Open Positions.

As Head of Partnerships, you will own the strategy and direction of TEDxZurich's partnerships and fundraising activities, helping build the financial and strategic foundations for our next chapter. You will shape our partnership strategy, develop and oversee the sponsorship and fundraising pipeline, build relationships with key corporate and philanthropic partners, and lead a small team of Partnerships Managers responsible for turning opportunities into meaningful collaborations.

This is a role for a strategic relationship-builder who is equally comfortable opening doors, shaping a compelling partnership proposition, negotiating with senior stakeholders, and getting into the details when needed. You will bring structure and momentum to our partnership efforts while ensuring that every collaboration strengthens — rather than compromises — the TEDxZurich experience and ethos. Working closely with the TEDxZurich Lead, the board, and the wider team, you will help define what partnerships can mean for TEDxZurich and turn that vision into tangible results.

Your responsibilities

• Partnership strategy: Shape TEDxZurich's partnership and fundraising strategy together with the TEDxZurich Lead and board, including partnership models, priorities, and annual targets.
• Business development: Build and oversee the partnership pipeline, personally developing key opportunities and securing strategic, high-value partners.
• Fundraising: Lead fundraising across corporate, foundation, donor, grant, and in-kind opportunities, identifying new funding streams and cultivating key relationships.
• Partnerships & team leadership: Oversee key partner relationships and lead the Partnerships team, providing direction, supporting negotiations, and ensuring clear ownership and follow-through.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the wider TEDxZurich team to ensure partnerships are meaningfully integrated into the events and aligned with the TEDx ethos.

Are you a perfect fit?

• You are a German native speaker and fluent in English, spoken and written.
• You have proven experience in sales, sponsorship, business development, fundraising, or partnerships.
• You bring an established network across Switzerland's corporate, marketing, sponsoring, or philanthropic landscape.
• You are a confident communicator and negotiator, comfortable engaging senior decision-makers and building compelling partnership proposals.
• You are strategic and organized, but also hands-on, persistent, and comfortable driving opportunities from first contact to close.
• You are a natural relationship-builder and team leader who brings energy, ownership, and accountability.
• You are passionate about TEDx and the power of ideas to create meaningful impact.

Commitment

This is a volunteer leadership role, requiring an average of around 15 hours per week. The intensity varies throughout the season and according to the partnership cycle. More time may be required during fundraising and planning periods, particularly around major negotiations and partnership activations.

You will need consistency, perseverance, and a strong sense of ownership over the partnerships function. At the same time, you will have the opportunity to build and shape the team and the way TEDxZurich approaches partnerships for the years ahead.

What's in it for you?

• Join a global movement and contribute to a meaningful mission
• Lead and shape the partnerships function of one of Zurich's established TEDx platforms
• Work with passionate, purpose-driven people across business, culture, science, technology, and the creative industries
• Develop your leadership, strategic, and business development skills
• Build relationships with leading organisations and individuals across Switzerland
• Expand your network and gain visibility in Zurich's innovation and creative community
• Help shape TEDxZurich's next chapter and the partnerships that make it possible
• Attend and help shape all TEDxZurich events — and make them unforgettable

Ready to co-create the next chapter? If this role resonates with you, please send your CV along with a short paragraph explaining why you're interested and what TEDx means to you to info@tedxzurich.com. Only applications submitted via email will be considered. This role is available immediately.

TEDxZurich is entering an exciting phase of renewal — redefining our activities, reshaping our strategy, and rebuilding the organization for its next chapter. We're looking for an Events Management Associate to support the Head of Event Management across the full lifecycle of our events.

TEDxZurich runs several events of different scales per season, each hosting 50–500 people. As Events Management Associate, you will provide operational support across three distinct phases:

• Feasibility — collecting insight, exploring and evaluating potential collaboration options (e.g. venues, catering), mapping delivery approaches, outlining dependencies.
• Planning & Coordination — building event-specific timelines and checklists, creating detailed briefs, coordinating logistics, and contingency plans.
• Execution — delivering on-site logistics and event-day coordination, troubleshooting issues in real time, and documenting lessons learned for future events.

