Event Executive, Experiences (Hospitality)

Stamford, CT (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive hospitality event production and vendor coordination for a global agency, with travel and logistics focus.

  • Must-have: 1 year in events or hospitality, strong MS Office, and travel flexibility
  • Standout: Experience coordinating guest registration systems and delivering event execution guides

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Conduct pre-planning management and implementation for hospitality-focused events including vendor research, merchandise management, and event communications
  • Coordinate projects with outside vendors and internal resources
  • Learn and lead sophisticated guest registration systems
  • Understand clients' values and voice while handling consumer facing communication
  • Develop agendas and take detailed notes for weekly meetings with both internal and external partners
  • Coordinate status details on pre-event meeting agendas, i.e., transportation, F&B, and other activities
  • Design, prepare and distribute event execution guides, staff implementation guides, and personalized itineraries for guests at various events
  • Provide hands-on event staffing and oversight
  • Assist with numerous projects simultaneously ranging from hotel room blocks to concierge email responses, to ticketing management
  • Generate recap documents of each event including key metrics and recommendations

Requirements

  • 1ish years’ experience in related events field; past hospitality experience preferred
  • Master of the Microsoft Office suite; particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally; work weekends or holidays as needed; flexible schedule
  • Anticipated travel level: Moderate (20-45%)
  • A jetsetter: your bags are packed and you are excited about traveling

Preferred

  • Second language is a plus.

Benefits

  • comprehensive benefits package
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We are Octagon. A global agency in sports, entertainment, and culture. We strike deals. Set the pace. We’re playmakers. A group of creative thinkers and energetic doers inspiring and helping brands and talent to step up and stand out. Octagon is the world’s largest creative marketing and sponsorship consulting practice, and a pioneer and leader in athlete and personality representation and management. With our fingers firmly on the pulse, we set out a clear vision for the future. Our passionate team of 800+ around the world are relentlessly committed to helping you force fate and push forward. We work with hundreds of blue-chip corporate clients, more than 1000 Athletes & Personalities, and manage more than 10,000 events per year. Leading stakeholders in the sports and entertainment world continue to look to Octagon to provide leadership in understanding fans’ passions and how these insights can build more effective, efficient, and measurable marketing programs.

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