About the position
The Event Specialist for United for Business Events is responsible for managing and executing a variety of corporate events, meetings, and conferences. This role involves end-to-end event management, including budgeting, vendor coordination, and onsite logistics, ensuring that events are efficient, cost-effective, and memorable. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders and reporting to the United for Business Events Manager.
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