Marketing Event Specialist, Senior

Responsibilities

• Works with compliance, legal, brand, and other internal entities to make sure all events are managed according to their guidelines.
• Coordinates all shipments for events, working with internal customers and import/export teams to ensure all proper shipping documentation is met.
• Negotiates and implements contracts with vendors and hotels.
• Manages tradeshow and events warehouse and prepares products needed for each show when applicable.
• Attends managed shows when applicable to ensure set up, tear down, and show is executed accordingly.
• Facilitates pre-show meetings and post-show reports.
• Sends detailed show briefs to internal team and stakeholders prior to event.

Requirements

• Three to five years experiential marketing and/or event planning experience.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Small-scale events and tradeshow coordination experience.
• Project coordination experience in a marketing/sales organization.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Must be flexible and able to prioritize responsibilities.
• Excellent communication and creative problem-solving skills.
• Must be a strategic thinker and strong executer of tactical plans.
• Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple stakeholders and diverse scope.
• Frequently interacts with employees, customers, and agencies.

Preferred

• Four plus years experiential marketing and/or event planning experience.
• Strong planning skills.
• Excellent written and verbal and strong presentation skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Able to handle multiple priorities.
• Able to work independently while having strong interpersonal skills to work on cross-functional teams.
• Strong creative and analytical skills.
• BA or BS in marketing or business.