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    Sr. Events Operations Specialist - Branded Events

    Articulate
    United States
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    about 1 month ago
    💰$76,800 - $101,760
    SeniorEvents OperationsBranded EventsCorporate EventsEvent LogisticsVendor ManagementBudget ManagementProject Management

    Requirements

    • 5–8 years of experience in corporate event operations, branded or hosted events, or event marketing operations, preferably in a high-growth or global organization
    • Demonstrated ability to lead logistics strategy and vendor management with minimal oversight
    • Strong organizational and project management skills; capable of managing programs and stakeholders simultaneously
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative, customer-focused approach
    • Proven ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment under pressure, and resolve complex operational challenges in real time
    • Financial acumen with experience managing budgets, reconciling expenses, and reporting on spend
    • Proficiency with Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom
    • Ability to travel up to 25% annually, including international travel and occasional multiple-stop or back-to-back event weeks

    What You'll Do

    • Lead the logistics workstream for assigned events, overseeing various phases of planning, production, and onsite execution
    • Oversee and direct event logistics and timelines, workbacks, and cross-functional deliverables to ensure seamless execution and alignment with broader marketing goals
    • Handle shipping and inventory management of event materials, maintaining processes that support scalability and accuracy
    • Develop and manage vendor and production partner relationships, negotiating scopes, coordinating deliverables, and holding partners accountable to timelines and quality standards
    • Serve as an on-site lead at select events, empowered with the ability to make real-time operational decisions related to scheduling, staffing, vendor execution, and attendee logistics to uphold quality and brand standards
    • Oversee event budgets for assigned programs, tracking expenses, approving invoices within assigned limits, reconciling spend, and providing variance insights and recommendations to leadership
    • Coordinate event logistics including travel, lodging, catering, AV, and onsite materials, balancing strategic oversight with detailed execution
    • Manage shipping and inventory processes for event materials, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and scalability across multiple programs
    • Oversee event registration workflows and attendee communications, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and a high-quality attendee experience while delegating or executing tasks as appropriate
    • Partner closely with cross-functional teams (Marketing Ops, Sales, Customer Success, Creative) to align on deliverables such as event branding, digital assets, collateral, and experiential elements
    • Support event documentation and data management, maintaining key records like shipping manifests, contracts, and attendee lists, and recommending enhancements to improve accuracy and reuse
    • Collaborate on post-event reporting and analysis, including survey execution, stakeholder follow-up, and documentation of insights to inform continuous improvement
    • Identify and implement incremental process enhancements across logistics workflows, vendor management, and data tracking to increase efficiency and consistency
    • Partner with the Senior Manager, Global Events to evaluate opportunities for larger process redesigns or tool improvements
    • Contribute to the development of team templates, checklists, and operational best practices that scale with team growth

    Nice to Have

    • Experience with event software (Cvent, Bizzabo or similar)
    • Prior experience overseeing conferences, executive programs, or branded experiential events
    • Experience working with creative agencies, production partners, and experiential or fabrication vendors
    • Strong analytical mindset and comfort evaluating tools or processes to drive efficiency and scale
    • Familiarity with project management or collaboration tools (Notion, Asana, Trello)
    • Experience with event registration platforms and virtual event technologies
    • Creative problem-solver who anticipates challenges, and takes initiative to resolve them independently and/or proposes solutions

    Benefits

    • Bonus eligible
    • Robust suite of benefits

    About Articulate

    Articulate develops a workplace training platform that provides online courses for management systems.

    New York, NY, US
    250 - 500
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