Posted at: 23 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

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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:

  • Conceptualize, plan, and execute events, conferences, and tradeshows from start to finish according to requirements, target audience, and objectives

  • Create innovative event concepts to enhance the ROI of events

  • Prepare Budgets, obtain approvals, and ensure adherence

  • Track and report back the ROI of all events

  • Ensure a strong end-to-end lead process is in place and adhered to for various events

  • Source and negotiate with vendors and suppliers 

  • Execute promotional activities around the event including Social Media and contribute to the creation of event-related content

  • Manage event inventory including swag, booth displays, and marketing collateral for global events. Coordinate shipping of event materials for all events globally

  • Coordinate travel and lodging for participants as needed

  • Actively arrange Cloudbeds speaking engagements and sponsorship opportunities related to industry events and industry associations

  • Research new opportunities and competitors' engagement concerning conferences, exhibits, associations, and events and make recommendations to improve Cloudbeds' engagement.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong Communication and Marketing skills

  • Excellent Project Management track record 

  • Strong Leadership skills

  • Highly Organized & Multi-tasker and keen to keep learning new technologies

  • A customer-service mindset. You care about creating meaningful experiences for stakeholders

  • A positive and outgoing attitude

  • Clear verbal and written communication skills

  • A drive for results, clearly focused on strategy execution

  • Being a collaborative team player

  • Business-level Spanish and English fluency required

  • Ability to successfully exhibit Cloudbeds’ core values (Grit, Kaizen, Discovery, Stronger together, Welcoming, Presence, Mop bucket attitude, Positive intent) 

Education & Experience:

  • 3+ years of experience in organizing trade shows,  conferences, and events is required.

  • University Degree in Events, Public Relations, Communication, Hospitality or a similar area of study preferred. 

Working Conditions:

  • You will primarily work remotely from a home office.

  • 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.

 

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