Associate – Events Manager, Corporate Events

About this role

About the team:

The Global Event Marketing team’s mission is to support the firm in delivering industry leading, experience-led events that drive commercial and reputational results.

About the role:

We’re looking for an events professional with proven experience in event management, end-to-end project management and/or related positions in the hospitality industry.  In this role, you will support the Corporate Events Team in planning and executing a wide range of executive-driven global events.

What you’ll do:

• Support and execute a variety of high complexity global executive events– supporting all aspects from pre-event amplification through post-event follow-up.
• Overall responsibilities include support of the event lead and the broader working group, content and creative development, executive management, project management, delegate management inc registration, event communications and event technology, venue management, budget management, and more.  
• Core responsibilities include:
  • Oversee event technology including event creation of event registration sites, attendee management, and mobile app experience.
  • Manage outreach process from invitation/communications design through to distribution.   
  • Provide high-touch attendee management including logistics coordination of rooming lists, ground transportation and travel.
  • Coordinate event collateral including badging, merch and related materials.
  • Assist in communicating event details to C-suite stakeholders, detailing aspects such as venue management, menus and the event run of show.
  • Support financial management tasks, such as processing payments, reconciling budgets, and collaborating with the finance team.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with key internal partners such as Multimedia, Global Creative, Content, Digital for Events and Building Facilities etc.

Who you are:

• 3+ years of related experience in Event Planning, Event Marketing or Project Management with a preference for on-site experience at global events.
• Prior experience supporting similar events to The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, executive events within the financial services industry, is highly desirable.
• Demonstrate a level of confidence and professionalism appropriate for interfacing with senior executives, both internal and external. Excellent customer service skills a must.
• High energy, proactive, problem solver, self-starter, results orientated individual.
• Comfortable working across multiple time zones in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Excellent communicator both verbal and written – with refined executive presence.
• Willingness and ability to travel globally as needed and ability to adapt to multi-cultural environments.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite specifically PowerPoint and excel
• Experience in event technology platforms – i.e. Cvent,, Social Tables, Slido etc.
• Travel generally occurs within 5-6 months throughout the year including International Travel

 

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $125,000. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

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