Marketing Events Account Lead

Hartford, CT (Remote)

$64K/yr – $133K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Drive operational event execution for firm events, owning planning, vendor coordination, and data handoff while excluding messaging or promotion.

  • Own end-to-end event operations, including logistics, vendor coordination, and post-event data handoff.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in corporate event planning/logistics with budget management.
  • Standout: Experience in professional services operations and fully remote/work-location flexibility.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary contact for the aligned Account for events.
  • Operational planning and management for all assigned events, including but not limited to: Market-facing events, leadership meetings, and other internal events
  • Scheduling and resource coordination for all Events. Intake Processes established in collaboration with FW Events Leader, Event Strategy Leader and Practice Area Leaders to ensure consistency in review, identification, and management of all Events
  • Creation and implementation of an event project plan with clear objectives, budgets, timing, and assignments for all operational aspects — including logistics, vendor coordination, technical requirements, and data handoff to Marketing and Sales for post-event actions.
  • Ensure operational efficiency and adherence to approved event budgets, firm policies and departmental processes.
  • Identify vendor requirements for sourcing and recommend best solution based on event scope.
  • Coordinate with external vendors and/or Event Operations team members to ensure items are addressed or resolved and all are meeting delivery expectations and timeline.
  • Collaborate with appropriate individuals to expedite the review and approval of various event requests and associated tasks.
  • Coordinate with event sponsors to ensure appropriate handoff of attendee and engagement data for follow-up.
  • This role does not own event messaging, promotional planning, or audience targeting; it is accountable for operational execution and production excellence.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in a similar role required
  • Background in professional services operations
  • Bachelor or Associates degree in business, marketing or relevant field preferred
  • Ability to work flexible schedules, including extended hours in excess of regular schedule, based on project work and peak busy times.
  • Ability to travel for event support, personal development training, and departmental meetings.
  • Hands-on corporate event planning and logistics experience, ideally within a professional services industry.
  • Experience in defining event objectives and corresponding ROI.
  • Oversight of projects, budgets, and resource allocation to support success and optimal operational efficiency
  • Management of event resources in a distributed operating model/structure
  • Ability to build strong respectful and professional working relationships at all levels, internal and external to the Firm.

Preferred

  • Event technologies (event management, registration and attendee engagement tools, etc.)
  • Event industry landscape
  • Experience working with client service teams to maintain Firm standards.

Benefits

  • comprehensive total rewards package.
Crowe logo

Crowe

Crowe LLP is a public accounting and consulting firm that uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit, tax, and consulting services to public and private entities. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

Founded in 1942
Chicago, Illinois, USA
9.2K employees