Specialist - United for Business Events (Hybrid)

About the position

Responsibilities

• Own end to end event execution for regional customer & sponsorship events.
• Liaise with vendors, partners, and stakeholders to ensure efficient collaboration for events.
• Partner with hotels for RFPs, contracting obligations, and post-event budget review.
• Create and manage event run of show, onsite logistics, site build up and tear down.
• Analyze post-event survey results to highlight future learnings.
• Lead event registration systems to successfully build, launch, and complete event registration for all programs.
• Collaborate with the Marketing team to create and handle communication plans for events.
• Lead internal meeting coordination and planning for regional divisions.
• Manage divisional budgets ensuring all planned items are accounted for and accurately forecasted each month.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant work experience in Business, Event Management, Marketing, Communications, Advertising
• 2+ years of related event experience
• Experience with event/technology systems (STOVA, TicketManager, Salesforce, HIVE, etc.)
• Project management skills
• Excellent organizational, communication, negotiating, and multitasking skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and maintain a customer-service approach
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position.

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years of event management within a large corporate environment
• Experience working with hotel partners and production vendors
• PMP or CMP Certification

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, accident and disability insurance
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Commuter benefits
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities
• Flight privileges