Senior Manager, Event Management

Dentsu International Americas, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Flexible PTO

15+ paid holidays

Job summary

DentsuCreative US is seeking a Senior Manager, Event Management to oversee end-to-end event programs in the Texas market. You will lead planning, staffing, sampling, asset handling, and reporting, while guiding payroll and expenses for part-time and full-time staff.

This full-time role requires 6+ years in event management, budget skills, and travel within assigned territories. It offers a hybrid remote setup in USA–Texas with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in event management, including staffing and production.
• Experience sourcing candidates to match roles.
• Familiarity with wine and spirits industries.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite and budgeting.
• Willingness to work non-traditional hours and travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end event planning from pre-to-post.
• Oversee staffing, product sampling, asset transport, and POS coordination.
• Socialize successes with program recaps and real-time insights.
• Manage cross-agency and in-market communications.
• Approve payroll and expenses; process vendor payments.
• Prepare and monitor local market budgets.

Skills

Event management

Budget management

Staff recruitment

Wine & spirits knowledge

Candidate sourcing

Microsoft Suite

Flexible hours

Travel willingness

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

DentsuCreative US iscomprisedof audacious thinkers and award-winning collaborators across the United States who blend local knowledge with globalexpertise.

Choosing substance over stunts, our Modern Creative mandate is about unlocking sustained growth and holistic impact for brands in ways that Create Culture, ChangeSocietyand Invent the Future. We do it daily for notable brands.

Our borderless approach allows us to assemble the best talent around each brief, tapping into the expertiseof the 9,000+ people indentsuinternational’s global creative network. This integrated model also allows our talent to learn about and explore the breadth of career possibilities withinDentsuCreative.

Role Purpose

Reporting into the Regional Director, the Senior Manager, Event Management is an event specialist and local market expert who oversees thepre to postevent 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’llwork in close collaboration withcross businesscounterpoints and serve as client contact.
• You’lloversee direct reports, including ongoing recruitment,hiringand onboarding, and performance andfinancial managementofpart timeand (if applicable) full-time employees.
• You’llfollow standard operating procedures, policies, and protocols for issue resolution.
• You’llmanage local warehousing with POS and special event assets, and ensure assets are available/operable for activations.
• You’llsocialize success and opportunities with program recaps, using data and insights for real-time measurement and evaluation, eventstrategiesand project plans/ volume phasing.
• You’llmanagecross agencyand in-marketcommunications, andserve as a local contact for clients and partners.
• You’llapprove andsubmitpayroll andexpenses for part-time and full-time employees.
• You’llprocess payments for invoices from vendor partners.
• You’llprepare and follow local market budgets.

Person Specification

• 6 years minimum experience in event management
• Only candidateslocatedinthe Dallas–Fort Worth, TX area will be considered.
• Budget management skills
• Prior sampling event and production experience
• Knowledge of wine and spirits industry
• Experience sourcing candidates to guarantee a match to the position/organization
• Proficient in the Microsoft Suite
• Comfortable with the possibility of some non-traditional working hours
• Travel isrequiredwithin the assigned territories (schedule varies upon size of territory)

The annual salary range for this position is $72,000-$77,000 annually. We base placement within the salary range on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, 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, and
• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including providing time off according to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, following its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

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Location

USA – Remote – Texas – Central Time

Brand

Dentsu Creative

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

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