Client and Event Manager (Retail Sampling Events)

Advantage Solutions • St. Louis, MO

10d • $58,400 - $73,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Marketing Campaign Manager is responsible for the end to end management of experiential marketing campaigns. These responsibilities include day to day campaign maintenance with attention to detail in project development, budget management, execution monitoring, issue resolution, reporting & tracking and invoicing. Manages all related financial activities while providing a high level of service to client representatives and internal teams. Assist the organization in achieving a services excellence culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 2-4 years of experience in Consumer products, brand, or agency
• Experience in event execution preferred
• Possess mathematical negotiation, project management and research, analysis, and presentation skills.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and on projects as needed with after hours and weekend support
• Creative thinker and self-starter who is able to effectively handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Client facing experience with ability to think analytically & identify risks
• Strong organization, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to present to large and small groups in a variety of settings
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team player with positive attitude.
• Able to build and maintain strong client relationships
• Proficient is MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day)
• Ability to hear the telephone
• Ability to enter data on a computer
• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds

Responsibilities

• Perform project management duties to include; experiential marketing campaign tracking, timeline development and management, budget management, pre- and post-promotional analysis, and reporting.
• Supervise team members and monitor their daily reporting and task performance.
• Ability to make autonomous decisions on behalf of experiential marketing campaign goals
• Develop effective client and retailer relationships to facilitate communication and execution with internal departments to ensure that deliverables are successfully achieved and provide additional opportunities to act as consultative sales partner
• May be responsible for monitoring and adjusting project budgets and billing to ensure accuracy and timeliness. Responsible for over site of timeline revisions.
• Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources
• May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level