Senior Manager of Marketing & Event Operations

Responsibilities

• Position Overview: The Senior Manager of Marketing & Event Operations is responsible for the strategic planning, coordination, and execution of Meals On Wheels of Tarrant County’s major fundraising events, donor cultivation events, community engagement activities, and select organizational marketing initiatives.
• This position serves as the organization’s lead event operations professional and is responsible for ensuring events are strategically designed, professionally executed, financially successful, and aligned with the organization’s mission, brand, fundraising goals, and community engagement strategy.
• This position operates in close strategic partnership with the VP of Development & Marketing and manages all operational aspects of assigned events, including event strategy, timelines, budgets, vendors, venues, logistics, production, sponsorship fulfillment, committees, collateral development, and post-event evaluation.
• The position also develops marketing plans and strategies related to assigned events and initiatives in collaboration with the broader Development & Marketing team. The Senior Manager may help determine messaging, audiences, promotional needs, timelines, and creative direction; however, this is not a social media management role. Routine social media posting, channel management, email deployment, website updates, and ongoing marketing execution are handled by other staff or external partners.
• Event Strategy, Planning & Execution
• Lead the planning and execution of Meals On Wheels of Tarrant County’s major fundraising and engagement events.
• Financial Management
• Develop comprehensive revenue and expense budgets for assigned fundraising events and initiatives in collaboration with the Vice President of Development & Marketing. Track commitments, contracts, invoices, expenses, sponsorship revenue, and other financial activity associated with events.
• Regularly evaluate financial performance against budget and identify opportunities to increase revenue or reduce unnecessary expenses. Provide timely budget updates, projections, and recommendations to the Vice President of Development & Marketing.
• Vendor & Event Committee Management

Requirements

• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in related field
• Previous experience and success with event planning
• Understanding of marketing campaign development and execution
• Social media content creation and digital engagement
• Graphic Design and Creative Coordination experience personally and/or through vendors
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Access, Excel and Outlook
• Minimum 5 years of experience in marketing, fundraising, and event planning

Preferred

• Familiarity with donor databases such as Raiser’s Edge or Salesforce preferred
• Non-profit experience is preferred
• Project Management execution and software experience preferred