Brand Experience Manager
Apex Systems · Moon, PA · 2 days ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
Job ID: 3056564 | Location: Pittsburg, PA (Partial Remote)
About the role
This position serves as the local showroom expert, driving team efforts to create, manage, and execute local showroom initiatives and best practices. The role focuses on elevating brand visibility to customers and partners. The successful candidate will lead operations and cross-functional events in a dynamic office environment.
Responsibilities
- Oversee showroom operations and end-to-end experiences as the key point of contact.
- Develop, manage, and execute showroom events, collaborating with key internal stakeholders including GTM, Wholesale, Workplace teams, and senior leaders.
- Apply meeting planning best practices to drive consistency across catering, production partners, audio visual, and merchandising.
- Leverage internal tools to manage event briefs, event overviews, event recaps, and workbacks.
- Drive showroom scheduling to support overall business initiatives.
- Track and manage event budgets according to brand priorities, ensuring all aspects remain within estimated guidelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team partners and external agency partners to develop experiential strategy, operations, production, and event creative.
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to execute a consistent approach to seasonal milestone workback planning.
Requirements
- Education: Four-year college or university degree, with an emphasis in marketing or communications preferred.
- Experience: Minimum 3-5 years of event management experience, or comparable industry experience.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Strong project management skills, including budget tracking, purchase order management, and cross-functional coordination.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong negotiating and influencing skills in a highly cross-functional organization.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey clear, concise information to various audiences and leadership levels.
- Ability to work independently under minimal guidance and manage up effectively to advocate for support.
- Ability to cope with change, make decisions, and act comfortably with uncertainty.
- Flexibility to travel domestically by aircraft as needed.
Schedule
The position operates under a hybrid work policy requiring attendance in the local office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. In-office attendance is required on Fridays for work involving a high degree of collaboration or in-person presentations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans offering an optional layer of financial protection.
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
- 401(k) program with eligibility typically within 30 days of starting, company match after 12 months of tenure.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
- SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
- Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
- On-demand training program.
- Access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
- Certification discounts and perks for associations including CompTIA