Events Manager

Founded in 1971, Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) is a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm focusing exclusively on investment sales, financing, research, and advisory services, with nearly 1,700 investment sales and financing professionals in 80+ offices throughout the United States and Canada.

Our mission is to help our clients create and preserve wealth by providing the best real estate investment sales, financing, research, and advisory services available.

Marcus & Millichap closes more transactions than any other real estate investment brokerage firm in the nation. In 2024, the firm closed 7,836 transactions with a sales volume of approximately $49 billion.

The Events Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and evaluating high-impact events that support the firm’s brand, business development, and client engagement goals. This role manages a portfolio of internal and external events—including client appreciation events, industry conferences and trade shows, sponsorship activations, and corporate and sales meetings—ensuring flawless execution, strong return on investment, and alignment with the firm’s commercial real estate strategy.

The Events Manager must provide outstanding customer service, be organized, a good communicator and achieve the intended goals and expectations both creatively and consistently within the necessary timeline, including the promotion, marketing and communication of event information.

The ideal candidate must be able to work within time limits to plan, resource, and manage multiple events at the same time. Excellent people skills are a must. The abilities to multitask and prioritize are essential, as this role involves overseeing logistics and hundreds of details including event sourcing, set‑up, catering, audio‑visual, hotel reservations, travel, registration, the invitee list, VIPs, equipment, promotional and marketing materials, etc.

The Events Manager must have strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail is critical and sharp project management skills, as well as a positive, professional demeanor and ability to work in a fast‑paced environment under deadline pressure. The Events Manager must work effectively with internal and external clients and stakeholders including business sponsors, other departments, senior management and vendors.

Understanding company standards, corporate policies and brand guidelines is required. This individual will be expected to become knowledgeable about the general commercial real estate industry including terminology.

This position works on‑site in the Events department in Walnut Creek, CA and reports to the Senior Vice President looking for enthusiastic candidates with fresh ideas and organizational skills that do not leave anything about an event to chance.

• Plan and execute a wide range of events including industry conferences, trade shows, sponsor ships, client and networking events, internal meetings, sales and recognition events.
• Understand event goals, budgets and success metrics.
• Create project plans and manage timelines and deadlines to ensure successful execution of events.
• Coordinate event marketing and promotion including invitations, email campaigns and registration.
• Collaborate with business sponsors, Marketing and other departments to ensure alignment and preparedness.
• Oversee logistics including venue selection, vendor management, catering, audiovisual needs, signage, registration, and on‑site coordination.
• Ensure consistent branding, messaging, and professional presentation across events.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders, vendors, venues and external partners.
• Negotiate contracts and manage vendor relationships to maximize value and control costs.
• Manage event budgets, track expenses, and ensure events are delivered within approved financial parameters.
• Measure event performance using attendance, engagement, feedback and business development outcomes.
• Provide post‑event recaps and recommendations for future improvements.
• Lead kick‑off, progress and debrief meetings as needed, documenting the event or project.
• Analyze the event’s success and…