Associate Manager, Event Management

Company Description

Part of Dentsu International, Dentsu Creative is a Global Creative Network that transforms brands and businesses through the power of Modern Creativity.  9,000 experts across the globe work seamlessly together to deliver ideas that Create Culture, Shape Society and Invent the Future. Dentsu Creative was launched in June 2022 to address a client need for simplicity and will be Dentsu International’s sole creative network by the end of 2022.  

Job Description

Candidates must reside in the Dallas / Fort Worth area.

The Associate Manager, Event Management is an event specialist and local market expert. You will oversee the pre to post event 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. This role will report into the Regional Director. This role requires close collaboration with cross business counterpoints and serves as client contact. We ask that you have prior sampling event and production experience.

• Supervisory responsibilities, ongoing recruitment, hiring, training, and onboarding, and performance and financial management of part time and (if applicable) full time employees 

• Follow standard operating procedures, policies, and protocols for issue resolution  

• Manage local warehousing with POS and special event assets. Ensuring assets are available/ operable for activations 

• Socialize success and opportunities via program recaps, utilizing data and insights for real-time measurement & evaluation, event strategies and project plans/ volume phasing 

• Manage cross agency and in-market communications. Serving as a local contact for Clients and key partners 

• Approve and submits payroll and expenses for PTE and FTE employees (where applicable) 

• Process payments for invoices from vendor partners 

• Preparing, managing, and adhering to local market budgets 

• Manage activation schedule, event deliverables, run of show, and staffing/ asset needs: 

• Staff specialists/ Brand Ambassadors for sampling and special events through company staffing application  

• Coordinate transportation and kit logistics of large event assets. 

• Supervise and/or staff on site production of local elevated/ experiential activations; utilizing a creative eye to bring Brands to life 

• Audit events to ensure executional excellence and compliance with state sampling laws and local regulations 

• This job may require on call and/or working some nights and weekends when event activations are being executed. 

• This job requires travel within the assigned territories (cadence varies upon size of territory)

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in event management  

• Budget management skills  

• Knowledge of wine and spirits industry  

• Effectively source candidates to ensure a match to the position/organization  

• Proficient in Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets), Keynote, PowerPoint 

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is $55,000 - $79,800. Salary is based on a wide range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography.  A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit https://dentsubenefitsplus.com/  

Joining Dentsu Creative, you will be part of a creative network, delivering ideas that are brought alive in new ways. Along the way, you will team up with inspiring people across the world and become part of a truly inclusive culture where everyone is given the opportunity to thrive and create the best work of their careers; always learning and always listening to shape ideas, create culture and change behavior. By bringing together the capabilities, experience and relationships of our collective experts, the opportunities for personal growth and development are endless. 

We are united by four signature strengths: 

Boundless Creativity – Kitsune Fox: In Japanese culture – the Kitsune Fox sees the future. We run towards the future, forever asking: what’s next? Our imagination has no limit. Our clients seek us out because we believe there is no problem we cannot solve with the power of modern creativity.  

Intelligent Scale - Ryujin Dragon: The Ryujin Dragon controls the ocean and the tides