Job Description
Marketing Events Coordinator
As Marketing Events Coordinator, you will oversee organization and project management of external and internal events for 11 Honore, including marketing, sales and employee events. You will ensure events are successful and cost-effective, paying attention to budget and time constraints.
An event manager is, above all, a project manager who understands marketing and promotional techniques. The person who excels in this role will be enthusiastic, full of fresh ideas, and armed with the organizational skills required to not leave anything about an event to chance.
Responsibilities:
- Plan marketing, sales, and employee events from start-to-finish according to requirements, target audience and objectives
- Support selling events (such as trunk shows) in collaboration with the Sales Director and VP of Marketing, including advertising the various events and aiding in planning initiatives
- Coordinate all operations via project management techniques that allow for effective checklisting and easy cross-functional transparency, and follow-up with teams internally and externally to ensure deadlines are being hit
- Proactively collaborate - always be eager to provide suggestions to enhance the event's success
- Prepare budgets and ensure adherence, while keeping track of all receipts
- Coordinate with team on guest list, including management of sends and RSVPs
- Source and negotiate with vendors and suppliers (invitations, gifts, venues)
- Oversee hiring of personnel (servers, sales associates, drivers, etc) when necessary, and supervise all event staff/vendors
- Lead promotional activities for the event coordinating with key stakeholders (Marketing & Social)
- Approve all aspects before the day of the event
- Ensure event is completed smoothly and step up to resolve any problems that might occur
- Analyze the event's success and prepare reports via structured post-mortem reviews with key stakeholders
- Create a rolodex of business contacts so that we aren't chasing emails every event - this includes press, influencers, celebs and stylist
- Understand that the role doesn't stop with event management - you'll need to collaborate across all 11H teams to drive toward key company-wide strategic initiatives
- Help us cultivate a culture of collaboration, accountability, kindness, and fun
Requirements
- Proven experience as event manager
- Skilled in project management
- Outstanding communication and negotiation ability
- Excellent organizational skills
- A knack for problem-solving
- Customer-delight orientation
- Travel as necessary to company events
- Be a flexible and adaptive team player, particularly as it pertains to unique needs or requests that lie outside of this job description. All 11H roles and responsibilities will continue to shift and evolve over time as the needs of our business change
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- Project Management: 1 year (Required)
- Marketing: 1 year (Preferred)