Conference Manager, Creative Journey and Branding

at  Gartner

Egham, England, United Kingdom -

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Immediate17 Apr, 2025Not Specified18 Jan, 2025N/ATeams,Google Suite,Exceptional Project Management Skills,Microsoft Office,Communication Skills,Confidentiality,Project Management Skills,Branding,Leadership,Decisiveness,G Suite,Management SkillsNoNo
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Description:

DESCRIPTION

Senior member of the Global Creative Journey and Branding team with responsibility for onsite branding experiences across a portfolio of client facing global events and business unit experiences, both operationally and creatively. Work cohesively with other Conference Center of Excellence teams to strategically plan and execute business unit experiences that align to the overall creative, planning and execution of the conference attendee journey.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred
  • 6+ Years Event Management, Branding and/or Experiential & Event Marketing Experience
  • Proven creative and operational management responsibility & management of teams
  • Proven event operational and project management skills
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize workload
  • Management of multiple agency and vendor partners
  • Effective people management skills and leadership
  • Experience in creation of event spaces/environments/floor plans
  • Proven and exceptional project management skills, effective management of time and prioritization
  • Creative, innovative, strategic
  • Strong financial management skills
  • Client focused, solution oriented, and collaborative
  • High sense of urgency, decisiveness, attention to detail and confidentiality
  • Fully competent in Microsoft office and Google Suite, especially PowerPoint, Excel and similar in G-Suite
  • Strong Oral & Written Communication Skills
  • Willingness to travel approximately 30% of time across EMEA and NA locations

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the creative journey for external conferences with a focus on overall experiences (including clients and prospects) across the global portfolio through the build, branding elements and digital platforms of Gartner conferences.
  • Management of operational process and project management through planning process and onsite or virtual execution at external conferences.
  • Mentoring of junior team members to enhance their skillset and project management skills around internal stakeholder partners.
  • Project manage the planning and implementation of signage, build, branding, furniture and finishing/accessory requirements for selected events in collaboration with the wider conferences team.
  • Assist with the creation and implementation of operational process and project management playbooks to maximize the impact of the role and team.
  • Creative, innovative, and proactive approach to all aspects of the role – constantly seeking to exceed past experiences and increase effectiveness across all processes.
  • Collaboration with Gartner internal stakeholders to strategically advise and support their event objectives throughout the process, culminating with the conference experience.
  • Build excellent relationships with the vendor partners – leading them to a Gartner level of creativity, innovation and passion in their conference planning and delivery.
  • Effective financial management and predictability including budget creation, cost negotiation and accurate forecasting; highlight risks, recommendations for allocation of funds and management of a production planning calendar.


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)

Marketing/Advertising/Sales

Marketing / Advertising / MR / PR

IT

Graduate

Proficient

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Egham, United Kingdom