Events Manager

Adtalem

At Adtalem Global Education, we seek to empower students and members to achieve their goals, find success and make inspiring contributions to our global community. Adtalem is a leading healthcare educator that partners with organizations to proactively address future workforce needs and empowers career development with access to world-class academic curriculums, certifications and training programs across the medical and healthcare industries.

Adtalem institutions and companies include: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Walden University. (NYSE: ATGE; member S&P MidCap 400 Index) For more information, please visit adtalem.com.

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, webinar events, enrollment events, commencement ceremonies, conferences, receptions, and student events. As an Events Manager, you'll need to have a solid interest in virtual 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 virtual and in-person 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

• Coordinate and manage virtual event day production including rehearsing presenters where required, troubleshooting IT, and managing break out rooms and virtual waiting rooms.
• Identify, test, and implement technologies that will augment the event experience and maximize guest participation.
• 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 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.

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• 5 years of relevant work experience in event strategy, planning and realization – including direct experience with virtual events, vendor negotiations and relationship-building, financial planning and expense control, event planning and travel planning.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with lighting, audio, video, and technical direction of live virtual events.
• Knowledgeable of up-to-date virtual event technologies, industry trends, and competition.      
• Experience working in a fast-paced and highly cross-functional organization and proven experience and success in planning and executing digital events. 
• Demonstrated success in event or project management and proven knowledge of industry tools like On24, Certain, Cvent, Zoom, GoToWebinar, TEAMS, etc.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills with an outstanding attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines, multitask, and prioritize responsibilities.
• 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 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 $59,923 and $108,334. 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/us/en/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.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. At Adtalem, we welcome everyone and have a strong commitment towards diversity and inclusion. We encourage our Colleagues to be their true authentic selves and support laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.