Marketing Events Specialist

Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate consumer and corporate marketing events
• Develop project plans and roadmaps to success, including event layouts and CAD designs
• Maintain the consumer events database and research/propose new events
• Create and maintain event planning timelines including key dates and deadlines
• Ensure all even contract requirements are met and all items delivered on time
• Assist in creative direction and coordinate creative development process, including creative requests, monitoring deadlines, proofing and providing messaging input
• Pre-event coordination, securing of event rentals, vehicle transportation, and vendor communications
• Event management, including set-up, tear down, coordinating with event organizers, and engaging with attendees as a Kawasaki product expert
• Manage corporate and consumer vehicle demo events, conducting safety briefings, and ensuring all safety procedures are followed
• Manage post event cleanup, including display asset cleaning and maintenance, organizing and returning items in the warehouse
• Assist with warehouse inventory organization, asset and vehicle tracking, cleaning and keeping the warehouse space orderly
• Handle general marketing administrative responsibilities such as shipping, printing, maintaining files, agendas, and recaps
• Create post event evaluations and recaps including KPI tracking/reporting and photo archive organization
• Full time in office with up to 30% travel

Skills & Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Highly organized with ability to multitask
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Creative, idea driven, innovative thinker
• Professional business presence and acumen
• Self starter, high level of initiative, proactive work ethic
• Commitment to customer service (internal and external)
• Capable of standing comfortably for up to eight hours a day, working long hours, and traveling as needed

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s in marketing or related discipline
• 3 years of related marketing experience, ideally in event marketing or coordination
• Proven experience coordinating events, including planning, attendance, and reporting
• Experience working within a team environment
• Valid CA Motorcycle Endorsement preferred

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, you should have high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications including Word, Excel, Outlook
• Basic knowledge in graphic art software (Adobe, SmartDraw, SketchUp, AutoCad) applications or willingness to learn is preferred

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Salary: $35.00 - $38.00 per hour. 

Salary : $35 - $38