Senior Manager, Event Management

dentsu; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing firm is seeking a Senior Manager for Event Management in Illinois. The role involves overseeing a team and managing all aspects of events from planning to execution. Ideal candidates have over 6 years of experience in event management, strong budget management skills, and knowledge of the wine and spirits industry. The position allows for a hybrid work structure and includes competitive benefits.

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

401k

Flexible paid time off

At least 15 paid holidays per year

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in event management.
• Ability to manage local market budgets.
• Experience with recruitment and hiring.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team and oversee all event responsibilities.
• Ensure assets are available and operable for activations.
• Socialize success using data for measurement and evaluation.

Skills

Event management experience

Budget management skills

Knowledge of wine and spirits industry

Proficient in Excel

Proficient in PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

The Senior Manager, Event Management is an event specialist and local market expert. You will manage a team and oversee all pre to post event responsibilities, from planning and preparation to execution and reporting. Event elements will often include staffing, product sampling, consumer engagement, asset transportation, POS coordination, and production. You will report to the Director of Event Management. This is a hybrid remote/in-office role. The Illinois Senior Manager, Event Management is a role that requires close collaboration with cross business counterpoints and serves as the primary client contact. We ask that you have prior sampling event and production experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervisory responsibilities over direct reports: ongoing recruitment, hiring and onboarding, and performance and financial management of part time and (if applicable) full-time employees
• Follow standard operating procedures, policies, and protocols for issue resolution
• Manage local warehousing with POS and special event assets, ensuring assets are available and operable for activations
• Socialize success and opportunities through program recaps, using data and insights for real-time measurement and evaluation, event strategies and project plans/volume phasing
• Manage cross-agency and in-market communications, serving as a local contact for clients and important partners
• Approve and submit payroll and expenses for part-time and full-time employees (where applicable)
• Process payments for invoices from vendor partners
• Manage local market budgets
• Manage activation schedule, event deliverables, run of show, and staffing/asset needs
• Staff specialists/Brand Ambassadors for sampling and special events through company staffing application
• Coordinate transportation and kit logistics of large event assets
• Manage and staff on-site production of local elevated/experiential activations; use a creative eye to bring brands to life
• Audit events to ensure executional excellence and compliance with state sampling laws and local regulations
• This job may require on-call work and some nights and weekends when event activations are being implemented
• This job requires travel within the assigned territories (pace varies upon size of territory)
• This is a hybrid role and you will travel frequently to the warehouse in Champaign, Illinois, along with regular in-person event attendance and on-site work to manage asset and POS kitting and deployment

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in event management
• Budget management skills
• Knowledge of wine and spirits industry
• Source candidates to guarantee a match to the position/organization
• Proficient in Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets), PowerPoint

Additional Information

• The annual salary range for this position is $68,000 - $110,400. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, and other factors permitted by law.
• Benefits available with this position include: Medical, vision, and dental insurance; Life insurance; Short-term and long-term disability insurance; 401k; Flexible paid time off; At least 15 paid holidays per year; Paid sick and safe leave; Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

Location

USA - Remote - Illinois

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

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