Sr. Event & Engagement Manager-Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, MI (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expPart time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end event program and three signature gatherings with a calendar-driven, budget-aware, sponsor-minded approach that ties mission to attendee experience.

  • Own event operations across in-person and virtual formats, from concept to post-event KPI and learning.
  • Coordinate calendars, stakeholders, and run of show to deliver consistent attendee journeys and sponsor fulfillment.
  • Build systems and playbooks for post-event insights, reporting, and continuous improvement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 7+ years producing curated, mission-driven events end-to-end, with high ownership and autonomy, across in-person gatherings, golf tournaments, large-scale fundraisers, and virtual conferences, for groups of roughly 25 to 300
  • Deep project-management discipline, owning calendars, cadences, timelines, and dependencies, and running multiple events and priorities at once without dropping a thread (Trello or similar)
  • Strong budget development, tracking, and management across multiple concurrent events, with clear reporting and an eye for efficiencies
  • Proven vendor, venue, and production-partner sourcing, negotiation, and contract management, including hotel/venue liaison, BEOs, and F&B coordination
  • Fluent in building and managing both technical and content run of show — agenda development, session timing, speaker coordination and prep, and AV coordination with venues
  • Hands-on with registration platforms (e.g., Jotform), fundraising and auction tools (e.g., Give Butter), and virtual platforms (e.g., Whova, Zoom), plus attendee tracking, check-in/QR, and live troubleshooting
  • Committee facilitation and stakeholder accountability, running meetings, tracking action items, and keeping multi-stakeholder projects on schedule
  • Experienced steward of sponsor and partner relationships, tracking, benefit fulfillment, and a year-round warm-touchpoint cadence
  • Command of production logistics, timelines and checklists, materials/merch/print sourcing, shipment and drop-ship coordination, signage, seating, setup/teardown, day-of logistics, and checkout
  • Skilled at drafting event communication touchpoints (invitations, reminders, sponsor outreach, surveys) across email and social, in the organization’s voice and with guidance from leadership
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Crawford Group

Crawford Group is a Marketing and Events Experts agency delivering strategy, planning, and execution across the full marketing lifecycle.We support marketing teams with scalable, high-impact solutions, and experts.Our experts plug directly into your team to support your digital marketing, creative, events, and content needs. With agile teams and proven workflows, we help leading brands move faster, collaborate better, and achieve real results.From campaign execution to event production and MarTech optimization, Crawford Group helps you scale smarter.

Founded in 1997
Campbell, California, USA
131 employees (42 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.2%
Direct
54.8%
Referral
7.7%
Social
10%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~131

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
33 (25% of company)
Median Career Experience
18.5 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5