Events Management, Senior

at  Zebra Technologies

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 5-8 years of work experience in related field
• Experienced marketer with solid understanding of marketing planning, execution, and measurement best practices
• Proven ability to create shared vision across multiple stakeholder teams and provide confident leadership to teams with strategic objectives
• Solid strategic program management experience including the ability to set and drive requirements across multiple functional arenas
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking including the ability to create insights and drive planning from diverse sets of data
• Strong budget execution skills, negotiating tactics, and vendor management skills. Experience managing event budgets in excess of $100K
• Excellent communication as well as interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills are required
• Self-motivated and directed person, requiring minimal supervision for successful assignment completion
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to work collaboratively across the business
• Ability to work at all levels and will be comfortable presenting at c-suite level

• Responsible for project managing global and regional events, including:
• Development of project scope and milestone-driven plan
• Construction of project teams and status report
• Management of project timeline and budget
• Manage external agencies, including DMCs, logistics and build vendors
• Coordinate with vertical and product marketers to ensure correct messaging, demos and products for each event (when required)
• Manage internal communication to stakeholders, including management of weekly status and coordination calls
• Execute financial responsibilities associated with shows (contracts, purchase orders, etc.)
• Ability to manage multiple projects events simultaneously
• Travel to events to run onsite management
• Work with other marketing associates on all event-related communications
• Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of event tactics
• Execute sponsorship opportunities for strategy and revenue purposes
• Act as conduit into the brand/creative team to ensure adherence to Company guidelines
• Have a thorough understanding of lead process, and interlock with core marketing delivery agent