Senior Manager

Company Description

Part of Dentsu International, Dentsu Creative is a Global Creative Network that transforms brands and businesses through the power of Modern Creativity. 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.

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency comprised of pioneers and practitioners of lifestyle marketing. We specialize in delivering strategic marketing solutions for leading brands through sport and entertainment, live experiences, retail marketing, enterprise/business-to-business engagement and sponsorship marketing.

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 and onboarding, and performance and financial management of part time and (if applicable) full-time employees
• Manage local warehousing with POS and special event assets. Ensuring assets are available/ operable for activations
• Socialize success and opportunities by program recaps, using data and insights for real-time measurement and evaluation, event strategies and project plans/ volume phasing
• Manage cross agency and in-market communications. Serving as a local contact for Clients and important partners
• Approve and submit payroll and expenses for part-time and full-time employees (where applicable)
• Process payments for invoices from vendor partners
• Manage and follow 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 staff on site production of local elevated/ experiential activations; use 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 working some nights and weekends when event activations are being implemented.
• This job requires travel within the assigned territories (schedule varies upon size of territory)

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in event management
• Budget management skills
• Knowledge of wine and spirits industry
• Proficient in Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets), PowerPoint

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $68,000 - $110,400. Salary is based on a range of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. Our incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and other benefits also are available. For more information about dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com. Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done to provide an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact recruiting@dentsuaegis.com if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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