Senior Events and Experiential Manager

This is a Full Time Job

We are seeking a dependable Senior Manager, Event & Experiential with a high degree of ethical compass, who thrives on high energy, moves fast, thinks big, and LOVES ENTERTAINMENT! This individual will demonstrate strong ownership of projects, bringing original thinking, sharp execution, and creative strategy to deliver elevated, meaningful engagements that build and maintain trust with fans, stakeholders, and internal teams. They are a go-getter, specializing in big picture ideation, creative solution development, and full project ownership. This role requires anticipating stakeholder needs, providing creative solutions, and expertly leading and inspiring teams to create events and activations, sometimes with minimal oversight, ensuring stakeholder goals are brought to life.

Regular, on-site attendance at the workplace for a minimum of four (4) days per week is an essential function of the position. The selected candidate must be able to reliably meet this requirement.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead and manage successful, on-budget small-to-midsize in-person and virtual events, corporate meetings, premiere events, presentations, and activations
• Stay ''in the know'' on the hottest industry trends through research and ideation
• Oversee and own event playbook, creating workback schedules, DACI, invoice tracking, and budget reporting
• Communicate and collaborate clearly with FED Technology and Design teams, with an understanding of technical event needs and graphic specifications, and manage production
• Manage all event logistics, including food and beverage, design, rentals, layouts, rooming lists, parking, budgets, and recaps
• Lead administrative support, tech, and freelancers on mid to large sized events with minimal oversight, and lead stakeholder calls
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, effectively manage their expectations, ask thoughtful, strategic questions to inform stakeholder decisions, actively listen to understand stakeholder objectives, define key goals, and develop actionable plans that support informed decision-making and advance strategic priorities
• Track, measure, and report on event success using data metrics and KPIs to realize business goals
• Negotiate hotel contracts and vendor agreements
• Provide event recaps and billing debriefs
• Support senior business leads on larger-scale events, meetings, and hospitality programs, both domestic and international, as needed

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• Bachelor's degree or other relevant events and event production experience
• 7+ years of hands-on and supervisory experience in Entertainment and/or Corporate Events, or with an agency
• Passion for Entertainment, broad knowledge of distribution networks, digital platforms, and streamers, and deep understanding of their businesses, fandoms, and corresponding individual cultures
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, and can communicate event ideas and turn them into reality
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and multitask in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented, and ever-changing environment without administrative support, and be able to make quick, reflexive decisions under pressure with grace
• Ability to travel depending on project and business needs
• Ability to work overtime, over many days during a project, without skipping a beat and staying sharp
• Current knowledge of restaurants and venues, positive relationships with relevant vendors
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Monday.com, basic database applications, and A.I. internet searches
• Willingness to get ''hands dirty'' with packing, unpacking, and lifting boxes, setting up a production office, and standing on feet for more than 4 hours at a time while on-site at events

NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER
• Beginner to intermediate experience with textual analysis in analytics reporting and AI