Sr. Project Associate - Meetings/Conferences/Training

Jack Morton Detroit is seeking a passionate and energetic Sr. Project Associate to support our luxury automotive account on various Sales & Service Dealer & Internal Programs, marketing presentations and meetings. This person will independently manage small programs or parts of larger programs ensuring that client needs are met and exceeded.

Accountabilities:  

Client Management

• Assume accountability for defined client deliverables, ensuring client needs are met and exceeded.
• Build and maintain effective client relationships, ensuring that all client needs are heard, understood and addressed in a timely way.
• Provide clear communications to the client regarding roles and responsibilities, scope, budget, and schedules for assigned programs.
• Update status reports and schedules and maintain lists of action items, ensuring all deadlines are met. 

 Project Delivery

• Assist in identifying new opportunities, evaluating opportunities, negotiating the best deal for our client, and ensuring that a results summary is complete.
• Provide seamless meeting support and onsite execution as needed.
• Ensure project/program is delivered on-time, on-budget and flawlessly.
• Schedule regular team meetings and manage communications between team members, ensuring all deadlines are met.

Budget Management

• Assist in managing project budget.
• Oversee coordination with all internal parties on invoices and vendor payments.
• Assist in reconciling costs against budget. 

Creative Management

• Ensure that the highest possible quality is delivered.
• Ensure that the client need is solved by the project deliverables. 
• Participate in creative brainstorms to generate ideas for clients.

 Success Measures

• Flawless delivery of client commitments
• Positive team climate that inspires others to excel and deliver.
• Valued by client and team members.
• Owns delivery of assigned client deliverables.

How you can support our culture:

• You enjoy and succeed at working REALLY well with others.
• You support and contribute to a positive and productive cultural environment.
• You take your work seriously – but not yourself.

What we require:

• 2-3 years marketing / meeting / event experience required.
• Must be detail oriented and able to simultaneously manage multiple projects.
• Strong project management, organizational and communication skills
• Experience in planning meetings / events, negotiating and creating presentations strongly preferred, especially in the auto industry.
• Willing & able to travel up to 10-20%
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Office 365

Jack Morton and Genuine are equal opportunity employers; we strongly value diversity at our companies. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. In 2022, Jack Morton and Genuine, as part of Interpublic Group (IPG), have been named to the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI), and Jack Morton has once again been designated a Best Place To Work For LGBTQ Workplace Equality by the Human Rights Campaign in their Corporate Equality Index.

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