Director Event Marketing
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Role summary
Manages, directs, or supervises staff and management of event marketing activities overseeing the coordination and work of one or more groups. Manages the operational implementation of overall event marketing programs, including corporate and business-unit sponsored events on a national or regional scale. Such events include corporate / brand-sponsorship events, major client conferences, or professional / amateur sporting, recreational and entertainment programs with a national or regional focus. Manages event workstreams, including overseeing all budgets and event calendars, event research, negotiation of vendor agreements, ordering of materials, on-site set-up, and other operational efficiencies. It also requires broad knowledge of venues (e.g., restaurants, hotels, party venues), activities (gifting, cultural activities), and external suppliers needed to plan events successfully.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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