Events Manager- London/Hybrid- 9 Months- 400- 440 Umbrella
A global SaaS company are looking for an experienced Events Manager to join their team on an initial 9 month assignment.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and execute in-person, hybrid and virtual events (in partnership with Product Marketing, Customer Education Sales, etc.) to drive demand
- Build and maintain a comprehensive annual event calendar to support meeting lead generation and customer growth forecasts consistently throughout the year.
- Align with Brand marketing calendar.
- Work with outside agencies (experiential, etc.) and strategic partners
- Create detailed project plans (inclusive of training and contingency needs) to ensure flawless event production and execution
- Develop comprehensive cross-channel marketing plans to promote virtual events (pre-, during, and post) to achieve event objectives and KPIs
- Support lifecycle marketing nurture campaigns by audience type across email, push, sms and in product communications to achieve lead and conversion goals post-event
- Leverage positioning, messaging, buyer personas and other information to target segments and generate highly qualified leads.
- Rigorously manage, measure, and analyze all events, marketing campaigns and tactics driving to conversion rate increases and funnel optimization.
- Manage and reconcile event budgets monthly
- Analyze outcomes, provide insights and present results to facilitate sound decision-making.
- Collaborate/participate in planning and reviews with senior marketing leaders and cross-functional partners.
Skills/ Experience:
- You have 5+ years hands-on experience in in-person & virtual events and lead generation.
- You are highly collaborative in your approach with partnering effectively with many different internal and external stakeholders, including agency partners, Sales teams and Event Organizers.
- You have both hybrid and virtual events management experience and are also well connected in the B2B Events world (a plus).
- You possess knowledge of best practices in B2B marketing automation, demand generation, and rules-based lead nurturing.
- You have a proven track record with managing pipeline generation, lead scoring, and managing integrated demand generation campaigns from concept to ROI analysis.
- You are relentlessly data driven; focus on funnel optimization and optimization of the sales and marketing process.
- You have a competitive spirit with a strong bias for action for constant rapid testing, learning and iterating and have proven examples of how you have used this to deliver meaningful results.
- You are a self-starter and thrive when building something new, whether it's initiating and leading efforts, projects and programs.
- You are extremely organized, dependable and a stickler for the details.
- You are flexible and adaptive to change with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
- You have prior software industry experience with B2B marketing; experience with SaaS based marketing solutions a plus
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