Global Event Specialist: Conferences, ROI & Logistics

Danaher Corporation; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Abcam, part of Danaher’s Global Marketing, seeks an Event Specialist to support end-to-end planning and execution of global events—from conferences to customer gatherings. You will manage logistics, vendors, budgets, attendee engagement, and on-site operations, while coordinating with marketing, sales and business stakeholders to deliver successful programs.

Travel is up to 25% globally, with the ability to lift 30 lbs as part of on-site setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in marketing, business, event management or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in event planning, event marketing, conference management or related field.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities, budgets, timelines and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of conferences, trade shows, customer events and other strategic programs.
• Manage end-to-end event logistics including venues, registration, shipping, collateral, vendors and on-site operations.
• Coordinate setup, execution and teardown with cross-functional teams to drive attendee engagement.
• Capture and manage event leads in Eloqua; maintain event budgets, timelines and data.
• Analyze event performance with post-event reporting, attendee metrics and ROI insights.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Customer-focused

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing / Business / Event Management / Communications

Tools

Eloqua

Cvent

Sales Cloud

Job description

Abcam, part of Danaher’s Global Marketing, seeks an Event Specialist to support end-to-end planning and execution of global events—from conferences to customer gatherings. You will manage logistics, vendors, budgets, attendee engagement, and on-site operations, while coordinating with marketing, sales and business stakeholders to deliver successful programs.

Travel is up to 25% globally, with the ability to lift 30 lbs as part of on-site setup.