Company Description
Part of Dentsu International, Dentsu Creative is a Global Creative Network that transforms brands and businesses through the power of Modern Creativity. 9,000 experts across the globe work together to deliver ideas that Create Culture, Shape Society and Invent the Future. Dentsu Creative was launched in June 2022 to address a client need for simplicity and is Dentsu International’s sole creative network.
The
Senior Manager, Event Management is an event specialist and local market expert. You will oversee the pre to post event responsibilities, from planning and preparation to execution and reporting. Event elements will often include staffing, product sampling, consumer engagement, asset transportation, POS coordination, and production. This role will report into the Regional Director.
The Senior Manager, Event Management is a role that requires close collaboration with cross business counterpoints and serves as client contact. We ask that you have prior sampling event and production experience.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage local warehousing with POS and special event assets. Ensuring assets are available/ operable for
- Follow standard operating procedures, policies, and protocols for issue resolution.
- Supervisory responsibilities over direct reports - Ongoing recruitment, hiring, training, and onboarding, and performance and financial management of part time and (if applicable) full time employees.
activations.
- Socialize success and opportunities via program recaps, utilizing data and insights for real-time
measurement & evaluation, event strategies and project plans / volume phasing.
application.
- Staff Specialists / Brand Ambassadors for sampling and special events through company staffing
- Approve and submits payroll and expenses for part time and full time employees (where applicable).
- Audit events to ensure executional excellence and compliance with state sampling laws and local regulations.
- Manage cross agency and in-market communications. Serving as a local contact for Clients and key partners.
- Manage activation schedule, event deliverables, run of show, and staffing/ asset needs:
- Coordinate transportation and kit logistics of large event assets.
- Preparing, managing, and adhering to local market budgets.
- Process payments for invoices from vendor partners.
- Manage and/or staff on site production of local elevated / experiential activations; utilizing a creative eye to bring Brands to life.
- This job may require on call and/or working some nights and weekends when event activations are being executed.
- This job requires travel within the assigned territories (cadence varies upon size of territory).
Qualifications
- Strong leadership and organizational skills.
- 6+ years of experience in event management.
- Effectively source candidates to ensure a match to the position/organization.
- Effective communication and problem solving skills.
- Budget management skills.
- Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit.
- Excellent presentation and effective training experience preferred.
- Proficient in Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets), PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams.
- Knowledge of wine and spirits industry.
Please note this is a remote position, but applicants must live in South Carolina. Applicants residing in Charlotte, NC and willing to travel regularly to South Carolina will also be considered.
Additional Information
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $59,000 - $96,025. Salary is based on a range of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. Our incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information about dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com
Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done to ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact
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About Dentsu
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com.
We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.
Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.
About Dentsu
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com.
We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.
Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.
