Project Manager, Marketing, Communications and Events

The Opportunity

The Project Manager, Marketing Communications and Events will:

• Play a central role in GreenBlue events and partner events’ planning and organization
• Be responsible for budgeting and financial management, budget reconciliation and managing event expenditures
• Take the lead in vendor coordination and logistics
• Create detailed timelines and act as project manager for the team, per event, coordinating the different roles and responsibilities and team communication
• Be responsible to monitor and track GB’s room block commitments at venues and proactively resolve challenges as they present
• Manage on-site event execution, consider risk management and prepare contingency plans for unexpected scenarios
• Support the marketing of GreenBlue events, coordinating with the Associate Director Marketing Communication on marketing campaigns for events
• Support Associate Director Marketing Communications in post-event long form content creation and event recaps
• Support sponsorships delivery and develop strong relationships with sponsors and supporting partners to increase retention year over year
• Cook up exhibit hall logistics and related vendors
• Support Marketing Communications team as needed

Qualifications

• Are creative, have an outstanding work ethic, a can-do attitude and are a problem solver
• Have experience talking about and writing about climate and sustainability topics
• Have outstanding attention to detail
• Are incredibly proactive and great at anticipating challenges
• Are incredibly organized, assertive and self-motivated and self-reliant
• Are a strong writer and communicator
• Ideally have experience supervising 1-2 team members
• Enjoy people and are good at building relationships with stakeholders (virtually and in person)
• Enjoy designing event experiences and attendee journeys
• Get excited about developing and implementing new digital marketing strategies
• Possess exceptional negotiating skills
• Enjoy working in collaboration with a team in a fast-paced environment
• Are flexible, adaptable and a quick thinker
• Enjoy both planning and strategy execution

What You Will Bring

• A bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or event management and minimum 7 years of related work experience or equivalent combination, including at least 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Experience working at or with a nonprofit organization
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and event logistics
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Experience with Event marketing campaigns planning and implementation
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, Canva and event tech stack including presentations (slide decks) management
• Experience using Clickup is a plus.
• Experience with website management, especially with Wordpress
• Experience cultivating, negotiating, and managing relationships with key stakeholders and vendors.
• Experience writing event marketing copy (long and short form)
• Experience fostering an environment of creativity and professional growth.
• Experience working in a matrixed environment and collaborating and implementing multiple projects.