As the Events Manager, you manage the development and execution of online, in-person and hybrid events. You are passionate about bringing global audiences together to further our mission. You have proven experience in corporate event strategy, technology, production, and you are as comfortable running corporate virtual events as in-person ones. You will manage all aspects of corporate event planning, including identifying the target audiences and objectives of each event, identifying the right technology resources, working with colleagues and external partners to finalise the content and speakers, designing and executing a high-quality event experience, and assessing the effectiveness of the event. You have impeccable attention to detail and super skills in organization, project management, and verbal and written communication.

 

Key Responsibilities

Symposium Project Manager

• Lead planning and execution for the Symposium, including managing corporate event planning, production, budget, external event management companies and technology vendors as well as our project team.
• Drive the agenda planning process, including leading engagement with our internal agenda planning committee.
• Recruit and manage speakers.
• Project manage Symposium details, from planning to execution to post-event analysis.

Event Manager

• Manage the production of virtual and in-person outreach events, webinars and roundtables.
• Support all aspects of event planning, including scheduling, registration, venue coordination, technology & AV, budgets and attendee experience.
• Understand the technical needs of events and identify/implement the right resource(s).
• Project manage events, including creating a project plan and timeline, identifying roles and responsibilities, working with content owners to plan and finalize content and speakers, scheduling check-in and debrief meetings.
• Manage our internal calendar of events, ensuring relevant stakeholders are kept apprised of relevant updates.
• Work with communications team colleagues to market events.
• Research, assess, implement resources and best practices for effective event engagement and presentation.
• Identify and maintain digital event platform which can be used across our events and support IT team to integrate in the internal system..
• Create and maintain resources to support event planning and event management that other staff can use for meetings/private events (and to support repeatability and scalability of public events and activities).
• Think big to deliver new ideas and creative approaches to continuously improve attendee experience.
• Measure event contribution to our goals and improve results by continuously refining event strategy and execution

 

Experience

• To qualify for this role, you must have previous professional experience in event planning. We are looking for an exceptional excellent communicator, skilled facilitator, self-driven doer, and amiable team player who can thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• Corporate event planning experience; the ideal candidate will also have experience in corporate communications.

 

Skills

• Proven experience leading and managing virtual and in-person corporate events.
• Preferred candidate will have experience managing an annual calendar of speaking engagements.
• Excellent organisational, attention to detail and project management skills.
• Partner-oriented: a great collaborator, communicator and creative problem-solver.
• Highly organised with the discipline to keep track of multiple parallel projects.
• Passion for virtual event technology and an ongoing drive to improve the attendee experience.
• Experience in managing projects that have tight deadlines, limited resources, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Ability to meet the demands of multiple clients simultaneously, balancing speed with quality and accuracy.
• Good understanding in sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and other values of the organization and ability to reflect them to event execution.

 

Montreal (Hybrid), London (Hybrid), NYC (remote)