Senior Marketing and Event Manager

ITP Media Group reaches an audience of more than 104.6 million people across the Middle East and beyond through its leading websites, portals, social media platforms, events, conferences, award ceremonies, magazines, books and social media influencers agency.

We are looking for a Senior Events Manager with experience and understanding of activations, events and award ceremonies, for our portfolio of brands including GQ Middle East, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Esquire Middle East, Condé Nast Traveller, Architectural Digest, Time Out, Cosmopolitan Middle East and many more.

The Senior Marketing and Events Manager will be tasked with developing, managing and delivering ITP’s programme of major events, and is a client facing role. As well as being responsible for event delivery, ITP is looking for someone who can bring ideas and creativity to our events calendar, and who can drive revenue through innovative sponsor and customer solutions. The successful candidate will showcase the ability to meet deadlines and budgets, create an event strategy, roll up her/his sleeves to do the production work, and assume responsibility for flawless execution of agreed-upon commercial deliverables.

The Senior Events Manager will:

- Develop, manage and deliver ITP’s programme of major consumer events

- Infuse ideas and creativity into our events calendar, and drive revenue through commercial solutions

- Be comfortable working in a highly agile and results driven environment

- Be able to take on lots of responsibility, while orchestrating multiple deadlines

- Deliver no matter what it takes

Requirements

- Must have 5+ years’ experience in event planning, strategy and hands-on execution

- Taste and an aesthetic sensibility that pairs well with our brands, and an enthusiasm for the range of personalities we work with, from fashion and celebrities to business people and artists

- Superior client management

- Experience managing suppliers, sponsors, and other stakeholders

- Experience negotiating contracts and agreements

- Experience managing a budget

- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, internally and externally

- A modern understanding of what makes an event successful—social-media expertise a plus

- Enthusiastic, driven, creative and able to work on own initiative but a strong team player

Applications should include a covering letter and your CV.

Benefits

Being an ITP employee is an opportunity to be part of the largest content creation house in the region and provides the luxury of working with global brands and experienced industry leaders. To ensure we invest in the development of our team, employees are given access to a variety of learning resources and exciting career development opportunities.

We believe in recognizing the passionate efforts of our team members. Our employees are rewarded by competitive remuneration, attractive bonus structure, medical insurance and a generous leave entitlement scheme that sees annual holiday entitlement grow as tenure with the company increases.

- Must have 5+ years’ experience in event planning, strategy and hands-on execution - Taste and an aesthetic sensibility that pairs well with our brands, and an enthusiasm for the range of personalities we work with, from fashion and celebrities to business people and artists - Superior client management - Experience managing suppliers, sponsors, and other stakeholders - Experience negotiating contracts and agreements - Experience managing a budget - Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, internally and externally - A modern understanding of what makes an event successful—social-media expertise a plus - Enthusiastic, driven, creative and able to work on own initiative but a strong team player Applications should include a covering letter and your CV.