Lead Events Specialist

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

51d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. This role oversees and coordinates event planning, implementation, and execution for multiple types of events for the Sanford Sports Complex. The Lead Events Specialist maintains the scheduling, budgeting, staffing, and logistics for each event and works with vendors, agencies, and support teams on coordination and successful event setup.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications or business required.
Three to five years of experience required.
Depending on location, current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification may be required.
May be required to become certified in LifePak 250 as deemed by director.

Nice To Haves

Experience in events or project management preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate detailed logistics with operational partners and vendors to ensure delivery of the elements required for a positive event experience.
Facilitate appropriate negotiation, review, and execution of vendor contracts.
Responsible for internal and external pre-event marketing campaigns and post-event activities.
Measure success of the event results to ensure ongoing improvement and maximize ROI.
Responsible for coordinating details to ensure execution of innovative, impactful, and memorable event experiences as defined by stakeholders.
Work in concert with operational stakeholders, managers, vendors, and members of the team to ensure seamless event planning and execution.
Responsible for the execution of the end-to-end delivery of event logistics, including securing venues, audio/video, catering, event vendors, entertainment, and guest speakers as needed within the allotted budget.
Provide oversight of creation and delivery of collateral, training materials, and premium items for the event as needed.
Negotiate event sponsorships and contracts with third-party vendors.
Collaborate with marketing staff to provide on-site support as needed.
Manage all aspects of production, receipt, and distribution of event deliverables.
Demonstrates the ability to work cross-functionally with managers, executive leaders, and support teams, and be a team-minded individual who can work independently and under the guidance of superiors.
Regionally focused, but some travel may be required to manage large-scale events in various regions of the enterprise.
One of the Sports Complex Lead Event Specialists may serve as the main point of contact with our ticket sales vendor and will be responsible for maintaining this vendor relationship.
This one individual will be responsible for managing all aspects of ticket sales inclusive of operations on the ticketing platform.
Responsibilities may also include loading events into the platform, management of ticket inventory, selling of tickets, and final reconciliation of event tickets.
Other duties as assigned.