Event Manager

About the role

Jack Morton is seeking a passionate and energetic Event Manager (internal title: Program Manager) to support our automotive account on various events. This person will independently manage small programs or parts of larger programs, ensuring that client needs are met and exceeded. Must be able to work hybrid in our Detroit office.

At Jack Morton, we design and build head-turning, smile-inducing, impact-driving brand experiences that redefine what experiential marketing can achieve. We help our clients unlock the full value of experiences by turning bold ideas into meaningful connections. Here, you'll do your best work, grow quickly, and partner across clients, disciplines, and global teams to bring new ideas to life.

Responsibilities

• Assume accountability for defined client deliverables, ensuring client needs are met and exceeded.
• Build and maintain effective client relationships, ensuring that all client needs are heard, understood, and addressed in a timely way.
• Provide clear communications to the client regarding roles and responsibilities, scope, budget, and schedules for assigned programs.
• Update status reports and schedules and maintain lists of action items, ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Assist in identifying new opportunities, evaluating opportunities, negotiating the best deal for our client, executing the events, and ensuring that a results summary is complete.
• Provide seamless onsite execution.
• Ensure project/program is delivered on-time, on-budget and flawlessly.
• Schedule regular team meetings and manage communications between team members, ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Assist in managing project budget.
• Oversee coordination with all internal parties on invoices and vendor payments.
• Assist in reconciling costs against budget.
• Ensure that the highest possible quality is delivered.
• Ensure that the client need is solved by the project deliverables.
• Participate in creative brainstorms to generate ideas for clients.

Success Measures

• Flawless delivery of client commitments.
• Positive team climate that inspires others to excel and deliver.
• Valued by client and team members.
• Owns delivery of assigned client deliverables.

How You Can Support Our Culture

• You enjoy and succeed at working REALLY well with others.
• You support and contribute to a positive and productive cultural environment.
• You take your work seriously – but not yourself.

Requirements

• 3+ years of event/experiential marketing experience, including some agency experience.
• Must be detail-oriented and able to simultaneously manage projects.
• Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience in planning events and developing/giving presentations.
• Auto industry experience a plus.
• Willing to travel up to 20-30%.
• Demonstrated production competencies: client focus, accountability for results, team effectiveness, developing others, organizational sophistication, attention to detail, flexibility, and professional confidence.