Events Director
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Job Description
The Events Director sets corporate event strategy and leads a team of Event Managers to oversee all corporate and lineofbusiness events both internal and external. This leader establishes best practices for the endtoend event ecosystem including strategy planning process budget contracts resourcing onsite and measurement of event ROI against business and brand goals. Effective partnership across Ascensus as well as with external vendors and the ability to identify opportunities to gain efficiencies and improve planning by consolidating vendor and property relationships will be key. The Events Director will manage a team of FTE Event Managers and contractor resources.
Section 2: Job Functions Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Partner with Ascensus marketing sales and business development teams to set strategy and oversee for events that align with business objectives develop processes to measure ROI and provide attendees with an integrated consistent experience that amplifies the Ascensus brand.
- Lead events team setting clear expectations that continuously improve our event experience providing regular feedback and encouraging the teams professional development.
- Manage internal and external resources required to conceive plan and execute highquality and highimpact events.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement based on data feedback and measurement.
- Regularly assess approach and event results to ensure all events are executed based on best practices the most effective technology solutions and current bestinclass event industry trends.
- Build manage and audit external contracts and partnerships that enable the event infrastructure.
- Oversee total quality and effectiveness of event components and track and adjust.
- Maintain an annual event calendar and implement a system that anticipates longterm planning and effective event management for the organizations meetings conferences trade shows and events.
- Maintain and manage the vendor relationship for the Ascensus brand store making branded premium items available for purchase by Ascensus leaders employees key partners and clients.
- Proactively prepare backup plans and solve potential and immediate issues relating to the successful of event programs.
- Oversee postevent surveys of attendees to enable process improvement and provide postevent analysis budget recaps and participant feedback incorporating learning into future plans.
- Take an expertpartner approach and use effective communication skills to apply industry best practices and innovative solutions and secure buyin from key leaders.
- Manage collaboration across internal team members and external vendor partners to ensure successful workflow process and tools to support events.
- Represent events team efforts at key meetings to provide status updates planning decisions innovative solutions and brand governance.
- Protect secure and ensure proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access improper transmission and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
- Demonstrate our Core Values of People Matter Quality First and Integrity Always in all actions on a daytoday basis showing personal support of our organizational culture.
- Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned
- Responsible for protecting securing and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access improper transmission and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
- Our IClient service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter Quality First and Integrity Always should be visible in your actions on a daytoday basis showing your support of our organizational culture.
Supervision
- The Events Director will oversee the activities of both FTE and contractor resources as assigned and provide crossfunctional leadership and goal setting for yearoveryear enhancement to our event program and people.
Section 3: Experience Skills Knowledge Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in meeting and event management marketing hospitality or a related field.
- A minimum of 8 years of event management experience in a fastpaced corporate environment required where events contributed to commercial outcomes.
- Experience leading corporate event teams preferred.
- Financial services industry experience preferred.
- Experience overseeing various event types including Clevel executive conferences; sales and client meetings; networking receptions; associate appreciation initiatives; and industry tradeshows and conferences.
- Proven ability to provide leadership interpret direction and translate organizational goals into effective event capabilities vision and process.
- Experience managing vendor sourcing and contract negotiations that maximize cost effective partnerships at scale.
- Ability to foster professional relationships that result in consistent and courteous communication with clients and colleagues.
- Excellent organizational planning communication and team management skills.
- Independent and proactive thinker adept at setting team goals prioritizing and making decisions while managing the effective of events assigned to FTE and contractorsourced resources under the Events Directors supervision.
- Experience working with Microsoft Office Product Suite including Word Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience working with emerging solutions that support event registration tracking and overall attendee experience.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule with occasional evening/or weekends with approximately 20 travel.
For all virtual remote positions in order to ensure associates can effectively perform their job duties with no distractions we require an uninterrupted virtual workspace and there is also an expectation of family care being in place during business hours. Additionally there is an internet work speed requirement of 25 Mbps or better for individual use. If more than one person is utilizing the same internet connection in the same household or building then a stronger connection is required.If you are unsure of your internet speed please check with your service provider. Note: For call center roles specifically it is a requirement to either hardwire your equipment directly to the internet router or ensure your workstation is in close proximity to the router. Please ensure that you are able to meet these expectations before applying.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
