Head of Events & Experiential, Apple Music & Services

You are a visionary experiential leader with a rare combination of creative ambition and
operational rigor, capable of inspiring teams to deliver bold, culturally impactful work at the
highest level. You blend creative intuition, strategic acumen, and deep production expertise to
craft immersive experiences that resonate meaningfully with audiences while advancing clear
business objectives and measurable outcomes.

You lead with clarity, empathy, and accountability — bringing out the best in people by
challenging them to think outside the box and constantly push for new ways to do amazing
work. You foster a culture of curiosity, growth, and collaboration, encouraging teams to work
together across the Apple ecosystem, embrace new ideas, and push creative boundaries. You
are deeply invested in developing talent, identifying strengths, and creating opportunities for
individuals and teams to learn, grow, and thrive through change.

You bring a deep passion for immersive storytelling, experiential design, and culturally resonant
activations. You generate original ideas — not simply executing briefs, but shaping creative
vision from concept through delivery. You understand how to balance bold creative ambition with
operational rigor, ensuring every initiative is strategically aligned, thoughtfully planned, and built
for impact.

You mentor and empower the producers and creatives on the team to manage their project
pipelines with strategy and enable efficiency across multiple work streams — from early
concepting to global productions. You are highly organized, solutions-oriented, and calm under
pressure, with exceptional business and budget management capabilities across complex
service lines and stakeholder groups.

As a senior leader, you are a trusted partner across the organization, known for executive
presence, clear communication, and strong cross-functional collaboration. You navigate
ambiguity and complexity with confidence, align teams around shared goals, and consistently
raise the standard for both creative excellence and team performance.

Define and lead experiential programming at Apple Music and across other Services opportunities
Carefully manage the creative pipeline and team delegation — from brief intake through development, and on-site production
Innovate and evolve the operational infrastructure (systems, trackers, processes) that enables the team to respond to fast-turnaround briefs and scale with demand
Lead our budgeting and project forecasting - working closely with finance and procurement to ensure smooth process and communication
Identify, onboard, and negotiate with external partners (agencies, vendors, freelancers) with authority and clear methodology
Ensure consistent project management rigor: timelines, status reports, sign-offs, contingency plans
Lead creative reviews and manage feedback from cross-functional stakeholders, internally and externally
Deliver constructive feedback and develop team members to grow in their skill sets — setting the bar for creative quality and operational discipline

At least 10 years of experience leading an Events & Experiential team
Equal parts creative and strategic — Can concept a breakthrough experience and articulate why it serves the brand and the business.
Demonstrated People leadership, must have experience leading and empowering a high performing team where team culture is valued hand-in-hand with creative & strategic output.
Proven budget management — Comfortable owning six-and-seven-figure production budgets, building trackers, and reporting to finance. You will find efficiencies around both resourcing and budgeting.
Innovation instinct — Stays ahead of audience trends, new technologies, and industry-leading experiential formats. Protects enough time and resource to ideate pro-actively about where to
show up in culture and present blue sky concepts, even if they are not within the realm of possibility for the immediate quarter or year.
Process architect — Doesn't just follow systems, builds them. Creates repeatable frameworks for pitch response, creative review, and production delivery.
Cross-functional fluency — Works seamlessly across Producers, Creatives, Marketing leads, and external vendors/agencies to integrate the broader ecosystem into event programming.

Equal parts creative and strategic — Can concept a breakthrough experience and articulate why it serves the brand and the business.
Complex project orchestration — Manages multiple concurrent live projects with contingency planning, timeline governance, and cross-functional coordination.
Process architect — Doesn't just follow systems, builds them. Creates repeatable frameworks for pitch response, creative review, and production delivery
Pitch leadership — Owns presentation quality and storytelling in pitch decks and creative reviews. Can rally a room around the hight idea, both internally and externally.

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary
products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. You bring passion and dedication to
your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

You will be joining an inspiring team that works to bring the Apple brand to life through unique
events and experiences that connect our customers with our services and products. This team
is housed within Apple Music, but also creates bespoke events and experiences across TV
marketing, Sports, Fitness, and other Apple services.

We are looking for a senior creative leader who operates with equal fluency in big-picture
strategy and hands-on creative direction — someone who can pitch a bold experiential concept
in the morning and pressure-test the P&L behind it in the afternoon.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $218,100 and $327,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

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