Are you a perfect fit?

• Organized and detail-oriented — managing multiple workstreams and timelines effectively
• Comfortable when plans change on short notice; excited to learn something new
• Skilled across various operational touchpoints; understands event delivery as a system
• Background in events, operations, marketing, or project management
• Fluent in English (German is a plus)
• Proactive and solution-oriented; curious and willing to learn
• Motivated by contributing to the TEDx mission

What's in it for you?

• Broad experience across the full event lifecycle — from feasibility through execution
• Multi-disciplinary collaboration with the TEDxZurich team
• Real impact: your work directly shapes how 500+ people experience TEDxZurich events
• Strong network building with the TEDxZurich team and audience
• Be part of organizational renewal — your ideas shape how we operate

To apply, send your CV and a short paragraph explaining your interest to info@tedxzurich.com. Only applications submitted via email will be considered. This role is available immediately.

You coordinate the attendee journey from arrival through departure — ensuring the vision is clearly understood and implemented throughout planning and execution of every event in the season.

• Event production and delivery experience
• Interest in hospitality, service design, or community-building
• Empathy and audience-centric thinking
• Strong organizational coordination abilities
• English fluency; German is a plus

To apply, write to info@tedxzurich.com with a short note about your background.

TEDxZurich is entering an exciting phase of renewal — redefining our activities, reshaping our strategy, and rebuilding the organization for its next chapter. As Speaker Coach, you are the guardian of talk quality, speaker readiness, and content integrity. Working closely with the Speaker Coach Lead, you guide selected speakers from idea refinement to stage performance — combining intellectual rigor with empathy: challenging ideas constructively, strengthening clarity and narrative, and ensuring every talk meets TEDx standards of substance, credibility, and impact.

Beyond preparing speakers for TEDxZurich events as your main task, you support the consistent application of a structured speaker coaching methodology in selected community and partnership engagements — helping deliver Speaker Coaching as a distinctive asset of TEDxZurich beyond the core event context.

Your responsibilities

• Guide speakers through the full preparation journey — from idea sharpening and narrative development to stage presence and delivery.
• Lead and facilitate internal speaker training & rehearsal sessions aligned with official TEDx speaker preparation guidelines.
• Provide structured, candid, and constructive feedback on content, storytelling, and delivery, and support speakers in sourcing credible references.
• Proactively identify factual, ethical, or content-related risks (including sensitive claims, data, statistics, and references) and escalate them early to the Speaker Coach Lead to ensure alignment with TEDx standards.
• Collaborate closely with the Curator and Event Team to ensure talks are stage-ready and aligned with the overall event narrative.
• Deliver external workshops based on the TEDx speaker coaching methodology, translating the internal process into a high-quality, value-adding community offering.

Are you a perfect fit?

• Fluent in English; German is a plus
• Experience in coaching, storytelling, public speaking, journalism, academia, media, or a related field
• Combine intellectual rigor with empathy and strong listening skills
• Confident in giving honest feedback while creating psychological safety
• Care deeply about clarity, evidence, and the responsible spread of ideas
• Structured and reliable, able to manage multiple speakers in parallel
• Passionate about TED's mission and the power of well-crafted ideas to shift perspectives

Commitment

This is a volunteer role, requiring an average of 6–8 hours per week, spread out evenly throughout the year. You'll need consistency, ownership, and a strong sense of responsibility for the audience journey.

What's in it for you?

• Join a global movement and contribute to a meaningful mission
• Collaborate with passionate, purpose-driven individuals
• Develop your leadership, strategic, and operational skills
• Expand your network and gain visibility in Zurich's innovation and creative community
• Attend and help shape all TEDxZurich events — and make them unforgettable

Ready to co-create the next chapter? Send your CV and a short paragraph explaining why you're interested and what TEDx means to you to info@tedxzurich.com. Only applications submitted via email will be considered. This role is available immediately.