Global Trade Shows & Events Leader

Ait-Worldwide-Logistics; Itasca (IL); On-site; USD 93,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

AIT Worldwide Logistics seeks a Senior Global Trade Shows & Industry Events Manager to lead planning, coordination, and execution of its worldwide events portfolio. You will partner with regional teams to identify objectives, opportunities, and budget needs while maintaining visibility across domestic and international activities.

The role emphasizes forecasts, prioritization, and execution aligned with strategic goals, with a focus on sponsorships, customer engagements, and metrics-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in marketing, business administration, event management or similar.
• 7+ years of proven experience in trade shows, event marketing, and customer events.
• Experience planning and executing domestic and international trade shows, and customer events.

Responsibilities

• Global Event Portfolio Management: Manages the execution of AIT's global event portfolio, including trade shows, sponsorships, and customer events held in conjunction with trade shows, such as customer meetings, hospitality functions, networking receptions, or related engagement activities.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Collaborate with regional offices, business leaders, exhibit partners, venues, hotels, vendors, and external event organizers to ensure successful delivery of events within scope, budget, and timeline requirements.
• Sponsorship & Customer Engagement Execution: Manage sponsorship activations and contractual deliverables, including branding opportunities, speaking engagements, networking events, customer meetings, and hospitality functions.
• Manage the collection and analysis of event metrics, including attendance, customer meetings, leads, engagement activity, sponsorship results, and program costs.
• Assist with annual event planning, forecasting, budgeting, and prioritization activities for domestic and international event programs.
• Develop event recaps, post-event analyses, and reporting materials for leadership review.

Skills

Strong project management

Budget management

Executive presence

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in marketing, business administration, event management or similar

Job description

AIT Worldwide Logistics seeks a Senior Global Trade Shows & Industry Events Manager to lead planning, coordination, and execution of its worldwide events portfolio. You will partner with regional teams to identify objectives, opportunities, and budget needs while maintaining visibility across domestic and international activities.

The role emphasizes forecasts, prioritization, and execution aligned with strategic goals, with a focus on sponsorships, customer engagements, and metrics-driven