Tradeshow & Event Operations Manager
Tradeshow & Event Operations Manager
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Job Description
ANDMORE is an omnichannel wholesale marketmaker that fuels opportunities for wholesale buyers and sellers to connect grow and prosper through physical markets design centers and digital channels. The company owns and operates more than 20 million square feet of premium event and showroom space hosting live events in Atlanta High Point N.C. Las Vegas and New York City. By pairing facetoface events with alwayson digital channels ANDMORE provides truly omnichannel business platforms for its global customer base.
What Youll Do
Primary responsibilities include the operational planning organization and facilitation of assigned events within ANDMORE Atlanta facilities. Responsible for administering all aspects of events both Market and NonMarket related.
Position Responsibilities
- Develops client relationships prepares event summaries and event orders.
- Recommends event floor plans.
- Works with Development Department general service contractor and other contractors to secure and obtain City of Atlanta Fire Marshal floor plan approvals licenses and permits for Convention Center Sales related activities.
- Schedules and conducts event preplanning meetings; prepares and distributes agenda and materials for event preplanning meetings.
- Develops internal documents including Event Orders CAD Diagrams and other schedules necessary to Communicate the needs of the client and distributes pertinent event information to key ANDMORE personnel.
- Prepares estimates of ANDMORE services for client prior to event.
- Plans organizes and coordinates outside events sold by Convention Center Sales within ANDMOREs facilities.
- Coordinates ANDMORE Market Events as required through the support of Buyer Engagement Marketing Trade Show Leasing and generating Event Documents for the successful execution of Market Amenities Seminars Receptions Influencer Programs and other ANDMORE hosted events.
- Produces event billing and is responsible for post event followup.
- Maintains updates and organizes event information and the departments filing systems in keeping with the department policy standards. Assists with onboarding and training new department personnel.
- Coordinates with Director of Event Operations to determine the event schedule.
- Coordinates with the Director of ANDMORE Security to review security plans and/or contracts related to contracted events; monitors security during assigned events.
- Communicates regularly with Director of Catering to ensure successful planning and execution of all food & beverage activity.
- Maintains communication with AudioVisual contractors and ANDMORE IT staff to ensure successful execution of event requirements.
- Gathers all event electrical needs and conveys those requirements to ANDMORE Engineering.
- Coordinates movein / moveout for various contractors including but not limited to general service contractor audiovisual floral caterer with ANDMORE Logistics.
- Enforces building rules security policies event and fire/ life safety policies
- Monitors contractor progress during an event.
- Reports damages/incidences to management as they occur.
- Reviews and recommends operational policies and procedures for the department.
- Reviews and updates meeting planners guide as needed.
- Produces the supplemental revenue and expense estimates for labor electrical and housekeeping services) for outside events booked by Convention Center Sales.
Qualifications
- A degree in business or management (event management preferred) from a fouryear college or university with at least 5 years work related experience is preferred. Additional years experience in the convention and hospitality industry is a plus.
- While performing the duties of this job the team member is regularly required to talk or hear. The team member frequently is required to sit stand walk use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies up to 20 pounds.
- Flexibility to be onsite as needed based on event requirements. Includes some weekends and early or late shifts.
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Energy drive vision and credibility to partner with the team whose operational excellence is critical to the success of the company.
- Actively participates in creating and maintaining a work environment and culture that fosters team spirit high with a focus on the achievement of growth and profit objectives.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and work closely with team at all levels within the organization
- Sensitivity to the business practices rules and regulations effective business tactics and cultural norms of the environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in dealing with internal staff business partners customers and the local community.
- Upbeat and positive attitude commitment to winning results.
- Selfmotivation and deadlinedriven focus.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
Why youll love working at ANDMORE.
Our Team Members are our most critical asset. The foundation for our success is built on teamwork talent creativity hard work and dedication. Together we truly have a transformational opportunity to positively impact the industries in which we work. We are pleased to offer a wide array of comprehensive benefit programs and services that you would expect to see at a great company like ANDMORE including competitive medical dental vision EAP FSA and 401k Retirement Match to name just a few. There are also a few differentiators like unlimited PTO paid parental leave BYOD (cell phone compensation) tuition reimbursement Workplace Rewards providing discounts to a wide variety of consumer products and services a seed grant of at least $750 annually into your Value HSA Plan and considerably more!
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: ANDMORE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age national origin protected veteran status disability status sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
About ANDMORE
ANDMORE is an wholesale marketmaker that fuels opportunities for wholesale buyers and sellers to connect grow and prosper through physical markets design centers and digital channels.
We are unique in that we own and operate the largest wholesale showroom buildings in the world where retailers and designers come to purchase products for their stores or clients like a shopping mall for wholesalers. We also recognize that purchasing happens all year long not just during market weeks so we provide digital opportunities for buyers and sellers to connect anytime anywhere as customer needs dictate.
ANDMORE is a Blackstone and Fireside Investments portfolio company. For more information visit .
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
