Job Details
Our client, autom tik, is a unique Phoenix-based company looking for unique individuals. automatik is a top of our class provider of design, training, production, and event management services to their clients within the automotive industry. Their key clients include BMW, Toyota, Lexus, Volkswagen, Kia, and more!
Automatik's passion is training and creating extraordinary events and experiences. We invite you to get to know more about us, and how we may support your journey.
We re currently seeking a fun, sharp, energetic individual to join our rapidly-growing team as a Event Manager.
The person in this role will work out of Phoenix, Arizona - mostly remote, but occasionally this position will require in-office activities. May require travel once or twice max per year for 1-3 days.
The primary functions of this position run the gamut of event logistics and planning tasks for various brands and clients.
Duties of the position include:
Pre-event logistical planning and coordination:
- Researching event/training venues to determine costs & availability for events.
- Booking travel (airfare, ground transportation, hotels) for staff.
- Creating, compiling, organizing and shipping event materials (name badges, signage, hospitality items, uniforms, giveaways, etc.)
- Managing event registration websites; managing event rooming and registration lists.
- Creating and managing food and beverage logistics.
- Researching and ordering branded apparel and promotional items.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 3+ years event planning and/or hospitality industry experience with demonstrated experience in end-to-end event management
- Event venue management or conference service management in a hotel setting required!
- Exceptional organization skills.
- Vendor management experience required!
- Outstanding verbal communication skills you ll be working with other team members, vendors, and contractors regularly
- Extreme attention to detail
- Sense of urgency very key as most tasks must be completed quickly in order to create proposals or meet client deadlines
- Problem-solving creativity (we rarely do the same thing twice, and many times the obvious logistical solutions may not work)
- The ability to rapidly collect and assimilate information and flexibility to make adjustments on-the-fly
- A service mentality both with co-workers and clients
- Willingness to flex personally to meet sudden and/or tight client deadlines
- Basic working knowledge of MS Office software, especially Word and Excel (knowledge of Excel formulas is ideal)
Our client offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Medical Insurance: Employer paid for employees and their families!
- Dental Insurance: Employer paid for employees and their families!
- Vision Insurance: Employer paid for employees and their families!
- Life Insurance and AD&D: Employer paid for employees and their families!
- Flex Spending Account
- Eleven Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off and Flexible Paid Time Off
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Sabbatical
- Employee Recognition and Development
- Client Appreciation Plan
- Fitness Incentive