Events Management Specialist

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What Well Bring:

What Youll Bring:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in event management or a related field.

• Five to ten years experience in B2B and internal event management.

• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Strong negotiation and collaboration skills.

• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).

• Proven experience leading cross functional teams and managing agencies/vendors.

• Understanding of event technical production and logistics.

• Ability to react quickly and remain calm in high-pressure situations.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment problem solve manage multiple projects/events at one time and consistently meet deadlines.

• Ability to work independently while remaining a team player; willingness to accept and provide direction.

• Comfortable with the ambiguity that can accompany a position in a dynamic organization.

• Experience using Salesforce and Eloqua or other marketing automation platform preferred.

• Ability to travel up to 25-35% of the time including over weekends and/or holidays.

Competencies

• Project management skills.

• Creative problem solving.

• Build trusted partnerships.

• Manage trade-offs / competing priorities.

Attributes

• Self-starter.

• Detail oriented.

• Action and solution-oriented team player.

• Ability to think outside the box.

• Persuading and influencing skills.

• Creativity and innovation.

• Planning and organizational skills.

• Delivering results and meeting client and customer expectations.

• Adapting and responding to change.

• People and relationship focused.

• Able to work calmly under pressure and provide advice and direction to others.

• Flexible and adaptable.

• Tenacious and persistent.

• Dynamic and energetic.

• Driven.

The Canada Marketing team is based in the TransUnion Canada head office in Burlington Ontario operating with a hybrid working model. This role will involve on-site event management within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Occasional travel outside of the GTA will be required (e.g. 4-10 events per year depending on business requirements and organizational growth considerations)

Impact Youll Make:

TransUnion Canada is looking for an Events Specialist to join our dynamic and fast-paced Marketing team. The Events Specialist will be responsible for the end-to-end management of all aspects of TransUnion Canadas events from sourcing and contracting to developing event concepts to onsite execution to delivery of post-event reporting. This is a highly visible role that will require regular interaction with senior management as well as with clients agencies and partners.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee all event planning and logistics for TU Canadas most strategic and significant events including the annual customer summit customer advisory boards annual internal sales kick-off and quarterly internal town halls.

• Build and lead strategic event plans managing end-to-end event execution including venue sourcing contracting event logistics (F&B hotels venues transportation branding) event production (staging A/V) event attendee communications etc.

• Lead stakeholder meetings manage project plans and develop and execute event plans.

• Act as a strategic advisor to internal stakeholders by recommending improvements to previous events implementing industry best practices suggesting innovative ideas and cost efficiencies.

• Manage cross-functional stakeholders setting clear expectations and driving for alignment on event strategy and delivery.

• Plan forecast and manage against defined event budgets process all payments and partner with finance and accounting on budget reporting and reconciliation.

• Manage vendor and partner relationships.

• Manage event technologies such as registration mobile apps and other event platforms or technologies.

• Manage post-event follow-up and evaluation to assess effectiveness and ROI.

• Understand and adhere to TU policies and requirements (e.g. brand procurement etc.).

Accommodation is available including for applicants with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.

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