Visit.org is looking for a passionate and ambitious Freelance In-Person Event Host in Shanghai, China to join our Events team on a contract basis. The Event Host will facilitate interactive social impact experiences for our corporate partner on location for in-person event(s). This is an opportunity for an individual with stage experience who finds comfort in front of a crowd and wants to contribute their skills to positively impact local communities around the world. The right candidate will be based in Shanghai, China, and have corporate event experience, entrepreneurial spirit, extreme passion for our mission, and the energy and discipline to come in and be a builder in a start-up tech environment.
What Motivates Us
There is room for everyone! We empower each other to innovate and create processes that use technology to generate meaningful, lasting change. We enjoy the challenge of finding solutions to problems that are not a way around it but through it. We’re driven by the opportunity to help enterprises and their employees around the world to contribute to their communities.
Who are we?
Visit.org helps companies discover & book thousands of carefully curated social impact team experiences, led by and benefitting local nonprofits. With its proprietary library of team-based experiences across 90+ countries, Visit.org provides HR, DEI, CSR, and Meetings & Events leaders highly scalable, culturally appropriate content for purpose-driven employee and client engagement. Some of our customers include Colgate, Paramount, Visa, Ancestry, Tommy Bahama, and more.
Role & Responsibilities:
Be the host for a fun, engaging, team building, social impact activities, experiences and events that support a great cause
Welcome, engage, and inspire participants while supporting nonprofits in facilitating the in-person event
Qualifications:
Fluent in English
Based in Shanghai, China
Availability to work on a contract per event basis
Comfortable interacting with groups of people as well as one on one as they keep the events flowing and the participants engaged
Easy conversationalists with lots of energy, charismatic personality, and a sense of fun
Background in acting, comedy, improv or similar profession that requires engaging and interacting with an audience is a bonus and not required
Experience with group facilitation and managing group dynamics
High energy and a positive attitude
Quick thinker—sometimes during events, things go wrong; you can problem-solve on the fly
Extremely comfortable with and enjoys public speaking
Excellent customer service and presentation skills
What we offer:
This is an on location, in person , per event contract role in Shanghai, China. This role is open only to those candidates already based in Shanghai, China. No relocation packages are offered at this time.