Associate Event Specialist

Responsibilities

• Manages and executes regional events in alignment with company strategic priorities.
• Provides expertise and best practices to stakeholders, e.g. marketing teams and senior management, on event strategy, execution and tools
• Plans, manages and executes all aspects & deliverables associated with trade shows and Illumina hosted events – both face-to-face and virtual.
• Responsible for budget mgt, PO creation & tracking – onboarding supplier if required in ARIBA/SAP
• Manages events in-house as well as through agencies, and provides the link between agency and Illumina
• Consults with regional team when localizing content to ensure alignment with global guidelines
• Responsible for event vendor management and logistical coordination in accordance with governance and Internal agency vendor management guidelines
• Responsible for coordinating logistics for external presenters, partners, and ILMN staff

• University/college degree in marketing, communications, or related field required, or equivalent work experience – Must have event planning experience including trade shows, managing budget, venue sourcing, contracting, registration, housing, ground transportation, audio/visual, reporting, management/assessment of virtual event platforms
• Experience managing virtual and hybrid events
• Extensive experience creating online event registration pages (Cvent or similar)
• Experience negotiating and contracting hotels and ancillary services
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Must have demonstrated effective collaboration in a matrix or highly cross-functional business
• Experience with TOV, Compliance & Med Tech reporting highly desired

• Flexible time off, private medical insurance, compassion and care time off, leisure travel insurance, pension, employee stock purchasing program, volunteer time off, and much more