Remote Work: Hybrid

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working to make everyday life better. United by curiosity and care, we develop dynamic solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being a part of Zebra Nation means being seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our diverse perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You have opportunities to learn and lead at a forward-thinking company, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes that you care about – locally and globally. We’ve only begun reimaging the future – for our people, our customers, and the world.

Let’s create tomorrow together.

The primary purpose of the Senior Events Management role is to plan, develop, and implement impactful customer events, both internal and external, that support Zebra's business objectives. This role is responsible for all activities and assignments associated with events, including ensuring all roles are clearly defined, event timelines are met, budgets are not exceeded, and post event evaluations are compiled to continually evolve and improve. This role may also coordinate meeting and event logistics including, food and beverage requirements/selection, transportation, audio-visual, activities, etc. as deemed necessary.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for project managing global and regional events, including:

• Development of project scope and milestone-driven plan

• Construction of project teams and status report

• Management of project timeline and budget

• Manage external agencies, including DMCs, logistics and build vendors

• Coordinate with vertical and product marketers to ensure correct messaging, demos and products for each event (when required)

• Manage internal communication to stakeholders, including management of weekly status and coordination calls

• Execute financial responsibilities associated with shows (contracts, purchase orders, etc.)

• Ability to manage multiple projects events simultaneously

• Travel to events to run onsite management

• Work with other marketing associates on all event-related communications

• Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of event tactics

• Execute sponsorship opportunities for strategy and revenue purposes

• Act as conduit into the brand/creative team to ensure adherence to Company guidelines

• Have a thorough understanding of lead process, and interlock with core marketing delivery agents

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

• 5-8 years of work experience in related field

• Experienced marketer with solid understanding of marketing planning, execution, and measurement best practices

• Proven ability to create shared vision across multiple stakeholder teams and provide confident leadership to teams with strategic objectives

• Solid strategic program management experience including the ability to set and drive requirements across multiple functional arenas

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking including the ability to create insights and drive planning from diverse sets of data

• Strong budget execution skills, negotiating tactics, and vendor management skills. Experience managing event budgets in excess of $100K

• Excellent communication as well as interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills are required

• Self-motivated and directed person, requiring minimal supervision for successful assignment completion

• Excellent project management skills and the ability to work collaboratively across the business

• Ability to work at all levels and will be comfortable presenting at c-suite level

  Why Zebra?

  We offer competitive fixed salary and performance linked bonus as well as a range of corporate benefits which support the lifestyle, professional development, health and learning of our people.

  UK benefits:

• 25 days holiday + public holidays

• Up to 32 hours paid time off per year to volunteer with a charity of your choice

• Reward & Recognition scheme - earn points to spend online

• Pension Scheme with a matched contribution up to 7%

• Private medical cover

• Access to an innovative online learning platform

• Cycle to work scheme

• Employee Assistance Program

  Zebra’s culture is encouraging and collaborative where employees are encouraged to learn and grow together. This is a phenomenal time to join us – we are excited to hear from you!

  Equal Opportunities:

  We are committed to offering equal opportunities, and we encourage applications from all sections of the community.

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