Marketing and Events Coordinator
About The Position
The Marketing and Event Coordinator will be a highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive member of the Marketing and Communications team. This role is ideal for a marketing and events professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys balancing event coordination, project management, and creative execution. The position will play a key role in supporting marketing initiatives across multiple channels, with a strong emphasis on coordinating several elements of events, managing projects and timelines, and day-to-day marketing tasks. The ideal candidate is both creative and operationally minded, capable of managing accountability, collaborating across teams, and ensuring high-quality execution of specific and on-going projects. This collaborative role will entail working on promotional events, internal meetings, content libraries, some web site coordination, special projects and more. About the company: Paradies Lagardère is an award-winning airport concessionaire operating more than 720 national, local, and proprietary retail stores and restaurants in 92 airports across North America. It’s headquartered in the Vining, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. This position will work out of the Atlanta office.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, event management, or a related field preferred.
- Previous experience with managing aspects of small- to large-scale marketing events.
- Computer skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Organization and time management skills
- Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
- Creative thinker with the ability to develop innovative marketing strategies and campaigns.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Adobe Creative/Canva skills a plus
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment or with startups is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the planning, coordination, and execution of events such as airport retail and restaurant grand openings, community activations, larger-scale company presentations, and elements of the company’s participation in the more than 10 main industry conferences
- Manage event logistics such as vendor coordination, timelines, materials, and on-site execution
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure seamless delivery/shipment of props, signage, product, marketing materials and other required items.
- Track event budgets and assist in post-event reporting and analysis
- Complete other administrative tasks as needed
- Assist in scheduling and managing the execution of videography and photography shoots of airport restaurants and retail stores and/or specialized photoshoots (e.g., our team members, community events, philanthropic activities, etc.), including vendor recruitment and hiring, brand and airport communication, and shot list development
- Contribute to maintaining and organizing the company’s photo and video content library for easy access and brand consistency
- Coordinate the communication and execution of the shipment process for the company’s annual corporate holiday gift project (Qty 3,000+), including coordination with retail merchandising, executive teams, contact list managers, and warehouse representatives
- Assist in department budget tracking and reporting and invoice processing
- Assist with general marketing calendars, project trackers and status documentation
- Serve as a liaison between the marketing group and internal and external teams and partners
- Assist with light graphic design projects, including image and content research and gathering
- Some travel required (10% to 20% depending on activities, conference schedules, etc.)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
