Event Manager

Job Description

Business Operations and Program Management Locations- Kochi/Bangalore/Ahmedabad  Strategize, plan and execute Marketing / Business Operations for the region  Campaign management – plan and execute marketing initiatives to promote various initiatives and events executed  Prepare project costing based on briefs  Conceptualize, identify and curate IPs with the help of regional / branch heads  Identify and on-board KPs, Curators, Speakers, SMEs according to program requirements  Seamless management of all physical, hybrid and virtual elements (on-site production, speaker coordination, logistics management, vendor management, layout planning, recce, virtual event execution etc) during events  Pre-empting crises and managing the same on the go with least intervention from supervisor  Management of vendors (agencies– immediate and last-mile wherever required), other media  Seamless coordination with internal stakeholders – Business Development teams, Creative, Finance, RAD etc.  Understanding of the events market and updating team on latest news in that space  Process Purity – Ensure internal processes are adhered in letter and spirit  Liaising – Coordinate with external bodies (govt and non-governmental) for permissions depending upon type of event  Handle special assignments and national projects as per organizational requirements Requirements  High passion towards marketing programs and events  Extensive experience in meticulous planning and execution of high intense, long-term programs without losing focus on project P&L  Right attitude with ability to work with a highly cross-functional and national teams  Willingness to roll up sleeves and get things done, systematic in approach, work on the ground with varied categories of people, eagerness to learn the unknown & attempt the unchartered  Experience in visualizing events and translating them to on-ground / digital experiences  Ethically strong with good moral values  Ability and experience in managing multiple events parallelly  Around 10-15 years’ experience in running campaigns. managing various kinds of events – large format, activations, musical, conferences  Should have good contacts in the market w.r.t vendors  Experience in liaising with external agencies and various departments  Should speak, read and write Kannada and English (skills in more languages is a bonus) Candidate Background  Marketing operations people from Retail, Insurance, E-commerce, Automobile brands etc.  Events / operations team members of media / Malls  Agencies who are into activations, organizing music shows  Crew adept with TV production like reality shows etc.