Event Marketing Manager

Description

Position Summary

The Event Marketing Manager– Events will be responsible for leading the day-to-day planning, creating, developing, and implementing our corporate events strategies and helping to fulfill the brand plan. This position will be responsible for managing the Event management team. It requires a proficient understanding and demonstrated expertise in recognizing and executing project requirements, drafting project proposals, designing input documentation, project plans, schedules, presentations, and technical reviews. This position will be responsible to lead the team to facilitate project meetings, work collaboratively with the project/program teams, use project management scheduling and control tools to monitor project plans, budgets, and scheduled milestones, ensure consistent practices throughout all phases of the project life cycle and across projects in the program, and to report relevant project information to upper management and stakeholders. This position will be required to ensure that the team maintains a consistent and cohesive look and feel of all our projects. They will also be required to ensure all of our visuals, messaging, interactive, and motion designs are creative, clear, convincing, and innovative.

Primary Duties

• Lead a cross-functional team of up to 10 marketing communication professionals that will interface with domestic and international product managers, sales teams, support staff, and many others.
• Mentor and coach every individual on that team through their individual and professional success.
• Ensure the company’s brand plan is being executed to the highest of standards.
• Ensure the needs of all project requestors are being met.
• Develop, improve and enforce policies and procedures required by Marketing Communications and the broader company.
• Prepare and present accountability reports to upper management of current action items.
• Occasional domestic and international travel will be required.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and developments.
• Thoroughly understand the brand identity and help to ensure brand consistency.
• Own the application of our brand identity and help to refine and improve it over time
• Review team’s work to ensure quality, consistency, and execution of the highest standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Perform all work in compliance with company policy and within the guidelines of the company’s quality assurance system.
• Ensure the department’s processes are being followed and

Supplemental Data

The Event Marketing Manager– Events is responsible, both individually and as a team of managers, to design, develop, and execute the company’s internal and external marketing communications strategies. As such, it requires professional expertise and demonstrated and sustained success in the field. This position also requires intermediate leadership, coaching, and management of a diverse team of professionals. This position will have direct influence over the team members who report directly to the position and also influence the team members in the broader department. This position will require a demonstrated understanding of intermediate concepts and execution of clear communication and directions to ensure all teams are in sync regarding their roles and expectations as well as undeniable support to all teams in creating, developing, and delivering effective and efficient marketing and communication materials.

The position will be required to have a comprehensive knowledge of how the Marketing and Event Marketing teams works in tandem with other departments including but not limited to Digital Media, Marketing Communication, Sales, Quality Assurance, Tech Transfer, Legal, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and Purchasing to produce effective, relevant marketing and promotional materials. It will require intermediate problem solving and relationship building while driving internal and external communication projects from conception to completion while ensuring brand and style consistency through and in compliance with legal and quality protocols and systems.

Qualifications
Training and Education 

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field highly preferred but equivalent professional experience
• An advanced degree is a big plus.
• Demonstrated dedication to advancement of understanding and capabilities relevant to employee and team management.

Experience

• 7+ years experience in fields relevant to marketing and communications. 
• 3+ years of corporate management experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced, demanding environment with many projects, numerous simultaneous information sources, and a multitude of processes and protocols while instilling a calm, confident, and consistently positive and upbeat environment.
• Must have successful experience in coaching and mentoring others to reach their full potential
• Demonstrated experience in condensing information into a cohesive plan, effectively and efficiently communicating that plan, and leading the execution of those plans independently and/or under the direction of senior staff.
• Demonstrated experience with changing priorities and shifting responsibilities while encouraging adaptability and flexibility with the team members.
• Experience in managing/coaching teams to successfully complete assigned tasks without being the one to do the work. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• Must demonstrate complete confidence and experience to step in and complete the work of direct reports when required.
• Not only answer questions but instead, solve problems.
• Do everything with the best intent
• Contribute to the solution, not the problem.
• Give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
• Choose to be better 
• Enthusiastically engage with every person and every project.
• Proactively suggest new and creative ideas.
• Serve the customer.
• Hold yourself and others accountable.
• Proactively ask for and offer honest feedback.
• Strive to improve the work atmosphere and team morale.
• Invite light-hearted fun into our work lives. 
• Take ownership and accountability of the team and our company.
• Be mindful of the needs of others.
• Actively work to improve yourself, our team, and our company.
• Be respectfully candid in your conversations and interactions.
• Be empathetic toward everyone.
• Take the time to help without being asked.
• Remain flexible and adaptable. 
• Work hard and be kind.