Events Manager
Who we are
At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.
We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.
The jobWe are seeking a dynamic events pro to work across Justworks teams and marketing to ensure successful event strategy and execution. You should be an excellent communicator, love event management, and be a strong team player with exceptional attention to detail.What you'll do
- Develop an effective, fluid, yearly event marketing plan for sponsored and hosted events
- Work closely with internal teams (Sales and Marketing) to define and lead event involvement, plans, goals and objectives
Sponsored Event Responsibilities:
- Research industry events and evaluate sponsorship based on Justworks annual objectives and targeted demographic; identify new industry event opportunities
- Negotiate sponsorship costs and opportunities
- Develop, plan, and activate contracted sponsorship benefits
- Develop close relationships with industry organizations
- Analyze event feedback and take necessary actions to improve
Hosted Event Responsibilities:
- Fully plan and execute hosted events (from research and planning to on-site management and execution)
- Develop existing network of venues and vendors
- Identify new hosted event opportunities
- Develop effective and engaging events that help drive ROI
- Handle post-event actions – event feedback, analysis, and budget finalization
General Event Responsibilities:
- Lead development of event themes, creative and coordinate content development to align with marketing and execution teams
- Manage all marketing, logistics and production of events
- Maintain event documents - budgets, calendars, checklists, run-of-shows, etc.
- Complete quarterly budget reviews and ROI analysis; pivot event strategy to align with findings
- Implement post-event initiatives (survey analysis, etc.) to determine return on investment
- Achieve benchmarked ROI metrics by working with the sales and demand generation teams
- Oversee marketing nurture of acquired event leads
- Successfully prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
- Influence and coordinate the efforts of other team members to support events
- Provide improvements to the event team’s functionality and day-to-day processes; bring new ideas and concepts to event programs
Who you are
- Possess strong verbal and written communication skills
- Possess strong project coordination and project management skills
- Extremely detail oriented in all you do
- Work effectively within a team, but also have the ability to take initiative and work autonomously
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required
- Minimum of 5 years working in a events capacity
- Ability to work some nights and weekends for events and promotions
Visa sponsorship for this role is currently not available.
Diversity at Justworks
Justworks’ vision is for all identities, backgrounds and expressions to be represented in the workplace. We're building the foundation for long-term success and intend to cultivate a safe, collaborative and inclusive space and company culture.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status.