Marketing Specialist-Events Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm EST

Durham, NC (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end event planning and execution across customer events, conferences, and webinars, plus marketing support; manage plans, logistics, budgets, vendor relations, and post-event analysis.

  • Lead the planning and execution of customer events, conferences, and webinars
  • Oversee budgets, vendor relationships, and on-site logistics
  • Coordinate marketing support and post-event reporting

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Event Planning & Execution (Approximately 90%)
  • Lead the planning and execution of customer events, conferences, trade shows, executive meetings, webinars, and internal events.
  • Develop and manage comprehensive event project plans and timelines.
  • Coordinate all event logistics, including venues, catering, travel, registration, audiovisual requirements, signage, promotional materials, and shipping.
  • Manage attendee invitations, registrations, RSVP tracking, and event communications.
  • Coordinate Executive Leadership participation and support on-site event logistics.
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with vendors, venues, and event partners.
  • Manage event budgets, process invoices, reconcile expenses, and ensure events remain within budget.
  • Identify risks and develop contingency plans to ensure successful event execution.
  • Coordinate production and inventory of event collateral and promotional merchandise.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Hospitality Management, Event Management, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience coordinating corporate events, conferences, or marketing events.
  • Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
  • Experience working with event registration platforms and project management tools is preferred.

Preferred

  • Experience working with event registration platforms and project management tools is preferred.
  • Strong vendor management and budget management experience.
  • Proactive, resourceful, and highly collaborative.
  • Comfortable working with executive leaders and cross-functional global teams.
  • Ability to anticipate challenges and solve problems independently.
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