Events Manager

Events Manager

Full Time, Non-Exempt

Associate Director of Events and Strategic Partnerships

• Health, dental, vision and more, with an employer contribution
• 3 weeks paid time off + 10 paid holidays
• Annual pet care allowance
• 403(b) with employer match
• Cuddly coworkers
• 30-day paid sabbatical after 4 years
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The Events Manager is a seasoned, strategic, and mission-driven professional responsible for leading the planning and execution of Seattle Humane’s fundraising and community events. This role oversees all aspects of event planning, and production, delivering exceptional experiences for donors, sponsors, guests, and volunteers while advancing the organization’s fundraising and engagement goals. The ideal candidate brings significant experience successfully managing complex, high-impact events, with demonstrated strength in project management, budgeting, vendor and partner relationships, and cross-functional collaboration.

This role requires a confident, solution-oriented professional who can anticipate needs, navigate competing priorities, and independently move complex events from strategy through execution. A collaborative, team-oriented approach is essential to success.

• Leads the strategic planning and execution of fundraising, donor cultivation, and community engagement events, ranging from intimate gatherings to large-scale signature events, ensuring each experience is thoughtfully designed, mission-aligned, and successfully delivered.
• Manage event budgets, timelines, workplans, and complex logistics from initial concept through execution and post-event evaluation, proactively identifying needs, managing competing priorities, and ensuring events remain on schedule and within budget.
• Oversee relationships with vendors, venues, and production partners, including sourcing and evaluating partners, negotiating contracts and pricing, managing deliverables, and ensuring a high standard of service and execution.
• In partnership with the marketing team, create and manage compelling event communications and collateral from promotion through follow-up, including event invitations and promotions, webpages, presentations, signage, programs, scripts, talking points, run-of-show documents, guest and sponsor communications, event reports, and stewardship materials.
• Collaborates closely with development, marketing, and program teams to develop cohesive event strategies that advance fundraising priorities, deepen donor engagement, and effectively showcase the organization’s mission and impact.
• Ensures a thoughtful, high-quality guest experience at every touchpoint, anticipating the needs of donors, sponsors, volunteers, and other key constituents and overseeing the details that create welcoming, engaging, and memorable events.
• Partners with major gifts and corporate teams to support meaningful sponsor and donor engagement throughout the event lifecycle, including cultivation, recognition, benefit fulfillment, on-site engagement, and post-event stewardship.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships and collaborate with operations, development, marketing, and executive leadership to operationalize events that align business interests with community impact.
• Manages a portfolio of event donors and prospects throughout the donor lifecycle, identifying opportunities for engagement, cultivating and soliciting event support, coordinating meaningful donor experiences, and providing thoughtful post-event stewardship.
• Leverage data and reporting tools, including Raiser's Edge and Luminate, to track partnership activity, measure progress toward revenue and engagement goals, identify trends, and inform…