Posted at: 14 November
Event Manager
Company
Cloudbeds
Cloudbeds is a hospitality software company that enables hoteliers to create more meaningful travel experiences through its all-in-one platform offering property management, channel management, booking engines, and revenue management tools.
Remote Hiring Policy:
Cloudbeds has a flexible remote work policy, allowing employees to work from anywhere. Cloudbeds hires remotely from 40 countries, speaking 30+ languages.
Job Type
Full-time
Allowed Applicant Locations
Portugal, Spain
Job Description
The Event Manager will be responsible for planning, organizing, and executing high-impact events, trade shows, and conferences with consideration for event requirements, target audience, and objectives. The Event Manager will lead these efforts and ensure gatherings are effective, cost-efficient, and most importantly, memorable.
Location: EU (Spain, Portugal)
Essential Functions:
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Conceptualize, plan, and execute events, conferences, and tradeshows from start to finish according to requirements, target audience, and objectives
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Create innovative event concepts to enhance the ROI of events
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Prepare Budgets, obtain approvals, and ensure adherence
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Track and report back the ROI of all events
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Ensure a strong end-to-end lead process is in place and adhered to for various events
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Source and negotiate with vendors and suppliers
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Execute promotional activities around the event including Social Media and contribute to the creation of event-related content
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Manage event inventory including swag, booth displays, and marketing collateral for global events. Coordinate shipping of event materials for all events globally
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Coordinate travel and lodging for participants as needed
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Actively arrange Cloudbeds speaking engagements and sponsorship opportunities related to industry events and industry associations
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Research new opportunities and competitors' engagement concerning conferences, exhibits, associations, and events and make recommendations to improve Cloudbeds' engagement.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
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Strong Communication and Marketing skills
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Excellent Project Management track record
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Strong Leadership skills
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Highly Organized & Multi-tasker and keen to keep learning new technologies
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A customer-service mindset. You care about creating meaningful experiences for stakeholders
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A positive and outgoing attitude
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Clear verbal and written communication skills
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A drive for results, clearly focused on strategy execution
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Being a collaborative team player
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Business-level Spanish and English fluency required
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Ability to successfully exhibit Cloudbeds’ core values (Grit, Kaizen, Discovery, Stronger together, Welcoming, Presence, Mop bucket attitude, Positive intent)
Education & Experience:
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3+ years of experience in organizing trade shows, conferences, and events is required.
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University Degree in Events, Public Relations, Communication, Hospitality or a similar area of study preferred.
Working Conditions:
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You will primarily work remotely from a home office.
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The requirement to travel is 10% of the time
Physical demands of the job include: remaining in a stationary position for extended periods of time; constantly operating a computer; occasionally operating other office equipment (printer, phone, calculator); constantly detecting, discerning, and utilizing programs and tools on a computer; constantly communicate and converse with others through computer programs and tools; constantly distinguish speech or other sounds over Zoom, telephone, etc.