Territory Event Marketing Manager

$72,000 - $72,000/Yr

Leaf At Home LTD - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

1,001-5,000 employees

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

Meet Leaf Home, the leading provider of technology-driven home solutions that is on a mission to make homeownership easy. With more than 50% of consumers worried about the cost and effort of home maintenance, we focus on delivering remarkable, end-to-end experiences. Trusted by more than 1 million homeowners across the US and Canada, Leaf Home is America's largest Direct to Consumer full-service provider of branded home services and products. Leaf Home and its products, including the patented LeafFilter gutter protection system, have earned numerous awards and recognition from Good Housekeeping, Qualified Remodeler, Angi, Consumer Reports, This Old House and other consumer review platforms. Powered by people, Leaf Home's innovative products and services are delivered with convenience, trust, and quality via 200+ regional sales and installation offices along with comprehensive field support offices in New York and Hudson, Ohio. We believe we win together. Leaf Home has been consistently named one of the fastest growing private companies by Inc 5000 and recognized as a top employer nationally. The Territory Event Marketing Manager is responsible for managing a team of District Event Marketing Managers and/or Event Marketing Managers within their designated territory. This individual is accountable for their direct reports' performance, ability to exceed revenue targets, maintain budgets, and the successful execution and operations of the Event Marketing department. The Territory Marketing Manager is also responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, developing, and managing a team of Event Marketers to build brand awareness and generate sales leads throughout their designated district. In addition, they are responsible for sourcing Direct-to-Consumer events, managing budgets, resource planning, staff schedules and successful event execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day activity of direct reports.
• Ensure systematic management across region and field locations and each are compliant with SOPs, benchmarking, and department KPIs.
• Ensure staffing levels are at or above benchmark.
• Responsible for revenue and expenditure forecasting.
• Responsible for management of budgets and exceeding revenue and issued forecasts; monthly, quarterly, and annually.
• Recruit District Event Marketing Managers/Event Marketing Managers and additional support staff.
• Partner with Human Resources to increase retention and identify candidates for upward mobility within the organization.
• Conduct monthly performance reviews to uncover deficiencies and outline realistic strategic plan for increased performance.
• Conduct weekly and monthly in-person and/or web-based team training classes.
• Responsible for meeting predetermined performance goals for each event as well as other KPIs.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 2+ years in a managerial position.
• Strong recruiting and training skills.
• Experience with large scale budgeting and planning.
• Self-starter with ability to manage and develop others.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities at one time.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of current best practices and new strategies for event marketing.
• Ability to work evenings and/or weekends and pre-scheduled events.
• Ability to juggle various work activities and shift their attention from one task to another to meet the demands of different stakeholders without 'dropping the ball.'
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy, team-oriented environment and have a 'roll up your sleeves' and 'win every day' mentality.
• Hold oneself accountable and responsible while being self-driven in accomplishing goals.
• Detail-oriented and can focus on task at hand by finding the most efficient and effective pathway to completion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels to communicate with internal and external stakeholders articulately.
• Ability to logically connect ideas, scrutinize and evaluate arguments, find inconsistencies and errors in work, solve complex problems, and engage in reflection.
• Ability to provide timely and empathetic service through all communication channels keeping peer and customer needs first.
• Must hold a valid driver's license and have reliable transportation to and from assigned events.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and/or Access).
• Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in lead generation and/or experiential marketing.
• Previous management position(s) in Direct-to-Consumer marketing.
• Experience in multi-unit management.
• Experience in home improvement event marketing.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Gym membership
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off