Manager, Experiential - Brand Consulting

Responsibilities

• Deliver best-in-class, business-driving experiential opportunities, ideas, and activation for brand clients
• Ensures the most forward-thinking, breakthrough ideas and activations
• Contributes by helping keep our finger on the pulse of the latest developments in the Experiential Marketing space by identifying and implementing the newest cutting edge technologies
• Leads CAA’s efforts in developing and maintaining relationships with world-class vendors, fabricators & technology partners
• Participate in and contribute to project planning/development meetings and internal/external status meetings
• Work cross-functionally to ensure the highest quality and smoothest operation of the overall production – from brief, through pre-production and onsite execution
• Help identify appropriate outside vendors, (per event scope/type), request and negotiate bids, select, hire and manage vendors & vendor contracts, payments and deliverables; monitor and evaluate vendor performance
• Works with Account Service Teams to deliver breakthrough ideas that deliver against client objectives
• Supports on all Event Production needs to ensure world-class execution
• Collaborates on project-based brand client experiential initiatives from start to finish (briefing to execution)
• Work with clients, vendors, and internal teams to ensure consistent & comprehensive communication
• Facilitate creative approval process (i.e. renderings, signage, POS, etc.)
• Develop & manage timelines, run of show, budgets & reconciliation
• On-site event logistics management & execution
• Establish effective relationships across agency multi-disciplinary teams
• Ensure all agency protocols are being followed including vendor agreements, accounting processes, recaps, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications or similar discipline
• At least 4-6 years’ experience in sports & entertainment experiential and/or event marketing
• Understanding of how brand partnerships work- from negotiation through execution, management and event production
• Strong relationships building skills
• High level of critical thinking with focus on proactiveness and attention to detail
• Must be creative and a strategic thinker
• Strong writing and presentation skills
• Excellent Excel & PowerPoint skills
• Must have the ability and knowledge to utilize agency resources effectively
• Willingness to work early mornings or late nights to accommodate weekends and holidays (if applicable)
• Ability to work in office minimum 3 days per week