Sponsorships & Event Strategy - Client Solutions Specialist; Remote

Welcome to The Bureau. Are you a detail-oriented, strategic thinker and creative thinker with a passion for event planning and sponsor ships who thrives in a fast-paced environment? You have found the right team.

As the Sponsor ships, Conferences & Event Strategy-Client Solutions Specialist, you will partner directly with leadership to drive the development and execution of strategic sponsorship marketing programs for The Bureau, which produces some of the largest Fashion Weeks around the globe. The sponsor ships and events will focus on driving meaningful brand awareness and client/prospect engagement with the entire spectrum of current and potential sponsorship brands.

• Develop and deliver strategic sponsorship/event programs that reach and drive meaningful interactions with prospects to drive awareness of The Bureau's capabilities + deepen relationships with clients to support business goals; partner closely with business heads and marketing directors to ensure sponsor ships/events are aligned to broader business goals and marketing campaigns.
• Lead cross-functional project teams across marketing and communications to execute programming; evaluate new sponsorship opportunities to ensure they are aligned with business priorities; obtain and track approvals. This includes:
  Partnering with legal and compliance to secure contract approval;
  Identifying key performance indicators and measuring and reporting on the effectiveness of executed plans.
• Develop and execute strategic national / cross LOB proprietary event programming with end-to-end ownership for engaging top clients and prospects through idea generation, content development, and speaker sourcing while partnering closely with event production to manage logistics.
• Serve as the primary relationship manager with sponsorship/partnership organizations. Oversee sponsorship partner organization relationships, maintaining contacts at venues and negotiating new opportunities based on past learnings.
• Pre-event/sponsorship responsibilities such as leading planning committees with the business and marketing; crafting internal comms; building host and speaker briefing templates; coordinating with content and social media teams on associated marketing materials; develop sponsorship/event comms plans for sponsor ships to drive greater awareness of The Bureau's capabilities across the ecosystem. Partner with marketing COEs to execute (email, digital, social).
• Post-event/sponsorship responsibilities such as hosting debrief calls with partner organizations and the business + analyzing programs for effectiveness/ROI in partnership with the business and marketing centers of excellence (digital, comms, etc.); onsite event staffing, which may include directly assisting with (and/or managing onsite team responsible for) registration desk management, distribution of materials, oversight of presentations/AV needs, and coordination with vendors.
• Manage and track budgets with ongoing monitoring and reporting. Includes building budgets, securing required approvals, tracking spend against budget, documenting spend variances, and ensuring invoices are processed; partner closely with colleagues across other lines of business and firm partners to align plans for shared target opportunities while ensuring market connectivity and coordination.

• A minimum of 5 years of work experience in marketing, events, or sponsor ships.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Events, business management, and/or project management experience. Digital / virtual event and sponsorship experience a plus; strong executive presence;
  Experience working with a range of partners from senior management and executive leadership to junior staff and marketing centers of excellence.
• Demonstrated track record of being able to work in fast-paced, matrixed environments with minimal supervision; team player that is self-motivated, entrepreneurial, effective under pressure, and flexible (able to adapt to changing priorities); outstanding judgment; ability to know when to escalate issues in a timely and appropriate manner; strong desire to creatively…