Senior Manager, Events

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What we do is fast-paced, exciting and rewarding which is why we love it and why you’ll love life at Wasserman.

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WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

The Senior Manager, Events is an integral position on Wasserman Live’s Event Team with responsibility for the successful delivery of various aspects of projects, from brief to execution.

This role is responsible for planning, managing, and executing large live events with new and existing clients ensuring that projects are delivered on-time, on-budget and of a quality as expected by Wasserman and its clients.

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for overseeing and managing various elements of large-scale projects from planning through execution
• Work in a collaborative manner with all Wasserman account teams to ensure flawless project delivery against the client’s objectives and agreed budget
• Manage internal and external vendor relationships with audio, lighting, staging, registration, graphics, event flow, creative, fabrication, food and beverage, transportation, staffing, venue and labor and other project executional vendor partnerships as necessary to ensure that all suppliers meet Wasserman standards of sustainability, ethical purchasing, diversity, quality control and pricing structure
• Regular communication with internal and client team regarding roles and responsibilities, budget, schedules, and project status
• Develop, manage and reconcile project budgets of $500k+, responsible for ensuring that projects are correctly budgeted for and meet expected financial targets
• Develop project timelines, production schedules, run of shows, and enforce deliverable dates key to program’s success
• Responsible for building and maintaining effective client relationships, ensuring that all client needs are addressed in a timely fashion throughout the duration of projects
• Manage and develop the relationships with Wasserman trusted suppliers and third parties, throughout the duration of the project
• Manage the working team across events, providing guidance and leadership, communicating a vision, and challenging the team to achieve goals
• Creates a positive, collaborative, teamwork environment based on the company culture and values
• Promotes our team environment and provides work direction and guidance including coaching, professional development and training;

guides team on deliverables, and establishes best practices with project management

• Contributes to business development efforts for new revenue opportunities with existing clients and potential clients
• Attends conferences, tradeshows, etc., as necessary to ensure Wasserman always provides best-in-class programs and increases its product offering to industry-leading clients
• Traveling to and from event site

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU NEED

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 4 6 years relevant / increasing event experience (preferably in the experiential, sports or entertainment field)
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, work on multiple projects simultaneously and achieve deadlines
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the event landscape and proven ability to deliver projects from the ground up
• Confidence to present and communicate with senior clients as well as the ability to independently craft complex, nuanced written communications for internal and external outreach
• Capable of navigating tough issues and influencing those involved toward a desired outcome
• Must be comfortable working as an integral part of a team environment
• Continuously demonstrates solution-oriented mentality
• Lead and inspire other team members, generate positive morale
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload while coordinating with others to proactively meet deadlines
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Suite, Workday, Vectorworks, ShoFlo, CAD, and or Sketchup preferred
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and deep understanding of project management concepts for planning, monitoring, and executing

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