Events Manager, Marketing & Communications

Categories

Marketing (Content & Creative)

Location

Arlington, Virginia

Job Description

Stand Together is a dynamic and mission-driven organization committed to driving positive social change and empowering individuals to overcome barriers. Join our team and be part of a collaborative community that values innovation, personal responsibility, and the power of bottom-up solutions. Together, we will create a society that fosters opportunity, dignity, and well-being for all. 

As an events manager with our Marketing and Communications team, you will use your events experience and background to lead and execute conference sponsorship activations, in-person events, private events, internal programs, nation-wide tours and more. A typical day will include driving on the event experience and logistics for a wide variety of events to support our business partners throughout the Stand Together community. To thrive in this role, you will have exceptional event planning experience for large and small in-person events and a passion for Stand Together’s vision. We are looking for colleagues committed to advancing our mission with energy, commitment, and passion for what they do.  

Your Responsibilities Include

  • Contribute to the planning and execution of large sponsorship activations 
  • Drive the planning and execution of a portfolio of mid-sized events  
  • Manage workflows and shepherd events from inception to completion (across internal and external capabilities) to ensure milestones and deadlines are met and desired outcomes are achieved 
  • Propose and implement new ideas and industry best practices to take our events to the next level 
  • Initiate and cultivate strong relationships with members of the MarComms team, internal partners and external vendors, including the ability to manage internal and external team members contributing to the success of events 
  • Manage on-site execution to ensure events run smoothly and exceed expectations 

Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization

  • 7+ years experience in a professional environment 
  • Direct experience in event management, client-facing or customer-focused industry 
  • Proven ability to manage project timelines and effectively prioritize and meet a consistent flow of deliverables with internal and external stakeholders 
  • Ability to be proactive, entrepreneurial, and have a high degree of responsibility 
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills, professionalism, and the ability to quickly adapt to change 
  • Exceptional attention to detail 
  • Self-starter who can work independently when needed  
  • Must demonstrate humility and a desire to continuously improve existing skills and knowledge 
  • Comprehensive skills in Microsoft Office 

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference.  Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential. Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.   
  
Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.    
  
We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.