Responsibilities

• Oversee operations for a team, ensuring that the team is working efficiently, communicating effectively and consistently exceeding client expectation
• Optimize a broad body of work by implementing management processes to standardize thoughtful ideation, critical forecasting, detailed planning and comprehensive reporting of client deliverables
• Collaborate on the creation of annual business plans and oversee its implementation
• Direct the planning, program development and execution of large-scale sports and entertainment events
• Develop annual activation plans based on client objectives and contractual deliverables
• Provide detailed oversight and delegation of program components including communications, production, hospitality, staffing and measurement
• Regularly demonstrate complete understanding of requirements to develop and implement global experiential and hospitality programming such as creative development, vendor selection and management, logistical and contingency planning, onsite execution, troubleshooting and decision making
• Provide topline oversight of the financial projections and execution of all agreements and contracts, ensuring all billing and payments are properly executed through the finance team and that client budgets are managed and reconciled appropriately
• Develop a working knowledge of client event marketing initiatives and industry trends, serving as a subject matter expert
• Establish and advance trusted relationships with senior clients by providing sound strategic recommendations, ensuring quality across all team deliverables, anticipating client needs and providing solutions

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Science (minimum)
• Minimum of 10 years of event management experience at an agency, team, league or brand with a proven performance record
• Advanced understanding of corporate hospitality programs, event production and operations
• Ability to convert comprehensive client-facing information into actionable strategies
• Experience training, teaching and coaching staff of no less than two (2) team members
• Experience working across organization and interfacing with a variety of stakeholders
• High level of proficiency with Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to work nights, weekends or travel for events

Preferred

• Ability to translate creative ideas into persuasive presentations