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Job Description:
MKTG S+E is seeking a Manager, Hospitality & Events, who is passionate about events to join our team. You will develop high-quality corporate hospitality events and meetings across a variety of sports and entertainment properties, along with the chance to work on traditional meetings and events also. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and inspired person who has experience meticulously planning and executing Fortune 500 corporate events that enhance the guest experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply strategic marketing objectives to event execution
- Ability to lead a team through planning and execution of events
- Successfully integrate into assigned account teams and assume responsibility for outlined role/tasks
- Interact directly with clients as part of operational team across multiple events/properties
- Interface with properties, venues and suppliers to deliver first-class experiences for guests
- Plan and execute site visits
- Prepare, manage, and adhere to line-item budgets
- Monitor industry event trends and technology tools to enhance client programs
- Develop ideas for creative event branding, collateral, and other on-site materials that enhance the guest experience
- Organize and distribute event tickets and credentials
- Negotiate and secure services from event suppliers and venues based on client and event criteria
- Help plan and direct guest experience and present new and fresh ideas to the clients
- Provide onsite leadership of assigned areas at planned events
- Contribute to client conference calls and meetings with prepared documents/presentations following client branding guidelines
- Manage and communicate project status with internal manager and team, and clients
- Identify opportunities for business growth; demonstrate ability to frame a project and help develop a concise scope of work
- Evaluate event successes and areas for improvement
About You
We are looking for candidates with a minimum of four years’ experience in a similar role. This could be agency, brand or rights holder side. You are excited by the prospect of working on award winning sponsorship accounts and corporate events, passionate about being part of a high performing team and being integral to an achieving agency. You are also confident, motivated, have excellent attention to detail and looking forward to working in the industry.
To be able to deliver this we need you to have the following attributes:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a similar role
- 4+ years of relevant experience developing high-level corporate events and hospitality
- Sports hospitality and agency experience preferred
- Spanish-speaking not required but a plus
- Proficient in budget management and planning
- Managed program components and worked with client and/or other agency partners to deliver events
- Experience building presentations and delivering them
- Creativity and interest in trends in sports, hospitality and events
- Ability to juggle multiple projects and communications simultaneously with quick response times
- Ability to travel and work non-traditional hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays (expected to be up to 20% annually)
- Comfortable with some physical labor related to the set-up and breakdown of events
The annual base salary range for this position is $68,000-$110,400. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.
Benefits available with this position include:
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.
Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.
To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.
About MKTG Sports + Entertainment
MKTG S+E is a global agency that harnesses the power of sports and entertainment for brands. For over 20 years, we've ignited fandom and innovated activation in the world of sports and entertainment to make something worth noticing, engaging, liking, sharing and remembering. We leverage deep INSIGHTS and our network of seasoned & creative team members to create IMPACT between properties, fans & brands.
Today, we help brands move at THE SPEED OF FANS which means we aim to know fans better then they know themselves. MKTG S+E is a part of the broader dentsu Sports International network.
Working with us
We’re an agency born of fanatics…fans of sports (yes, even pickleball).
Fans of music (we sing in the shower).
Fans of data (we’re proud nerds).
Fans of art (from exhibitions to film).
Fans of culture (this is huge). And that means we put it all in for what we love, truly understanding what fans need, want, feel, hate and love about the brands and properties we lead.
We’re led by our core values which focus on collaboration, community, inspiring change, pursuing excellence, and celebrating bravery – all of which are foundational to our culture and how we treat each other and our clients.
We’re a community where you are free to be you, where good work gets rewarded, and you are truly energized by the team around you. It’s more than just ‘warm & fuzzies’ – happy humans are vital to our commercial success. And together, we make magic.
#LI-MKTG
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Other facts
About dentsu
Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle’s expertise has earned recognition as a “Leader” by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
What you'll do
- The Manager, Hospitality & Events will develop and execute high-quality corporate hospitality events and meetings, ensuring a first-class experience for guests. Responsibilities include leading a team, managing budgets, and interacting with clients and suppliers.
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