Events & Sponsorship Lead — Brand Activation & Engagement

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) seeks a Manager to plan, coordinate, and execute FAB's events, sponsorships, client engagement platforms, and strategic activations. You will deliver high-quality experiences to strengthen FAB's brand, deepen stakeholder and client relationships, and support business, brand, community, and employee engagement outcomes.

The role covers full lifecycle planning, budgeting, governance, vendor management, and post-event evaluation, with regular interaction with senior

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, Event Management, Public Relations, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in events, sponsorships, marketing, communications, stakeholder engagement, or project management, ideally within financial services, government, or a large corporate environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of corporate events, sponsorship activations, client engagements, executive events, conferences, hospitality programmes, and internal engagement initiatives.
• Translate requirements into event plans, timelines, budgets, production briefs, run-of-shows, guest journeys, and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate venue management, logistics, production, branding, registration, hospitality, content coordination, and guest experience.
• Ensure events meet quality standards, timelines, budgets, and objectives.
• Support evaluation of sponsorship opportunities against strategic relevance and expected impact.
• Manage activation of sponsorships and ensure rights are delivered and tracked.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to maximize visibility, engagement, and brand impact.
• Maintain sponsorship trackers, calendars, and post-activation evidence.
• Prepare post-event reports capturing objectives, outcomes, and lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Vendor management

Event planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Communications/Business/PR

Job description

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) seeks a Manager to plan, coordinate, and execute FAB's events, sponsorships, client engagement platforms, and strategic activations. You will deliver high-quality experiences to strengthen FAB's brand, deepen stakeholder and client relationships, and support business, brand, community, and employee engagement outcomes.

The role covers full lifecycle planning, budgeting, governance, vendor management, and post-event evaluation, with regular interaction with senior