Events Manager

About Adtalem Global Education

Adtalem Global Education is a national leader in post-secondary education and leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. Adtalem educates and empowers students with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in their communities and make a lasting impact on public health, well-being and beyond. Through equitable access to education, environments that nurture student success, and a focus on expanding and diversifying the talent pipeline in healthcare, Adtalem is building a brighter future for communities and the world.

Adtalem is the parent organization of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

Adtalem believes in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and innovation, which thrives when we can work flexibly. This role will be hybrid.

• HYBRID –, Minneapolis, Minnesota or Columbia, Maryland requiring office presence four days a week (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu), with the rest of the workweek spent working from home.

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Opportunity at a Glance
The Events Manager is responsible for developing, planning and executing engagement events throughout the student journey for the health vertical of Adtalem Global Education and its institutions. In this role, you will work as a member of our events team in an environment that values collaboration, innovation, and diverse perspectives. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Conferences and Events, the manager will collaborate on the event strategy and work with various functional areas including, but not limited to, recruitment events, commencement ceremonies, conferences, town halls, receptions and reunions. As an Events Manager, you'll need to have a solid interest in global event strategy and realization, event marketing, social media, research, and general technology, as this role will require you to amplify Adtalem's Health message and brand awareness. You'll need excellent interpersonal and written communication skills and proven success planning and executing in-person and virtual events. You should also have a desire to grow and evolve the events to ensure maximum customer engagement and ROI. This will require the development of best practices and processes and keeping up to date on event trends and new approaches.

Responsibilities

• Plans and organizes group travel and events in North America and globally; develops event budgets; schedules and services contracts to ensure cost-effective achievement of event objectives; serves as liaison with campus and site support staff; monitors execution and provides contingency/backup support as required.

• Manages the institution’s master events budget; monitors travel policy compliance and effectiveness.

• Working with the regional teams establish a virtual event environment to be engaging and interactive. Manage the build, use and training of the platform.

• Manage the setup of lead capture for each event and ensure the list upload process is completed.

• Oversee events measurement, including the design and operation of relevant dashboards and reports to forecast, measure, analyze and report on the impact of events

• Researches and evaluates vendors and facilities; negotiates contracts; manages communications and relationships with external partners; coordinates billing and payment for services rendered.

• Lead stakeholder meetings; manage roles and responsibilities and program deadlines

• Work closely with vertical and institutions functional areas including admissions, marketing, alumni, communications, operations and academic teams to achieve strategic goals through event marketing

• Continually review, analyze, and report on data that impacts our events to enable better decisions on content, promotion, etc.

• Contribute to, implement, and optimize the customer and user event marketing plans to include email promotions and communications, paid media, and web content

• Manage internal communications and enablement that promotes the registration to and growth of our events

• Travel internationally and work occasional nights and weekends to support events

• Completes other duties as assigned.

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

• Bachelor's Degree in business, marketing, communications or  relevant field of study Required
• 5 years of relevant work experience in event strategy, planning and realization – including direct experience with vendor negotiations and relationship-building, financial planning and expense control, event planning and travel planning. Required
• Experience working in a fast-paced and highly cross-functional organization Required 
• Proven experience and success in planning and executing in-person events Required
• Demonstrated success in executing event registration and proven knowledge of industry tools like Certain, Marching Order, Salesforce, TEAMS, Chatbots etc. platforms
• Superior written and verbal communication skills with an outstanding attention to detail
• Strong understanding of venue and vendor contracts and negotiations Required
• Proven experience managing audio visual and production vendors Required
• Ability to manage time and handle multiple priorities to achieve high-quality deliverables
• Skilled negotiator with proven experience finding creative ways to do more with less; record of staying on budget
• Willingness to mentor, lead, and problem-solve across teams
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally and the ability to work without direct supervision

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $61720.78 and $108334.92. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.
  
  You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation