Job Posting: Online Events Manager at BNP Media

March 29, 2012

About BNP Media

BNP Media helps people succeed in business. As a team of creative, motivated, accountable professionals, we create and globally deliver targeted, timely, superior information via a wide variety of media that brings our customers closer to their customers. For further information, visit: http://www.bnpevents.com/

Job Description: Online Events Manager

The Online Events Manager is the expert on subject matter related to BNP Media’s online events products. This role is the primary point of contact for service, implementation and support of virtual event projects, serving as a liaison between internal publication staff and external clients.

The Online Events Manager also functions as an advocate for the evolution of features, capabilities and business processes for BNP Media’s online event products and services.

Location

Detroit, MI or Chicago, IL metropolitan areas.

Responsibilities

Event Production

  1. Successfully plan and execute client events and act as client point-of-contact for assigned projects and related issues
  2. Produce live and pre-recorded online events
  3. Must be able to consistently meet project timelines and ensure client expectations are met and exceeded
  4. Provide client training of event platform

Event Marketing

  1. Develop and execute promotional plans for each event including but not limited to print, email, web, and social media advertising.
  2. Write and edit copy for promotional plans.
  3. Collaborate with art directors to develop effective and creative marketing pieces.
  4. Create online graphics and HTML files to be used for events.
  5. Work with Audience management to deploy emails to target audience.

Customer Service

  1. Act as primary client contact. Answer questions, request materials, provide deadlines and make sure they are followed; Explain/educate on event procedures
  2. Develop relationships for future events
  3. Assist registrants with questions, technical assistance, before, during and after event

Accounting

  1. Ensure each event is reaching 50% profit margin, if not investigate
  2. Keep track of expenses/revenue per event
  3. Send IO to accounting and production to make sure billing is done correctly
  4. Balance monthly P&Ls for publications assigned to make sure all transactions are accurate
  5. Balance Virtual Show Report to make sure it balances monthly P&Ls

Technical Programming

  1. Create HTML files

Management

  1. Research current and new online product offerings to become expert on subject matter
  2. Gather feedback from internal/external customers to gauge enhancement and new development opportunities and coordinate implementation plan with Senior Online Events Manager
  3. Prepare detailed documentation about current and new products and features
  4. Work with Senior Online Events Manager to facilitate the implementation of online products/services from concept to completion
  5. Analyze the competitive environment and determine market trends
  6. Manage Online Events Coordinator(s) responsible for virtual events

Desired Skills & Experience

  1. 2+ years of webinar and/or event/project management experience
  2. 2+ years of Marketing related experience
  3. Strong Internet and Web technical understanding
  4. Intermediate experience programming with HTML
  5. Professional experience with Microsoft Office, Photoshop or comparable photo editing software and Dreamweaver or comparable HTML program.
  6. Excellent organizational, planning, management and communication skills
  7. The ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization to complete assigned projects within the specified timeline
  8. The ability to manage multiple deadlines sensitive projects at one time.
  9. The ability to work with minimal supervision
  10. Integrity, Creativity, Intellectual Curiosity, High Standards, Persistence, and Achievement oriented

Contact

Interested in applying? Contact Danielle Belmont, Senior Online Events Manager, belmontd@bnpmedia.com


Job Posting: Virtual Experience Openings at GPJ

April 20, 2011

Disclosure: I’m employed by INXPO, a partner of George P. Johnson.

Introduction

We at George P Johnson are growing our virtual experience business significantly. We are looking for several positions that would fall into our Digital Experience Group. These positions range from virtual producers to virtual strategists who want to join a group and company that supports some of the biggest clients in the world.

Job Requirements

If you have experience in virtual production, virtual management, and/or virtual strategy, we want to hear from you. Whether you are looking for contracting positions or full time, we want to hear from you.

Some of the skills we are looking for as we build out:

  1. Consult with clients on virtual experience strategy for occasion-based events or persistent environments.
  2. Work with clients to ensure experiences deliver on client goals within technology capabilities and timeframe.
  3. Manage clients’ virtual events
  4. Educate and enable clients throughout the lifecycle of the virtual engagement.
  5. Contribute to the practice by developing and deploying methodology deliverables, training and mentoring other members of the team, and suggesting and implementing improvements to practice management and operational practices such as time tracking, resource allocation, skills management, and other operational systems and processes.
  6. Contributor to the development of Virtual Experience proposals, scopes of work, and estimates.

Open positions are based in our San Carlos, CA office, in Northern California.

Contact

If you want to talk, contact Lori Guy at lori.guy@gpj.com

About George P. Johnson

George P. Johnson (GPJ) is one of the largest experience marketing agencies in the world, with more than 1,000 employees across 29 offices in 9 countries (Australia, India, Singapore, China, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) with alliances in France, Italy, Korea, and Taiwan. The Digital Team is all about remote engagement and fanatical about creating amazing experiences. You will be part of this; a critical part of a growing digital practice focused on solidifying our leadership in strategy and delivery of virtual experiences worldwide for some of the most recognizable brands on the planet. Time to get dirty. Time to make a difference. Time to have fun.