Event Marketing Senior Manager

NAV Consulting • Villa Park, IL

2d • $100,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

About The Position

NAV is seeking a hands-on, highly organized Event Marketing Senior Manager to plan and execute event and conference strategy as a core marketing channel. This role owns the end-to-end planning, execution, measurement, and continuous improvement of NAV’s events program, including NAV-hosted events, partner events, industry conferences, and smaller client engagements. The role is a logistics operator, relationship builder, and revenue driver. The Event Marketing Senior Manager works closely with Marketing, Sales, and external partners to generate qualified leads, build event-sourced pipelines, deepen client relationships, and strengthen NAV’s presence in the alternative investment community.

Requirements

• 6+ years of progressive experience in B2B event marketing, ideally within financial services, fund administration, banking, fintech, or professional services.
• Proven track record of planning and executing multi-format events with measurable business outcomes.
• Experience managing partner and co-sponsor relationships with professional services firms, audit, legal, prime brokerage are preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency with event marketing platforms, CRM systems, and marketing automation tools to manage attendee data, support event campaigns, and track event-sourced pipeline and ROI
• Willingness and availability to travel 30-40% to support events across the United States, with occasional international travel.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Strong project management skills and experience managing multiple events simultaneously in different planning stages.
• Highly organized with sharp attention to detail on logistics, timelines, budgets, and vendor contracts.
• Demonstrated experience managing competing priorities independently, communicating progress clearly, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to draft event copy, partner outreach emails, and executive briefing materials.
• Experience in the hedge fund, private equity, or alternative investments community; understanding of the fund lifecycle, key service providers, and industry events calendar.
• Existing relationships with event venues, vendors, or industry organizations in New York, Chicago, or the Cayman Islands.
• Experience with matched-meeting or curated networking platforms, e.g., iConnections, Bymark formats.
• Background in or exposure to institutional investor events, e.g., endowments, pensions, family offices.
• Experience building an events function from scratch or significantly scaling an early-stage program.

Responsibilities

• Plan, produce, and execute NAV-hosted events across formats —receptions, seated dinners, panels, golf outings — in key markets including New York, Chicago, and emerging locations (DC, West Coast).
• Manage co-hosted events with audit firms, law firms, Outsourced CFO firms, and prime brokers. Own the partner relationship for event logistics, guest lists, and co-branding.
• In partnership with Marketing and Sales, evaluate and prioritize NAV’s participation in industry conferences based on target audiences, strategic alignment, lead-generation potential, and expected ROI. Manage logistics, speaking opportunities, and on-site staff.
• Track event-sourced leads and conversions. Build and maintain attendance details to report on event ROI.
• Build targeted invite lists, manage outreach campaigns for event attendance, and develop strategies to attract new attendees. Drive registrations with the marketing and email teams.
• Develop segment-specific event programming across NAV’s core verticals — hedge funds, digital asset funds, private credit/PE — that is tailored to the audience’s seniority and interests.
• Source and manage venues, caterers, AV, signage, swag, and all third-party vendors. Negotiate contracts and manage event budgets.
• Partner with the Senior VP of Marketing to conceptualize and launch NAV’s signature annual event and, build on precedent set by prior company-hosted gatherings.
• Ensure event data flows back into the CRM — attendance records, lead status, and follow-up actions. Partner with sales operations to close data gaps around client geography and event history.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short term disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings, Roth 401(k), 3% of base salary employer contribution, and discretionary profit-sharing opportunity.
• Paid time off designed to support meaningful time away from work provided by teammates and colleagues.
• Interesting work in a collegial environment for a rapidly growing company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree