar Specialist’s role is primarily to work closely both with customers and internal collaborators to develop successful (ie. lead generating and useful to our audience) webinars, including management and occasional moderation of the events themselves.
The ideal candidate is organized, outgoing and poised in front of clients and a live audience, and has solid writing and communication skills, with substantial experience producing live webinars. This part-time, remote position is to expand our capacity and the person hired will work closely and under day-to-day direction from our current full-time Webinar Specialist. This position is remote.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own our editorial and branded webinars, from initial project ideation to speaker recruitment to presentation creation to live webinar execution and post-event reporting.
- Work with our Brand Studio team, Editorial team and sponsors to lead the execution of webinars and other digital events across our websites.
- Contribute to our busy webinar calendar to ensure appropriate scheduling of events and timely completion of projects.
- Participate in kickoff calls with webinar sponsors, providing requirements, tips and setting good expectations for flow of project.
- Conceive, script and develop live events that appeal broadly to our audience and adhere to co-branding guidelines.
- Work with Editorial and subject matter experts to craft compelling and timely events, including creating presentation decks.
- Schedule and participate in practice sessions with speakers to provide training on the web conference technology and process for the live event
- Guide speakers through technical checks, rehearsals and live performance.
- Act as behind the scenes and (as needed) on-air moderator, facilitating live webinars as well as providing introductions, commentary, Q&A and other types of moderator services.
- Manage post-event follow-up with event attendees, clients and internal parties.
- Provide post-event reporting to clients and internal parties.
- Create/post on-demand version of recorded webinars (webcasts).
- Create and update event documentation (schedules, reminder and post-event emails, training documents)
- Monitor and report on registration numbers and provide regular reports on program results and progress.
- Work with team to brainstorm and develop creative and effective promotional strategies on an ongoing basis, testing improvements and new approaches to increase outreach and effectiveness of the program.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Top applicants will have these qualifications and experiences:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Journalism, Digital Media or other relevant field
- Minimum 5 years of digital event/multimedia production experience
- Experience in a client-facing role, with comfort in public speaking situations
- Audience-facing experience as host of webinars or podcasts a plus
- Experience with an online conference platform such as GotoWebinar, Zoom, WebEx, On24, Adobe Connect, etc.
- Experience creating and presenting PowerPoint presentations
- Experience using video and audio editing software and other multimedia presentations
- Experience using a content management system and social media scheduling tools
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote work setting
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- 4 year degree in related field.
Duties listed are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive; other duties may be assigned. Management retains the discretion to add to or change the duties of the position at any time.
Compensation and Benefits
Lexipol offers a competitive base salary, monthly, quarterly, or annual incentive and a comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) with Company match and a flexible paid time off plan.
Compensation range for this role is $31-35/hour DOE.