Marketing Events Planner

QTS Data Centers•Overland Park, KS

About The Position

It's pretty exciting, to find yourself standing in a pivotal moment in time. It’s even more exciting to be out front leading it. At QTS, our world-class data centers are supporting our customers most strategic growth initiatives, positioning us at the forefront of today’s dynamic digital transformation. As AI and cloud drive the demand for increased speed, capacity and capability, QTS has emerged as the global digital infrastructure leader, committed to connecting the world for good. Driven by purpose and fueled by a spirit of innovation, QTS designs, builds and operates some of the world’s most advanced, forward-thinking data centers. QTS is a portfolio company of Blackstone. QTS is Powered by People. People who play a vital role in our company’s culture, innovation and growth. People who are committed to contributing to the communities where we operate and work. People who are knowledgeable, resourceful and mission driven. Together, we do great things. The Marketing Events Planner will support achievement of the business through executing on an event program to include company-hosted events, sponsorships at partner and industry events and membership with local organizations and associations. You will identify and secure event and sponsorship opportunities within each local market, coordinate event logistics, collateral, signage and giveaways, handle budget management, communication management among internal stakeholders on activity planning and follow up. The Marketing Events Planner may also assist in the execution of promotion efforts that support event activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
One to two years’ experience in event planning and coordination.
Cross-functional project management skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Salesforce.
Experience with a marketing automation platform (especially Pardot).
Experience with a content management system (especially WordPress).
Related market/industry experience.

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate events, trade shows, event sponsorships and local association memberships for market.
Create and maintain budget spending for events, associations and local sponsorships.
Proactively engage with sales, marketing and partner team to identify opportunities, needs, event objectives/goals, target audiences, topics, partner participation.
Plan and coordinate set-up, logistics and food and beverage in partnership with site hosts for events hosted at QTS facilities.
Identify and coordinate creation of collateral, giveaways and signage at events.
Communicate with QTS vendors to secure sponsorship dollars for QTS hosted events.
Support the demand generation team with coordination of promotion activities that support events (emails, social media, advertising, etc.).
Conduct pre- and post-event evaluations and report on outcomes to sales and marketing leadership.
Optimize events calendar over time to maximize overall impact.
Manage the events section of the company website to be sure all prospect and client-facing events are posted and regularly updated.
Coordination of the company’s annual Sales Kick Off meeting.
Travel as necessary to attend major QTS hosted events and tradeshows (approximately 20 – 30%).