CORPORATE EVENT MANAGER RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: August 21, 2024 - The Corporate Event Manager oversees the entire event management process, including budgeting, venue coordination, and logistics, ensuring that events meet objectives and maximize audience engagement. This role involves managing the development of event collateral, venue branding, and messaging while coordinating with stakeholders, venues, and speakers to deliver high-quality content and presentations. Additionally, the manager handles participation in national trade events, secures speaking slots, and manages sponsorship opportunities to enhance brand visibility and impact.

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1. Corporate Event Manager, Blue Horizon Enterprises, Richmond, VA

Job Summary: 

  • Plan, execute and follow up our Salesforce event program (e.g. Dreamforce, World Tour, Connections, Salesforce Live). 
  • Take responsibility for budget management, meeting facilitation – planning and execution, logistics, internal communication, target audience acquisition, vendor management, various production aspects, and presentation.
  • Manage multiple, complex timetables successfully in a collaborative and extremely fast-paced environment
  • Design and drive the sale of sponsorship packages to key ISV and SI partners. 
  • Understand partner requirements, and ensure their overall satisfaction
  • Manage external relationships (agencies, vendors) and work with cross-functional internal teams and collaborate closely to develop and successfully execute programs
  • Unite a cross-functional team with the regional marketing team, EMEA and US Marketing functions and local Sales Teams
  • Coordinate content stakeholders and ensure delivered content is fully aligned with go-to-market and business needs
  • Complete pre-and post-event assessment, ROI analysis, identifying recommendations for improvement
  • Understand Salesforce's DNA, brand and product positioning with the ability to ensure consistent, on-brand messaging


Skills on Resume: 

  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)
  • Meeting Facilitation (Soft Skills)
  • Logistics Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Target Audience Acquisition (Soft Skills)
  • Vendor Management (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Content Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • ROI Analysis (Hard Skills)

2. Corporate Event Manager, Silver Star Consulting Group, Austin, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Executes and participates in general events and marketing functions that are more routine, require smaller spending budgets and require minimal contact with clients.
  • Participates in collaboration with business development, customers, product management, sales and other business partners in support of client-customized, content-rich events, such as webinars, trade shows and internal team events. 
  • Make recommendations regarding event strategy, execution and budget.
  • Supports the development of strategic event plans for existing lines
  • Participates in the interpretation of plans into “big ideas” to extend the company’s brand vision via event efforts.
  • Supports the execution of multiple events at a time and ensures tracking is implemented to determine the success of the event. 
  • Manages all pre and post-event marketing efforts.
  • Based on assigned strategic growth initiatives, builds and maintains existing relationships with internal contacts, external vendors and/or agencies. 
  • Participates in meetings with internal and/or external clients to understand their ongoing strategies and how these events can strengthen the relationship and business.
  • Act as a backup for our Project Manager, utilizing Workfront, when needed.
  • Recommends measurements for return on investment (ROI) for events within the specific goals of building and delivering events. 
  • Apply internal and external communications, product initiatives and business goals to event activities to track costs against measurements.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Event Execution (Soft Skills)
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)
  • Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Strategic Planning (Soft Skills)
  • Brand Vision Extension (Soft Skills)
  • Event Tracking (Hard Skills)
  • Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
  • ROI Measurement (Hard Skills)

3. Corporate Event Manager, Green Valley Solutions, Denver, CO

Job Summary: 

  • Research foreign furniture markets, and search for key customers.
  • Communicate with foreign professional buyers of furniture.
  • Organize and conduct online meetings, and conferences with partners.
  • Accompaniment of foreign guests when visiting furniture factories.
  • Conduct presentations of our project for partners and buyers.
  • Manage event planning and operations from pre to post, including vendor sourcing, contracting, invoicing, logistics, supervision of building, sponsor integration, and onsite management
  • Work with event organizers and partners to identify and create additional branding opportunities at events
  • Collaborate with marketing, sales, partners, content and community teams ensuring that their needs are met and goals achieved via events
  • Content creation, management, and consolidation - gathering appropriate content from key stakeholders throughout the business. 
  • Creating scripts for executives to meet event and business needs.
  • Create execution plans and post-show reports for pre-planning communications and post-event evaluation to include tracking and reporting key performance metrics, objectives, and goals
  • Track and manage event budgets


