Title: Junior Event Manager
Job Profile: Analyst, Internal/External Communication
(Associated)
Location: EMEA (UK preferred, primarily virtual)
Grade: 9 (for Internal Purposes)
Position Overview: As the Jr. Event Manager, you'll provide meeting and event expertise and support, working with EMEA (primary) and Global (secondary) S&P Ratings Event Marketing colleagues. Some interaction with Ratings Marketing colleagues and exposure to S&P Global Event Marketing teams.
The Impact: S&P Ratings manages over 500 hosted event (currently virtual, eventually in-person or a mix of both), 3rd Party Events/Sponsorships and Webinars each year, varying in size from 30 - 600 people and scope of ½ day to three day meetings. You will work with Event Managers in building out technology, manage reporting and general event logistical support.
Key Responsibilities: - Set up regional, and on occasion, global webinars (ON24) and provide post event summaries
- Track, manage events calendar, pipeline and budget tracker (Serena)
- Sourcing: Meetings/events/receptions with hoteliers, food service directors, restaurants, ground operators, décor & entertainment companies, promotional items, AV & Production companies.
- Create event registrations and emails (Cvent & Marketo) for distribution
- Pull attendee registration lists (SalesForce & Marketo) for invitations
- Ensure compliance with insurance, legal, health and safety obligations
- Take charge, entrepreneurial, creative, proactive self-starter, tap into app & tech trends
- Meeting Specifications: Understanding of meeting logistics to include but not limited to communicating meeting needs to our vendors, registration and attendee tracking (Marketo & Cvent), on-site execution and creating on-site staff responsibilities, presentation and materials support, pre and post event evaluations, room set up and monitoring, food & beverage requirements, collecting Audio-Visual specifications, and ensuring successful execution.
Regional Focus - Support Event Managers in the EMEA region
- Responsible for EMEA related webinars (Rating Actions, Commentary etc) build and manage backend and on occasion, run the event
- Participate and coordinate as directed with external/internal parties for industry sponsorships
- Regular administrative duties for the event team (reporting on Serena and post event reports etc)
Competencies - Other - Builds Collaborative Relationships: Builds relationships based on trust and respect.
- Demonstrates Learning Agility: Ability to anticipate change, face reality, draw conclusions and swiftly mobilize to adapt to changing needs and demands.
- Drives Creativity and Innovation: Focuses on areas of highest potential. Connects knowledge in new ways to create the unexpected.
- Strives for Excellence in Execution: Proactively seeks ways to improve effectiveness to meet current and future business needs. Learns equally from successes and failures.
Required - Experience in some or all the following will give you an edge and is preferred as they will be a mainstay of your day to day responsibilities.
- Pardot (preferred) or Marketo
- Cvent
- On24
- SalesForce
- Microsoft Office Suite
- One to three years of progressive experience in meeting/event planning that exhibits you can successfully manage the responsibilities listed above.
- Must be able to work effectively and collaboratively in a team oriented, global, and multi-cultural environment both virtually and in person.
- Experience working with sponsors and/or clients relationships and fulfillment helpful.
- Highly organized, has a high sense of urgency and is very customer service oriented.
- Travel, some overtime and weekend work may be required as needed.
- A good understanding of financial markets and business environment including implications to S&Ps analytical products and services is a plus.
Preferred - Bachelors/Associates degree preferred but not required.
S&P Global Ratings is the world's leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide.
S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, gender, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status (including domestic partnerships and civil unions), sexual orientation, military veteran status, unemployment status, or other legally protected categories, subject to applicable law.
20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), CMCOAF202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group)
Job ID: 258285
Posted On: 2020-12-09
Location: London, United Kingdom |
