Responsibilities

• Own the Trade Show and Sponsorship workstreams, maintaining a holistic view across strategy, creative, production, client priorities, dependencies and decision-making.
• Serve as a senior day-to-day client partner, bringing clear recommendations and helping translate client direction into actionable plans across teams.
• Anticipate downstream implications of decisions, identify gaps and pressure points early, and proactively develop solutions before they affect schedule, budget, production or guest experience.
• Lead coordination across internal teams, external agencies, production partners and vendors, establishing clear roles, responsibilities, timelines and next steps.
• Keep ahead of the work by actively managing information flow, dependencies and decisions rather than reacting to emerging needs.
• Evaluate recommendations through the lens of overall Conference strategy, client objectives, feasibility, budget and attendee experience.
• Navigate differing stakeholder perspectives with confidence and diplomacy, knowing when to solve directly and when senior escalation is required.
• Escalate thoughtfully, providing context, implications and a recommended path forward.
• Lead client communications, recommendations and approvals related to the Trade Show experience, including floor plans, booth inventory, exhibitor experience, client booths and shared environments.
• Partner with strategy, creative and production teams to translate the Conference strategy and creative platform into an intentional Trade Show experience across multiple spaces.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of client-facing account experience in experiential marketing, live events, sponsorship and/or integrated production.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, large-scale programs involving multiple stakeholders, agencies, vendors and production partners.
• Strong experiential production fluency and the ability to engage credibly with senior creative and production teams.
• Proven ability to anticipate risks and dependencies, connect information across workstreams and translate ambiguity into clear recommendations and action.
• Excellent client judgment and executive presence, with the ability to navigate competing priorities and complex partner dynamics with confidence and diplomacy.
• Highly proactive working style with a demonstrated instinct for staying ahead of the work.
• Strong strategic, creative, communication and organizational skills.
• Experience developing and presenting clear, persuasive client recommendations and presentations.
• Experience managing and mentoring junior team members.

Preferred

• Knowledge of hospitality, travel, franchise systems and/or B2B engagement is a plus

Benefits

• A positive, fun, supportive and diverse team environment, with opportunities for advancement and a commitment to staff development and growth
• Competitive salary and incentives
• Full benefits package including dental and vision, and retirement plan with employer match
• Best in class parental leave benefits
• Paid time off and encouragement to take time off for self-care
• Hybrid work schedule