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Sr. Marketing Specialist, Tradeshows & Events (Contract to Hire)
At West Monroe, we are committed to delivering exceptional results and building lasting partnerships with our clients. We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Tradeshow & Events marketer to join our team and help us elevate our brand presence through strategic event management. This is a contract-to-hire opening.
Job Overview:
The Tradeshow & Events marketer will be responsible for planning, managing, and executing all aspects of tradeshows and hosted events to enhance our brand visibility and drive business growth. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent organizational skills and a passion for creating memorable experiences that align with our business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- implement the comprehensive tradeshow and events strategy that aligns with overall marketing and business goals.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute tradeshows, conferences, and hosted events, ensuring all logistics are managed efficiently.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including leadership, business development, visual design, digital marketing, and our consultant line partners, to ensure cohesive messaging and branding as well as event ROI.
- Manage and track event budgets, including negotiating contracts with vendors, venues, and suppliers to optimize spend.
- Analyze event performance and ROI, providing insights and recommendations for future improvements.
- Oversee the creation of event materials, including signage, and promotional items.
- Manage relationships with external partners, including conference event organizers, restaurant managers and industry associations.
- Stay current on industry trends and best practices to continuously enhance event strategies.
- Coordinate post-event follow-up activities, including lead management and feedback collection.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in event planning and management, preferably in a B2B environment.
- Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale tradeshows and events.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well across the marketing team & build relationships with senior leaders within the firm
- Proficiency in event management software and tools; Salesforce & Pardot expertise a plus
- Ability to travel as required for events.
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role is listed below. Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Chicago
$76,500—$90,000 USD
At West Monroe, we work with you.
We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.
The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.
At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.
You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.
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West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating value for our clients. We co-create solutions that accelerate results now and prepare industries to tackle what’s next. We’re excited by the possibilities that technology creates. We work with our clients to deliver on the possible, building on their goals, generating fresh insights and creating inspiring outcomes.
We excel at the intersection of industry, strategy, people and technology—always driving rapid impact. Our all-in approach comes from our unique employee ownership structure. Our clients’ success is our success. From the beginning, our growth has come from putting people at the center. Fortune and USA Today consistently celebrate West Monroe as a top workplace, and we’re recognized as a leading consultancy by Forbes and Forrester.
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It’s our mission to help build the next generation of leaders, and we’re committed to partnering with employees to build an experience that’s challenging, fulfilling, and filled with constant opportunities to grow, and to make a real difference.
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