Event Planner/Assoc Lead

Event Planner/Assoc Lead

Salt Lake City, UT

Description

This role is tasked to flawlessly execute events and hospitality to further rapport with customers plus manage the dealerships relationship and participation with industry associations.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

+ Carry out customer events including open houses, trade shows, sponsorships, association conventions, golf tournaments and more. Spearhead company-hosted conferences

+ Collaborate with marketing strategists for trade show messaging, required items and postmortem debrief

+ Track attendance and spend for all customer events

+ In charge of event supplies such as tradeshow backdrops, tablecloths, tents, and coolers. This includes their design and ordering, maintenance and cleanliness plus their organization and usage tracking

+ Responsible for giveaways and prize drawings held as part of events which includes procuring prizes, assembling prize drawing materials then notifying, and distributing prizes to the winners

+ Primary point of contact for association events, training, conferences, directories, and membership renewals

+ Annual review of association activities and sponsorships to assess effectiveness and ROI of company's involvement to determine ongoing and future participation

+ Lead the creation and scheduling of association ads for their directories and online member profiles

+ Accountable for print advertising in industry trade publications. Duties include ad creation and placement as well as determining/adhering to ad schedule and submitting files

+ Respond to sponsorship and donation requests, obtain necessary materials, and process payment via check or credit card

+ Serve as a backup to marketing team members on an ad hoc basis, and help with other various marketing endeavors as needed

+ Performs all other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**

+ 2 to 3 years of event planning experience

+ Robust knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams)

+ Ability to build solid relationships and foster effective collaboration with suppliers, vendors, and agencies

+ Project management experience, strong organizational skills, detail oriented with a strict adherence to deadlines

+ Willingness to work outside of regular business hours including occasional weekends

+ Ability to perform physical tasks, such as loading and unloading event materials, organizing storage areas, and putting up tradeshow exhibits.

+ Unwavering commitment to working safely

_The previous declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job._ _Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job._

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_Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)._

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)