Event Executive (Lifestyle – Culinary and Arts & Culture) (Payment Services Client)

Stamford, CT (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Coordinate and manage end-to-end event programs for clients and partners, acting as main contact and delivering custom solutions.

  • Own day-to-day contact for key clients and coordinate event logistics
  • Deliver unique, custom event solutions to stakeholders
  • Maximize sponsorship assets and manage branding approvals onsite and in collateral

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as day-to-day contact for key clients
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with clients, vendors, venue operators, and partners
  • Coordinate the day-to-day operations of planning and implementing events (all logistics: pre, during, and post, from researching venues to wrap reports, budgets, and timelines)
  • Deliver unique, custom event solutions to key program stakeholders, internally and externally, on a regular basis
  • Maintain and seek creative ways to enhance partner relationships, as well as vendors and properties.
  • Maximize the value of the sponsorship assets and programs
  • Manage approvals of sponsorship branding and messaging onsite & in digital collateral
  • Manage numerous projects simultaneously, managing smaller-scale turn-key event experiences and supporting large scale custom event experiences
  • Own finance paperwork and documentation (Creation of POs, job codes and adding new clients as vendors into our systems)
  • Develop post event wrap-up emails and decks to clients directly following events and compile end of year recaps
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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.

Founded in 1983
Stamford, Connecticut, US
1.3K employees (204 in marketing)
79% recommend to a friend
98% CEO approval

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98.9K
Traffic Source Mix
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35.6%
Direct
49.9%
Referral
7.1%
Social
6.7%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
153 (11% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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