Strategic Marketing and Events Senior Manager

Do you enjoy working with a top-notch team and being part of a growing, passionate, and forward-thinking company? Athena is on its way to becoming the best and most intensive high-touch consulting group in the country. Our exceptionally high standards and whole-brain, full spectrum approach has earned us an enviable reputation across multiple industries and fueled our impressive growth. Athena brings an artful mix of creativity and facts-based insight to make even complex matters engaging, memorable, and impactful.

Athena is looking for a Strategic Marketing and Special Events Senior Manager with a passion for problem-solving, managing change, and improving efficiency. We work in a spirited, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment, and we're looking for someone who can hit the ground running and thrive in this setting.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Formulating, organizing, and monitoring interconnected projects
• Developing creative and suitable strategies to accomplish campaign objectives
• Overseeing internal and external stakeholders across a variety of disciplines to ensure successful marketing and event outcomes
• Administering department finances, budgets, vendor communication, vendor contracts, and budget reporting to clients and internal stakeholders
• Management of event technical needs, including collaborating with art and technical crews, ideation, brainstorming solutions to obstacles, and more
• Utilizing prior experience and skills to develop a plan for the execution of the ideas
• Reviewing and editing projects in real-time, as necessary, to ensure an on-time and within-budget delivery
• Maintaining a run-of-show (ROS) and conducting regular team calls to ensure all stakeholders remain aligned and understand individual responsibilities, tasks, and deliverables
• Working with writers and creatives to produce required presentations, talking points, and more
• Contributing to on-site event activations, which may include travel
• Performing high-level analysis of campaign metrics and compilation of reporting for clients
• Preparing a social media plan and managing its execution

The skills and experience you should have:

• Outstanding leadership and organizational skills
• Proficiency in developing efficient strategies and tactics
• Proven experience as a Program Manager or other managerial position
• Thorough understanding of project management techniques and methods
• Ability to ensure programs deliver desirable outcomes
• Capacity to analyze facts to understand a situation, problem, or topic thoroughly and efficiently
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly detail-oriented and organized
• Self-motivated
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Creative and analytical thinker
• Capable of handling quantitative and technical duties
• Proficient in budget management and financial reporting
• Eye for design in implementing visual elements of an event
• Strong multi-tasker able to oversee many different tasks while collaborating with a wide range of teams
• Strong communicator with the ability to prioritize many different simultaneous tasks
• Assertive and capable of directing others
• Ability to implement projects with little to no supervision
• Ability to work well with internal and external stakeholders
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint user
• Strong writing skills
• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university
• 5-10 years of professional experience

It's a plus if you have the following:

• Experience using time tracking and expense management software
• Proficient knowledge of Airtable
• Proficient knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint programs
• Proficient knowledge of Splash That or other event management software

Benefits

• Employer paid Medical/Dental benefits including of 1K Health Reimbursement Account
• Matching 401K
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Generous Parental and PTO Policies
• Hybrid Work Environment

Curious about your career path at Athena? This role is at the Manager level within Athena's career-path structure for the Delivery Team. This team has the following levels of progression for growth and development.

Analyst --> Sr. Analyst --> Manager --> Sr. Manager --> Director --> Sr. Director --> Executive Director

Oh, and our application process is open, easy, as transparent as we can make it, and painless.

We need team members like you to join us! Let's get started.

Athena is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at 866.299.6040.