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Conference Meeting Manager

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Job Location drjobs

Laurel - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Meeting Planning

  • Prepare draft budgets for meetings based on venue costs event schedule and historical performance
  • Assist meeting committees with budgeting and planning by providing historical data and recommendations
  • Compile and maintain a meeting preparation calendar for meeting committees and staff showing tasks responsibilities and deadlines
  • Meet deadlines on individual meeting planning timeline
  • Initiate the bid process send Request for Proposals and finalize contracts of all meeting contractors including audiovisual exhibition services transportation photography and all offsite venues
  • Prepare comprehensive postmeeting reports on hotel data income and expenses and quantitative and qualitative lessons learned. Provide relevant data for Meeting Chairs report to the Board
  • Respond to member requests for information on meetings sponsorship exhibits partnering and other membership activities
  • Primary contact for meeting venues in planning and onsite management of meetings and education programs
  • Work closely with volunteer planning committees and speakers
  • Manage online proposal system
  • Facilitate the use of the proposal system by the program selection committee
  • Coordinate speaker communications
  • Schedule sessions in contracted meeting space
  • Track and communicate program and speaker changes

Promotion

  • Assist meeting chairs in developing promotional plans by providing advice historical data and other research as necessary
  • Facilitate creation and distribution of promotional meeting publications
  • Arrange distribution and coordinate outreach to nonmembers
  • Perform other activities as required.

Meeting

  • Coordinate vendor selection communication and contract oversight for AV decorators and other vendors
  • Coordinate offsite venue selection contract negotiation and contract oversight
  • Manage meetings and events onsite
  • Plan menus room sets and audiovisual
  • Work with the Industry Relations department to coordinate exhibits partnering and sponsorship programs
  • Plan flow onsite including registration signage breakouts etc.
  • Create comprehensive staging guides for each meeting and event
  • Oversee onsite meeting operations including coordination of meeting volunteers and staff responsibilities. Serve as liaison with hotel contacts to ensure a quality experience for all meeting attendees
  • Work closely with Meeting Chair and Arrangements Chair to implement onsite and offsite logistics
  • Identify ways to improve meeting delivery consistent with professional meeting best practices

Administrative

  • Monitor meeting budgets and update meeting chair and executive management on significant budget variances.
  • Assist meeting committees with budgeting and planning by providing historical data and advice upon request
  • Direct Meeting Coordinator on:
    • Providing timely and accurate meeting status reports
    • Manage registrations for all meetings and events
    • Ensure the website is current and accurate for all meetings
  • Follow and update meetings manual

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type

Full-Time

Company Industry

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