Event Sales Lead

Responsibilities:

• Providing strategic guidance and consultation for new corporate events, and other experiences
• Designing recommendations for strategic approach, budget, and creative direction of new events
• Designing and implementing methods to transform the digital experience of company events.
• Managing communications and promotional materials for special events
• Developing approach and methods to evaluate and measure event success. Leverage insights in the development of an annual strategy
• Influencing and negotiating with internal partners as needed in the best interests.
• Producing detailed proposals for events, e.g., timelines, venues, suppliers, legal obligations, staffing, and budgets
• Coordinating venue management, stand designers, contractors, and equipment hire.
• Liaising with marketing team to promote the event.
• Performing post-event evaluation; including data entry and analysis and producing reports for event stakeholders.
• Acquire events management contracts and to strengthen the organization’s general sales and marketing operations.

Requirements

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree
• At least 3 years of event management experience preferred.
• Extensive knowledge managing vendors and partnering with internal business cohorts in supporting operative events.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Strong attention-to-detail, self-directed initiative, resourcefulness, and drive for innovation
• Exceptional time, resource management, and organizational skills
• Operational project management skills and experience creating work plans, meeting agendas and other collaboration tools.
• Strong customer-orientation and proven reputation of collaborative work relationships
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Exceptional executive presence and ability to cultivate positive relationships with cross- functional partners and executive leaders.
• Effective, independent decision-making ability; Calm appearance under pressure

Job Type: Full-time

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Manama: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Event Sales Management: 3 years (Required)