Event Manager Lisboa

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Thousand
Club

We're Hiring: City Events Producer (Part-Time / Freelance)

Location: Barcelona | Madrid | Lisbon | €1, 000/month per city | Flexible, Side Hustle Role

Are you an event manager, nightlife insider, or hospitality pro with a killer events network in your city?

Do you know the best restaurants, hidden gems, and cultural hotspots—and love curating unforgettable experiences?

One
Thousand
Club is seeking City Events Producers to lead our local events calendar. This role is
- time (~10h/week), remote, flexible, and paid as an independent contractor — ideal for someone already producing events or activating hospitality venues who wants to earn extra income doing what they love.

About One
Thousand
Club

We believe the quality of your relationships defines the quality of your life. We’re not a
- market club—we’re curating 1, 000 deeply curious minds per city. We interview every applicant, and once we hit that number, our doors close for good. We’re known for curated dinners, cultural gatherings, and quarterly parties. Our mission is to build deeper human connection—through unforgettable,
- quality experiences.

Starting Sept 1, we’re scaling our event offerings across Lisbon, Madrid, and Barcelona—and we need local producers to bring the magic to life.

Role Overview

This is a freelance,
- based role with no obligation to attend events or engage with the community in person (although we hope you feel inspired by our people, and offer free membership and free tickets to events). However, your focus should be on event design, pre-production, and planning—on your own schedule, behind the scenes.

Job Responsibilities

1. Design Monthly Events (up to 8 per month, depending on the season):

• Source and negotiate venues (bars, rooftops, cultural spaces). We trust you to use your network and bring us partnerships with people you trust.
• Secure
  - back deals per One
  Thousand
  Club terms (based on group size - see below for our required terms to submit an event for approval)
• Create a simple
  -
  - show + event concept based on our templates (and our community support manager will do all the day of administration, day of production, and host coordination)
• Submit list of vendor invoices for payment in internal systems

2. Publish & Launch:

• Build ticketing pages via Lu. ma (template provided, very fast and easy tool)
• Draft a 1-pager event brief for each event so the team knows how to take it and run it the day of (again, all you’re responsible for is the advanced planning)

3. Plan Quarterly Signature Parties:

• Collaborate with the team on our 4 seasonal flagship events per year (e. g. Summer Party, Members Awards Gala, Christmas Ball, and Fall “Back to Cool” Experiential Dinner party) with elevated production and experience design. We typically hire a event planner dedicated entirely to each of these parties, but you’ll help with the concept and coordinating the team we use to bring it all together!

Monthly Event Mix

Each city manager should produce the following each month:

• 2 Roundtable Dinners (10–12 people, simply finding a new private room & menu in a restaurant that aligns with the
  - end nature of our brand)
• 1 Afterwork Drink/Salon at local bar/rooftop (25–50 people, privatization not needed). Pipleine of options already exists
• 1 Learning/Class or Cowork Experience (co-working venue partnerships already existing, just need to agree on a date each month, 10 people)
• 1 Brunch or Weekend Experience (10–20 people, privatization not needed)
• 1 Re-Occurring Wellness/Sport Event (e. g. running club, yoga, padel, gym session) - already existing just need to pick a new date each month)
• 1 Re-Occuring Social Impact Volunteer Experience (min 10 people)
• 1 Cultural Experience / Larger Gathering (25–75 people,
  - only. typically a partnership with existing art/music/cultural experiences we privatize for a night for members )

All event types follow existing templates and venue roster (no need to
- create the wheel, we’ve got all the tools and templates to make it easy) and should be finalized 6+ weeks ahead of the date planned. Event budgets will be set based on a price per person, and can range from €20-100 euros depending on event. At least 1 event per month will have a
- check and be a
- free space

Cash Back Terms

This role must be filled by someone who is a great negotiator, and gets joy out of making deals within the hospitality industry. Events in commercial spaces need to include our standard
- back deal.

• 10% cash back from venue: less than 20 people
• 15% cash back from venue: 20-50 people
• 20% cash back from venue: 50+ people

Ideal Background

• Proven experience producing events (hospitality, nightlife, cultural, or experiential)
• Strong local network of venues, chefs, artists, DJs, and spaces
• Great negotiation skills (for
  - back deals and partnerships)
• Ability to work independently, on your own hours
• Organized, reliable, and
  - focused
• No community management required — just great events

Hiring Process

We’re recruiting directly from the scene: if you’re a bar owner, club manager, event planner, or cultural connector—this role is built for you.

We"re happy to
- create the scope based on what you already do and how many events you're confident delivering monthly.

To apply:

Send us your CV + a few sentences about your current event work and city network to mel@onethousandclub.com

Compensation & Perks

This is a deliverable based role, where pay is dependent on a complete and timely delivery of calendar of events

• Monthly Base Pay
  • Dependent on delivering 8 event lu. ma’s and associated 8 event briefs (unless agreed otherwise). Delivery should be at a pace of apx. 2 per week.
  • Events must be delivered 6 weeks in advance of event date
  • Base pay will be prorated each month if less than 8 are delivered or event briefs are incomplete (e. g. if only 6 are delivered, pay will be €750).
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Role will be terminated if 2 or more events run at a loss per quarter OR if total loss on events per quarter is>€1, 000

Quarterly Bonus Pay

• After the trial period of 3 months (to demonstrate
  - back terms can be met and a increase in event revenue executed) a profit share scheme will be applied. Our target is a 40/60 profit split (common in the industry) once each
  - units gets to €25k in quarterly event revenue.
• Bonus Pay Levels
• City Event Revenue < €12. 5k/quarter → Role will be terminated (below healthy baseline)
• City Event Revenue €12. 5k–18. 75k/quarter → Role retained (healthy minimums) → 25% profit share
• City Event Revenue €18. 75k–25k/quarter → Role demonstrating solid growth → 35% profit share
• City Event Revenue €25-50k/quarter → City operating at targeted profitability → 40% profit share

Note: The content above reflects compensation and performance terms and any changes will be communicated by One
Thousand
Club.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Part-time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing — Hospitality

Note: This is a direct hire for One
Thousand
Club and is open to candidates in Lisbon, Portugal and related cities.