Tuesday, July 26, 2011

[KITlist] CONTR: Senior Event Marketing Strategist (San Jose, CA)

Please direct your responses to: http://tinyurl.com/Crawfords-440

Crawford Group (www.crawfordgroup.com) is seeking a Senior Event Marketing Strategist to develop and deliver the global event strategy for our clients' Data Center Business Unit. The Senior Event Marketing Strategist will collaborate with cross functional teams to capture event objectives and develop the event strategy. The role will be the primary strategic driver for each event; facilitating event messaging development, collaborating with corporate events team, providing on-site direction, and analyzing post-event data.

The ideal consultant is a self-directed, solutions-oriented professional with proven experience in a large organization developing high profile, highly visible global event strategies in the Data Center market. Must have the ability to work with all levels within an organization, drive consensus and provide analytic feedback.

Specific responsibilities include:

* Development of global event strategy for Data Center Business Unit
* Driving event messaging development
* Review of program deliverables to ensure messaging is kept on target
* Liaison to corporate event team to provide direction and guidance for execution
* Provide on-site direction as needed
* Post event data analysis

Skills:

* 8-10 years of B to B marketing experience in the high tech sector, including at least one large company
* Proven experience in development of strategic event plans (samples required)
* Experience with event planning in the Data Center market required
* Proven success with effectively influence across cross functional, global/virtual teams. Must be flexible and collaborative as well as decisive in interactions with GEO counterparts
* Must be adept at interfacing with people at all levels of the company. Requires diplomatic poise and polish for interactions with C- level executives
* Excellent written, verbal and presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint) skills
* Strong project management, negotiation and decision-making skills
* Solid proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite
* BA/BS in Marketing, Communications, general Business or similar

Rate: $2,000 - $2,400 per week, as a w2 employee of Crawford Group

Location: Primarily onsite at client offices in San Jose. Local, S.F. Bay Area candidates only. No phone calls please

Hours/duration: 40 hours per week, August 1, 2011 – ongoing

Interested? Please create an online profile including a Word version resume by following the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/Crawfords-440


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