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About the Role

As an Events Account Director, you will work cross-functionally with internal partners on marketing events to launch targeted experiential marketing campaigns for our clients. We are seeking someone to work seamlessly with clients and our internal creative teams to produce the best work possible, while managing a team, resources, and meeting project deadlines. The ideal match for our culture is resourceful in all conditions, asks the right questions, delights in the fine details of their craft, and works fast and flexibly to get the job done. Humility and collaboration are also a big part of their DNA.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Senior Events Director to drive event strategy and development of innovative events across customer segments and business verticals
• Growth and development of new business, identify opportunities for new projects that add value as we continue to expand in EMEA
• End-to-end financial management of all owned projects + clients, feeding into wider business reporting and forecasting 
• New event type concepting, based on the client’s priority growth areas and customers’ needs
• Crafting an overall event experience for customers based on event type
• Tactical plan development to test, pilot, and measure the performance of the event 
• Support in rollout, standardization, and scaling of new event types across multiple markets through detailed event playbooks, event process standardization, and strong cross-collaboration between multiple teams
• Event support for all event types, delivering end-to-end oversight for successful event execution. We focus predominantly on B2B product marketing events, in the following formats:
• Consistent communication to senior management with updates, status reports, and progress of pilot events against benchmarks and goals
• Relationship management with clients and actively works to build a broader program for the team
• Support the collection of appropriate event-related data to assist in post-event evaluations and reporting
• Active participation with the extended team to share knowledge and experience
• Mentor, manage, capacity plan, and grow your team across the various events team roles - averaging 6 direct line reports 

About You

The essentials:

• 8+ years of increasing responsibility executing and managing event programs
• 5+ years of experience managing and developing direct reports
• Strategic mindset, with experience developing event programs and piloting new concepts
• Ability to take proven event tactics and execute within new business verticals at scale
• Self-motivated team player who has a proclivity for action
• Knows the industry, with strong connections in their professional network
• Highly responsive, attentive, and quick to react to new and urgent requests
• Interpersonal skills, a people-person who can quickly form and maintain friendly relationships
• Able to remain calm in high-pressure situations
• Possess a positive, “can-do” attitude
• Exhibit strong time management skills with the ability to re-prioritize tasks on-the-fly to meet unexpected changes in deadlines and deliver on last-minute requests
• Exceptional project management skills, with strong attention to detail and organization
• Skilled and experienced in project finances - with the ability to scope, manage, and reconcile multiple project finances and feed into wider forecasting 
• Technical proficiency, particularly in Google G Suite (docs, slides, sheets)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Editorial, copywriting, and/or basic graphic design skills are a plus
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience required

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds who are excited to contribute to our mission.  

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About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.