Strategic Event Experience Lead

Shepard Exposition Services; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Shepard Exposition Services seeks an Event Strategy Manager who turns insights into creative event strategies, attendee journeys, sponsorship activations, and experiential concepts for strategic accounts. You will align multiple internal teams to carry client objectives through execution and measure impact.

You will develop concepts, design journeys, and sponsorship activations while collaborating with production, design, and marketing to ensure quality and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in experience design, event creative, event production, event marketing, an experiential/creative agency, or related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to translate audience data and event insights into creative strategy, activations, and environments.
• Experience supporting creative or experience deliverables across multiple accounts or projects at the same time.
• Experience contributing to new business pitches, RFPs, or proposals strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transform insights and client objectives into creative event strategies and activation concepts.
• Translate data and voice-of-customer research into compelling experiences.
• Develop and present experience concepts using visual storytelling and ideation decks.
• Collaborate with production, sponsorship, and design teams to execute approved concepts.
• Manage deliverables such as attendee journeys and concept decks to meet deadlines.
• Contribute to proposals and client pitches with experiential recommendations.

Skills

Creative strategy

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Experience Design, Marketing, Communications, or related field

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

AI-powered tools

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Job description

Shepard Exposition Services seeks an Event Strategy Manager who turns insights into creative event strategies, attendee journeys, sponsorship activations, and experiential concepts for strategic accounts. You will align multiple internal teams to carry client objectives through execution and measure impact.

You will develop concepts, design journeys, and sponsorship activations while collaborating with production, design, and marketing to ensure quality and timely delivery.