Associate Senior Event Manager

Location

London

Business Area

Marketing and Public Relations

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Description & Requirements
Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, news and insight. We use innovative technology to deliver trusted data and bring transparency to the financial markets. Our customers around the globe rely on us for the information and tools they need to make critical investment decisions and remain connected across all sides of the financial community. To ensure the best experience for our 20,000+ employees across 176 offices globally, we provide the spaces and systems that allow our teams to work together with agility, productivity and collaboration, no matter where they are.

At Bloomberg, we focus on what makes each person unique, interesting, unexpected, and even untraditional.  The job descriptions here include everything we think would help someone to perform the role. We work hard, and we work fast - while keeping up the quality and accuracy we're known for. It's what keeps us inventing and reinventing, all the time.  You're the type of person who has a passion for event planning, people, and systems, is versatile, meticulous, and a task master.

Our Team
Marketing's Global Event Team creates in-person, virtual and hybrid event experiences convening audiences across business, government, and philanthropy.  We aim to connect regional and global teams to create a strategic, data-driven approach that's unified and delivers on our company wide priorities while still meeting individual business objectives.  Annually, we create, plan, and implement 2,400+ events across a portfolio of virtual, in-person and hybrid events reaching 239K clients, prospects, and employees in over 60 countries.  By working across all Bloomberg businesses, commercial and franchise event groups, subsidiaries, and the foundation to create community and accountability around events.

The Opportunity
We are looking for someone to join our Marketing department's Global Event Team (GET) as a Associate Senior Event Manager for our Financial Solutions Business.

We'll Trust You To

• In this position, you will be responsible for the development, planning, management and execution of business unit events across Bloomberg:
• Develop, plan and execute sales and marketing event programs to support business objectives
• Use Bloomberg-specific event execution tools, systems and infrastructure to deliver events
• Collaborate with marketing program managers to ensure the successful deployment & integration of events with external partners (government agencies, conference organizers, key associations, etc…) and creation of unique event experiences that communicate our key messages.
• Project manages mid-high level complex events (in-person, virtual and hybrid programs) effectively to infuse customized, out-of-the-box ideas and solutions for events
• Lead the creative process, including invitations, in-person & virtual event production, audio visual requirements (including show calling), virtual platforms & components, etc…
• Lead projects with multiple partners (across different geographies and businesses) and teams from inception to delivery.
• Leverage relationships with business stakeholders to go beyond execution excellence, connecting the products, audiences, and markets to event formats and programs.
• Prepare and align event budgets, negotiate with vendors, ensure payments & reconciliations take place in a timely manner

You'll Need To Have

• 5-10 years of event/experiential planning
• Highly articulate, polished, and able to present to all levels of management.
• The ability to multi-task & work flexibly under tight deadlines.
• Experience integrating events into marketing campaigns: Understands the role that events play within the integrated marketing communications framework and works to ensure that the right type of events are being planned at the right time.
• Ability to work successfully and efficiently with minimal supervision, yet seeks and takes direction appropriately
• Strong interpersonal skills and very effective working in a team environment

We'd Love To See

• Track record of success working in and influencing a fast-paced, fast-growing global organization on in-person and virtual events
• High energy, problem solving, self-starter, results oriented, proactive individual with a high sense of urgency
• Ability to effectively lead and influence internal/external partners towards intended and successful results

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