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title: 'Corporate Events & Experiences Lead at Harrison Street'
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# Corporate Events & Experiences Lead at Harrison Street

- **Company:** Harrison Street
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Compensation:** $90k–$110k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/harrisonst/6eea7a62-554a-47c1-a98a-fbc968eb7de2

## Job description

Harrison Street Asset Management ("HSAM") is a leading global alternative investment management firm focused on real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies across North America and Europe. Headquartered in Chicago, Toronto, and London with offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the firm has over $108 billion in assets under management on behalf of institutional investors and registered investment advisors globally. Founded on a culture of innovation, HSAM is an early mover in alternative real estate and mid-market infrastructure. Today, the firm’s global team, consisting of more than 520 professionals, is committed to creating long-term value through deep sector expertise and forward-thinking strategies. Harrison Street is seeking a Corporate Events & Experiences Lead to own the planning and execution of the firm’s corporate events and experiences across North America. Reporting to the Global Chief People Officer, this individual will oversee a broad portfolio of employee, client and executive experiences, including firmwide gatherings, leadership meetings, client events, conferences and other high-touch engagements. The role will also own and maintain Harrison Street’s annual events calendar, partnering with People Operations and the Talent & Culture Committee to bring coordination, consistency and visibility to events across the firm. The expectation is not simply to execute great events, but to continually improve them. This individual will bring fresh thinking, creativity and strong judgment to each experience, ensuring that even recurring events feel thoughtful, polished and intentionally evolved. This is a highly hands-on role requiring exceptional creative judgment, attention to detail and disciplined execution. The ideal candidate thinks like a host, not simply an organizer, anticipating needs, managing details and creating experiences that feel intentional, distinctive and memorable.

Responsibilities:

Corporate Events & Experiences

- Own end-to-end planning and execution of Harrison Street’s corporate events and experiences across North America, from initial concept through on-site execution and follow-up.
- Plan and execute firmwide employee events and experiences, including town halls, offsites, celebrations, social programming and other culture-building events.
- Partner closely with the Global Chief People Officer to develop events and experiences that support firm priorities, relationships and culture.
- Bring fresh concepts and creative ideas to events, with a focus on evolving and improving recurring experiences over time.
- Curate all aspects of the experience, including venues, hospitality, programming, food and beverage, entertainment, gifting, branded materials and other touchpoints.
- Oversee employee-facing branded materials, swag and gifting programs, ensuring they are thoughtful, elevated and consistent with the Harrison Street brand.
- Manage high-profile, confidential and time-sensitive events and initiatives with discretion and sound judgment.
- Ensure seamless execution and a consistently high-touch experience for employees, clients, executives and guests.
- Stay current on emerging event, hospitality and experiential trends and bring relevant ideas and best practices to Harrison Street.

Annual Events Calendar & Talent & Culture Partnership

- Own and maintain the firmwide annual events calendar, bringing together corporate, employee and other relevant events across Harrison Street.
- Meet with Talent & Culture subcommittees as part of the annual planning process to understand their proposed events, timing and objectives.
- Provide event-planning expertise, guidance and recommendations to subcommittees as they develop annual programming, while subcommittees retain responsibility for owning and executing their respective events unless otherwise agreed.
- Bring a firmwide perspective to the calendar, identifying scheduling conflicts, gaps, duplication and opportunities to better coordinate programming across groups
- Help create a thoughtful cadence and mix of events and experiences throughout the year
- Serve as a resource to Talent & Culture committees on event concepts, venues, vendors, budgets and planning best practices

Event Operations & Vendor Management

- Own event budgets, timelines, logistics and execution plans with a strong focus on quality, efficiency and cost management.
- Source, evaluate and manage venues, agencies and vendors across North America; negotiate contracts and pricing as appropriate.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with preferred venues and vendors.
- Identify opportunities to consolidate vendors, leverage firmwide relationships and drive efficiencies.
- Develop scalable event-planning processes, tools, templates and best practices to support consistent execution.
- Track event feedback and conduct post-event reviews to identify learnings and improve future programming.

Requirements:

- 5–8+ years of progressive experience in corporate event planning, experiential events, hospitality or a related field, preferably in a high-touch professional services, financial services or client-service environment.
- Demonstrated ability to independently own complex events from initial concept through execution.
- Experience working directly with executive-level stakeholders and managing high-visibility events and experiences.
- Proven ability to manage multiple events, timelines and priorities simultaneously with exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong project management, organizational and follow-through skills.
- Strong creative instincts paired with practical, disciplined execution.
- Experience managing event budgets, vendor relationships and contract negotiations
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across an organization and with external partners.
- High level of discretion, judgment and professionalism.
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed throughout North America to support key events and on-site execution.
- Flexibility to support events outside of standard business hours, including evenings and occasional weekends.