Skills on Resume: 

  • Market Research (Hard Skills)
  • Client Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Online Meeting Organization (Hard Skills)
  • Event Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Presentation Skills (Soft Skills)
  • Branding Opportunities Identification (Soft Skills)
  • Content Management (Hard Skills)
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)

4. Corporate Event Manager, Northern Lights Events, Minneapolis, MN

Job Summary: 

  • Supporting the strategy and execution of events (virtual events, webinars, trade shows, traveling pop-up conferences, etc.) to drive pipeline, revenue targets and lofty event goals.
  • Evaluating and coordinating external vendors, third-party events, and co-marketing opportunities.
  • Partnering with Sales and Marketing for pre and post-event outreach needs, event booth staffing, and lead flow management to maximize conversions and identify areas of improvement.
  • Creating and executing an events calendar and owning all event logistics including venue negotiation, budget, travel, etc. to ensure events are fully mapped and measured. 
  • Managing the delivery of unique promotional materials and special offers for several brands, including swag, giveaways, etc. 
  • Coordinating travel, sponsorship, venue logistics, booth requirements, and registration for small and large-scale third-party events.
  • Oversee the hiring, orienting, and training of the customer experience team
  • Lead, inspire and develop a highly diverse team delivering an exceptional curated guest, client and colleague experience that reflects positively upon both the stakeholder and company
  • Proactively identify, coordinate, and support activities and Customer onsite campus events by partnering and collaborating with all service streams (Catering, Audio Visual, Transportation, Facilities and Front of House) ensuring timely execution
  • Work with internal and external marketing and communication teams to produce high-quality products to advertise and market upcoming campus events and services
  • Create and sustain long-term alliances with business partners


Skills on Resume: 

  • Event Strategy Execution (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Sales and Marketing Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Event Logistics Management (Hard Skills)
  • Promotional Material Management (Hard Skills)
  • Travel and Sponsorship Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Partnership Development (Soft Skills)

5. Corporate Event Manager, Bright Future Networks, Orlando, FL

Job Summary: 

  • Budget for, capture, and advice on initial event requirements (space, timing, location, audience type/size)
  • Work with stakeholders to agree on a compelling and achievable agenda and messaging that meets objectives and will maximize attendance of the target audience
  • Identify collateral, venue branding, and messaging requirements and work with the team to develop as needed
  • Liaise with venues to optimize space and facilities and brief on signage, branding, AV, and catering requirements
  • Support the management of external keynote/expert and internal speakers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality content/presentation
  • Own the end-to-end event engagement process - from initial invitations, event reminders, attendance tracking, joining information and post-event comms and measurement
  • Oversee event logistics/set up/staff briefings and oversee on-the-day delivery
  • Budget for and manage attendance at 2-3 national trade events and exhibitions each year
  • Identify and manage through worthwhile higher-level sponsorship opportunities, including those associated with award entries/industry bodies
  • Secure well-positioned speaking slots and negotiate packages/passes for key events
  • Work with the wider team to ensure appropriate collateral/messaging is developed
  • Oversee timely delivery of materials, boilerplates/logos, adverts, and stands
  • Ensure attending staff are well briefed and that rotas are in place as appropriate
  • End-to-end event management/delivery in a B2B marketing environment - ranging from small trade events/dinners/webinars to larger stands/exhibits and company-owned events


Skills on Resume: 

  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Venue Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Speaker Management (Soft Skills)
  • Event Engagement Process (Hard Skills)
  • Sponsorship Management (Soft Skills)
  • Content Development (Hard Skills)
  • Event Logistics (Hard Skills)