Event Manager - Chicago

WHY YOU'LL DIG YOUR GIG

In short, our purpose at TEAM is to blow people’s minds and steal their hearts with incredible brand experiences. We want you to help us help our brands do amazing, unprecedented, wildly creative things, creating moments that people never forget and that people will want to share with others. To make all that great work happen takes a lot of coordination and organization behind the scenes.

WHO WE ARE

TEAM is an award-winning experiential marketing agency that develops and executes creative marketing campaigns rooted in strategy, insights, and decades of learning. We partner with the best brands and people to deliver experiences that create inspiration at the point of engagement. Our roster of talent is essential to executing quality campaigns which live up to our high standards. Visit us online on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

THE TEAM DIFFERENCE

People may forget your witty hashtag and your latest campaign tagline, but they will never forget how you made them feel. That’s because what a brand does is much more important that what is says. Actions speak louder than advertising and marketing. Experiences are what create real connections that lead to brand love and that’s what we do ’re a fun, collaborative, hard working group with a great office environment who takes care of our employees, to ensure that both in work and in life you experience something greater.

• Be the local point of contact for client and distributor personnel and maintain regular contact and communication between the client and TEAM
• Meet with the client to gather information and keep updated on product and industry knowledge; report all competitive activity in the market
• Always sell TEAM’s value to the client and uncover additional opportunities to serve the client
• Attend all required client and distributor meetings
• Ensure that TEAM’s objectives clearly align with client objectives
• Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with key personnel from TEAM, the client, and the distributors

Field Execution:

• Spot check all promotional staff at promotions to ensure TEAM quality standards are inline
• Recruit prospective promotional staff at all attended promotions
• Manage all account activities to ensure proper implementation and execution of promotions and special events
• Recap all promotions and communicate to local contacts on a weekly and monthly basis
• Develop a monthly promotional schedule
• Communicate monthly/weekly promotional calendar to appropriate client and distributor personnel
• Sell in and confirm sampling events with key targeted accounts.

People Development:

• Recruit, hire, and train quality promotional staff who are knowledgeable about the client’s products, promotions and industry specifics
• Conduct regular monthly trainings of promotional staff to ensure their knowledge on brand standards and execution guidelines
• Provide clear direction, expectations and constructive feedback to promotional staff to improve execution standards and results on all promotions
• Communicate all event standards to ensure successful execution
• Manage and monitor the Promotional Specialist’s budget spend daily
• Closely monitor and track all promotions and special events
• Motivate promotional staff to display great attitudes and leave a positive brand impression on the consumer
• Provide strong leadership skills to develop personnel

Administrative:

• Complete all administrative responsibilities in a timely and accurate manner
• Maintain proper records for all expense reports and ensure they are completed on time with receipts attached
• Manage all budgets to ensure programs are executed within budget guidelines
• Develop a monthly promotional schedule with assigned accounts and communicate it to appropriate personnel
• Manage all informational requests and recap key takeaways for TEAM Management
• Effectively and responsibly manage all assigned company and client equipment and assets to protect from damage and theft as well as provide proper packaging and shipping guidelines
• Maintain and execute scheduling needs
• Maintain a clean and organized storage unit with a current inventory at all times
• Maintain accurate inventory of uniforms
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