## Key Attributes

- Strong taste, aesthetic judgment and attention to detail.
- Creative thinker who brings original ideas and a clear point of view.
- Thinks like a host, not simply an organizer.
- Anticipates needs and thinks several steps ahead.
- Balances creativity with budgets, timelines and practical execution.
- Calm under pressure and solutions-focused.
- Polished, professional and comfortable working with senior stakeholders.
- Proactive, resourceful, accountable and able to operate independently.

## Why This Role Matters

- Opportunity to own and shape Harrison Street’s corporate events and experiences program across North America.
- Broad exposure across employee, client and executive experiences.
- High degree of ownership and creative autonomy.
- Opportunity to strengthen how Harrison Street brings its culture, relationships and brand to life through experiences.

Harrison Street is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.

If you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions, please contact our ADA Accessible Line at (312) 920-0500 or careers@harrisonst.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Harrison Street does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Harrison Street will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Harrison Street.

## About Harrison Street

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Harrison Street is a global alternative investment management firm specializing in real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies for institutional and private wealth clients.
- **Entity Type**: Private (owned by Colliers International)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States (additional principal offices in Toronto and London)
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Christopher Merrill, Christopher Galvin, Michael Galvin

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Financial services – alternative asset management (real estate, infrastructure, credit)
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (1,200+) and Registered Investment Advisors (300+)
- **Mission**: To build long-term investor relationships through tailored solutions, strategic leadership, and a global team committed to delivering lasting value.

## Products & Services
- **Real Estate Strategies**: Closed-end and open-end vehicles focused on highly differentiated assets (e.g., student housing, senior living, life sciences).
- **Infrastructure Strategies**: Investments in essential infrastructure assets across North America and Europe.
- **Credit Strategies**: Real estate credit solutions including direct lending and structured credit.
- **Private Wealth Platform**: Specialized vehicles designed for Registered Investment Advisors and high-net-worth individuals.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / AUM**: US$100 billion in assets under management (Q4 2025); another source reports $108 billion.
- **Key Metric**: Not disclosed revenue (private company) – AUM is the primary metric.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Colliers International (parent company), 1,200+ institutional investors, 300+ RIAs.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Workforce expanded to 600+ employees across 19 global offices.
  - Operates in 9 countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg, Spain, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates).
  - 11-year recognition as a “Best Places to Work” winner.
  - Recent hiring for roles in digital assets, AI engineering, and infrastructure.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep expertise across market cycles** – founders and leadership have decades of experience building global investment platforms.
- **Differentiated asset focus** – invests in highly specialized, non-core real estate and infrastructure segments that are less correlated to traditional markets.
- **Global, integrated platform** – 19 offices enabling local market knowledge and sourcing capabilities.
- **Long-term, transparent relationships** – fiduciary mindset with over 1,500 institutional and advisory clients.

## Strategic Focus
- **Continue scaling across real estate, infrastructure, and credit** – diversifying product offerings and geographies.
- **Expand private wealth channel** – growing distribution to Registered Investment Advisors.
- **Innovation through technology** – recent job postings for AI Engineer and Data Engineer roles indicate a push toward digital transformation.
- **Talent development** – investing in internship programs, leadership training, and diversity initiatives to build a sustainable pipeline.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, transparent, and accountability-driven. The firm ranks as a “Best Places to Work” for 11 consecutive years.
- **Growth opportunities**: Broad training programs (leadership, career strategies, work/life integration) and intentional development from intern to executive level.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive package covering financial well-being, health, professional growth, and work-life balance, including a dollar-for-dollar charitable match.
- **Community engagement**: Company-wide volunteer events and employee-driven giving programs.
- **Office & flexibility**: Roles range from on-site (Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles) to potential hybrid; primarily in-office culture for investment and asset management teams.
- **Diversity & inclusion**: Strategic partnerships with organizations supporting underrepresented and under-resourced individuals; a commitment to diversifying the industry’s talent pipeline.

## Sources
1. [harrisonst.com – Culture](https://harrisonst.com/culture/) (600+ employees, 19 offices, best places to work)
2. [harrisonst.com – Team](https://harrisonst.com/team/) (senior leadership, founders)
3. [linkedin.com – Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/harrison-street) (employee count, industry, recent growth)
4. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/harrisonst) (open positions, on-site/remote indicators)
5. [wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Street) (AUM $100B, founders, parent company)
6. Additional search result (AUM $108B trade name, 600+ employees)

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