The company is seeking an Event Manager (internal title: Program Manager) to support an automotive account across a range of events. The role involves independently managing small programs or parts of larger programs, ensuring client needs are met and exceeded. Responsibilities span client management, project delivery, budget management and creative management, including onsite execution and coordination with internal parties and vendors. The position is hybrid, based in the Detroit office, and requires travel up to 20-30%.

Responsibilities

Assume accountability for defined client deliverables, ensuring client needs are met and exceeded
Build and maintain effective client relationships, ensuring that all client needs are heard, understood, and addressed in a timely way
Provide clear communications to the client regarding roles and responsibilities, scope, budget, and schedules for assigned programs
Update status reports and schedules and maintain lists of action items, ensuring all deadlines are met
Assist in identifying new opportunities, evaluating opportunities, negotiating the best deal for our client, executing the events, and ensuring that a results summary is complete
Provide seamless onsite execution
Ensure project/program is delivered on-time, on-budget and flawlessly
Schedule regular team meetings and manage communications between team members, ensuring all deadlines are met
Assist in managing project budget
Oversee coordination with all internal parties on invoices and vendor payments
Assist in reconciling costs against budget
Ensure that the highest possible quality is delivered
Ensure that the client need is solved by the project deliverables
Participate in creative brainstorms to generate ideas for clients

Requirements

3 plus years of event/experiential marketing experience required including some agency experience
Must be detail oriented and able to simultaneously manage projects
Strong project management, organizational and communication skills
Experience in planning events and developing/giving presentations required
Willing to travel up to 20-30%
Demonstrated production competencies: client focus, accountability for results, team effectiveness, developing others, organizational sophistication, attention to detail, flexibility, and professional confidence

Nice to have

Auto industry experience a plus