Event Planner

$73,466 - $73,466/Yr

TEKsystems - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Charlotte, NC

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Event Planner role at TEKsystems is responsible for leading the planning, management, and execution of complex sponsorship events and activations for the Diverse Segments, Representation & Inclusion (DSRI) group. This position aims to create enhanced brand experiences for customers, prospects, and consumers at over five sponsored events annually, reporting directly to the VP of Hospitality.

Responsibilities

• Manage day to day event planning lifecycle for sponsored events, conferences and activations including program development, event registration, ticketing, event communications, food & beverage, transportation, gifting, staffing, etc.
• Define execution plans and timelines for and drive the on-time delivery, successful delivery of all event components.
• Responsible for ensuring all governance, compliance processes and required systems are followed for all sponsorship hospitality assets.
• Communicate ticket and event availability and manage allocations across business units.
• Collaborate and consult with immediate team, key Public Affairs and Line of Business partners, Meetings & Events team and other key stakeholders to ensure events are managed effectively.
• Manage relationships with sponsored properties, vendors and other external partners.
• Budget management.
• Develop presentations and other documents for leadership independently and in partnership with other team members.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of events, conferences and activations in achieving business and brand objectives and identify appropriate performance measures, collect feedback and report findings.

Requirements

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
• Strong communications skills, including the ability to effectively work in a highly complex organization across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Comfortable taking initiative and working independently with minimal to no supervision.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, adapt to change and work under pressure in a dynamic and changing environment.
• Highly motivated individual with a collaborative work style.
• Ability to identify and provide solutions to problems.
• Experience managing sponsorship events, conferences and activations from start to finish.
• Proven superior attention to detail, project management skills combined with program execution skills.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)