Senior Manager, Event Management

Company Description

Dentsu Creative is a global lifestyle marketing agency that humanizes brands and connects them to people through their shared passions and lifestyles by sport and entertainment marketing, live experiences, digital and social media, retail marketing, enterprise/b2b engagement, and sponsorship marketing. Dentsu's mission is to engineer value by creating deeper human connections, and top clients include IBM, DIAGEO, Nike, FedEx, P&G and AT&T.

We are champions for meaningful progress, and we aim to be a force for good – for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding, and learning so they can succeed. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our services and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Job Description

The Senior 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. You will report into the Regional Director.

The Senior Manager, Event Management is a role that requires close collaboration with cross business counterpoints and serves as client contact. We ask that you have prior sampling event and production experience.

Accountabilities

• Supervisory responsibilities over direct reports- 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.
  • Manage 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

• 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 $59,000-96,025. Salary is based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. 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 www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

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About dentsu 
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com. 

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutio