Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, events management, communications, journalism, or a related field., Minimum of 3 years of experience in event planning and coordination., Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple events simultaneously., Tech-savvy with a collaborative mindset and strong executive presence..

Key responsabilities:

Plan, coordinate, and execute client-facing and corporate events, including pre- and post-event communications.

Collaborate with various departments for meeting design, speaker management, and event marketing.

Manage event logistics, including venue selection, contract negotiation, and budget tracking.

Provide ongoing support for event materials and ensure clear communication with stakeholders.

Job description

Ranked among the largest accounting and consulting firms in the country and consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work, Cherry Bekaert delivers innovative advisory, assurance and tax services to our clients. We are proud to foster a collaborative environment focused on enabling your career growth and continuous professional development. We are looking for an Events Specialist with a background in both internal and external event planning. The Events Specialist will have the opportunity to work remotely from within the United States, ideally located in Raleigh, NC, Atlanta, GA, Tampa, FL, Nashville, TN or Austin TX

The Events Specialist is responsible for generating, acquiring, and preparing materials and information for use in the production of live events, while driving brand awareness and exceptional customer experiences through events across firmwide efforts. The duties of this role include planning, coordinating, hosting, and facilitating events with the Events Team, supporting scheduling and planning needs for in-person events both internally and externally.

This role will support productions and events and work cross-functionally with colleagues across Marketing Technology, Digital Marketing, Business Development, Administrative, and Learning departments. They will also work with the Go-to-Market team and firm leaders during the planning process where events are a key part of the organization’s goals and objectives. The specialist will help coordinate event registration, RSVP tracking, promotional items, and signage ensuring consistency of brand, experiences, and overall messages for the event, and provide logistical support as warranted. This role will assist with the event coordination and logistics including supervision, planning, ordering, and shipping materials as needed to local offices in helping to coordinate regional event activities. This role will also assist in tracking budget spend and ROI for in-person events and opportunities that result from event productions.

As an Events Specialist, you will:

Support the day-to-day planning and execution of client-facing events, firmwide corporate events, industry and service line conferences, including pre- and post-event communications and attendee management.
Collaborate across departments, when needed, to contribute to meeting design, speaker and sponsor management, brand building, and event communications and marketing; Provide ongoing logistical support and collateral development for all event initiatives.
Assist in planning and coordination of venue selection, site tours, contract negotiation and invoicing for all events.
Assist in organizing event materials and creative decisions; Follow-up with attendees for success stories; Collaborate and share reporting with stakeholders.
Assist Events Team in preparing pre-event and post-event checklist items, hotel rooming lists, BEOs, AV needs, and setting up and dismantling events efficiently through to completion.
Maintain budgets, timelines and project plans, ensuring events and initiatives are delivered on time and within scope.
Collaborate with event, promotional and print vendors as needed in conjunction with design team.
Provide consistent and clear communication of events program to all stakeholders, including internal briefing documents for specified events.
Manage firmwide event calendar entries and project management tools that align with organization objectives.

What you bring to the role:

Be a self-starter; tech-savvy with a can-do attitude
Strong sense of teaming and collaboration with solid executive presence for internal stakeholders and clients
Willingness to roll up sleeves and support a variety of projects and tasks regardless of the level of complexity
Experience organizing and coordinating multiple events simultaneously with strong attention to detail and management of priorities to meet deadlines
You are creative, innovative, and think outside the box
Always demonstrates professionalism and exhibit firm values
Performance requires ability to work independently with initiative and discretion within established guidelines
Bachelor’s degree in marketing, events management, communications or journalism or related field
Minimum 3 years experience.

What you can expect from us:

Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect
The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you
A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development
Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing
Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work
Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures

Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is included below. Individual salaries within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.

Pay Range:

$70,000 to $80,000

About Cherry Bekaert

Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. For more details, visit https://www.cbh.com/disclosure/

Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. https://careers.cbh.com/legal-disclosures/ contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws.

This role is expected to accept applications for at least five calendar days and may continue to be posted until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States. Cherry Bekaert will not provide work sponsorship for this position.

Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC are members of Allinial Global, an accountancy and business advisory global association. Visit us at  https://careers.cbh.com/ and follow us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

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