About Praxis

Praxis is a venture-building ecosystem with a redemptive imagination, supporting founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to address the major issues of our time. We offer formative programs for founders, funders, and innovators—and support their entrepreneurial work through venture-building expertise, community engagement, aligned capital, and imaginative content.

The Events and Operations Contractor will have the opportunity to work alongside high-capacity entrepreneurs, as this person will help execute events connected to our Accelerator and Labs Programs. While operational in nature, this individual will have direct proximity to some of the most innovative and influential Christian founders and ecosystem builders in the world.

Key Outcomes:

• Event assets: Create and manage email invitations, event action plans, transportation plans, and hotel lodging plans to cover all activities and logistics from setup to tear-down.
• Communication support: Review email copy and maintain accurate data within Airtable for Accelerator fall events and Activate London.
• Vendor relationships: Manage relationships with event vendors for each fall event and London Activate, ensuring smooth coordination with photographers, restaurants, and rental services.
• Operational support: Provide onsite support for fall gathering events, including Nonprofit and Business Accelerator mentoring events, Activate(s), and Labs Training, with the possibility of two additional events to be confirmed before the contract acceptance.
• Print and digital assets: Develop and coordinate supplies, gifts, and equipment in conjunction with design partners.
• Event execution: Participate in planning, communications, systems support, and execution to ensure the success of all events.

Successful completion of outcomes will require onsite support at the following events:

• August 19-23, 2024 in New York, NY
• September 9-13, 2024 in Hudson Valley, NY
• October 7-11, 2024 in Hudson Valley, NY

Critical Competencies:

• Event management experience - demonstrated expertise in planning and executing programs that have a high “experience design” factor
• Operational excellence and project management proficiency
• Keen attention to detail and motivation for continuous process improvement
• Self-starter with the ability to self-organize, learn, and execute

Tools Used:

• Asana
• Airtable
• Slack
• Typeform
• Dropbox
• Keynote
• InDesign experience preferred but not required

Contract Details

• All work will be done as a 1099 Independent Contractor
• Length of Contract: August 12, 2024 - November 22, 2024
• Praxis Point of Contact: Venture Programs Lead, Ariel Eide
• Estimated Time to Complete Deliverables: 30-40 Hours per Week; plus 10 days of onsite support at full-day events
• Compensation:
  • Invoices for work completed will be submitted to Praxis every month, and payment will be made via ACH Direct Deposit
  • $6,000 flat-rate per month
  • Travel costs will be covered in addition to the above monthly rate
• Location: If located in New York City, access to our Praxis HQ is available for use during normal business operating hours