Manager, Experiential Events

  • Category: Event Management Jobs
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Job Type: Full Time / Part Time
  • Salary: Estimated: $ 22K to 30K
  • Published on: 2025/10/01

Job highlights
Identified by Google from the original job post
Qualifications
Experience: Proven experience in office administration or event coordination is required
Organizational Skills: Exceptional ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively
Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills
Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with staff and vendors
Detail-Oriented: Attention to detail and a methodical approach to tasks
Problem Solving: Ability to quickly solve problems and make decisions independently
Benefits
Salary: $42000.00 - $5+000.00 per year
Annual Base Salary + Bonus Opportunities
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Health Insurance
Responsibilities
We encourage applications from individuals who are enthusiastic, resourceful, and ready to take on a vital role with a positive and inviting demeanor
Event Planning: Coordinate and execute various events in collaboration with external vendors and internal teams
Office Management: Oversee daily operations of the office, ensuring all logistical tasks are efficiently managed
Administrative Support: Provide administrative assistance to the executive team, including scheduling, correspondence, and documentation
Communication: Act as the main point of contact for office-related inquiries, ensuring clear and effective communication across teams
Budget Management: Assist in the planning and monitoring of budgets for office supplies and event coordination
Vendor Coordination: Manage relationships with vendors, ensuring high-quality service delivery and effective partnerships
Job description
Job Description

Join B&K Luxury Estates, a prestigious real estate firm located in the vibrant heart of Dallas, Texas. We are seeking a dynamic and organized Office & Events Coordinator to be part of our dedicated team. This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to our companys growth while ensuring the smooth operation of both our office and our events. The role is based on-site, providing you with the chance to work closely with a team that values professionalism and excellence. As an Office & Events Coordinator, you will be the cornerstone of our operations, ensuring that our office environment is efficient and our events are memorable. If you're looking to make a significant impact by enhancing both office functionality and the client experience, B&K Luxury Estates is where you belong. We encourage applications from individuals who are enthusiastic, resourceful, and ready to take on a vital role with a positive and inviting demeanor.

Salary: $42000.00 - $5+000.00 per year

Benefits

Annual Base Salary + Bonus Opportunities

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Health Insurance

Responsibilities

Event Planning: Coordinate and execute various events in collaboration with external vendors and internal teams.

Office Management: Oversee daily operations of the office, ensuring all logistical tasks are efficiently managed.

Administrative Support: Provide administrative assistance to the executive team, including scheduling, correspondence, and documentation.

Communication: Act as the main point of contact for office-related inquiries, ensuring clear and effective communication across teams.

Budget Management: Assist in the planning and monitoring of budgets for office supplies and event coordination.

Vendor Coordination: Manage relationships with vendors, ensuring high-quality service delivery and effective partnerships.

Requirements

Education: Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Hospitality, or similar field preferred.

Experience: Proven experience in office administration or event coordination is required.

Organizational Skills: Exceptional ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.

Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with staff and vendors.

Detail-Oriented: Attention to detail and a methodical approach to tasks.

Problem Solving: Ability to quickly solve problems and make decisions independently.

Technical Skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and event planning software is preferred.
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Manager, Experiential Events
VML • Chicago, IL, United States • via LinkedIn
10 hours ago
Full–time
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Job highlights
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Qualifications
Who You Are: Possess solid communication, organizational, and time-management skills, with a bonus if you have budget tracking experience
Attentive to detail, willing to ask questions, and able to follow up with knowledge of overall account logistics
Able to manage multiple projects and clients effectively
Passionate about understanding the client's business and providing excellent client service
Curious, initiative-taking, and enthusiastic to learn, adapt to challenges, and support the team in executing strategic plans
What You’ll Need: 1-3 years of relevant agency field/sponsorship/event marketing experience A solid understanding of marketing principles and brand standards, ensuring consistency across events and campaigns
Proven experience in brand activations, event planning, and/or project coordination
Willingness to travel approximately 30% of the year, including weekends What we offer:
Benefits
Competitive benefits | What we offer full time hires ranges from the full spectrum of group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision) to a generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution), and a variety of paid time off offerings that reflect our investment in all aspects of your overall life balance and wellness
Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally
We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details._$45,000—$100,000 USDAt VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be instrumental in executing activation programs nationwide, including mobile marketing tours, conventions, brand partnerships, and live events
You will facilitate flawless on-site execution and also contribute to the tactical planning and on-site logistics, ensuring our activations are innovative, impactful, and aligned with VML's core values
What You’ll Do: Contribute to the development, updating, and implementation of experiential marketing deliverables, acting as a liaison between the client and field teams
Facilitate and oversee on-site execution of experiential marketing plans, ensuring flawless execution, which includes travel and weekend work
Manage various aspects of activations, including proposal evaluation, partner and property communications, hospitality, ticket management, program auditing, and brand ambassador engagement
Collaborate with WPP partner agencies to meet client needs and objectives, particularly in activation efforts
Develop training and on-site informational materials as needed for activation programs
Stay informed about key industry trends, bringing new activation ideas to the table regularly
Support day-to-day workflow and execution, including financial management
Develop and implement event summaries and monthly/annual reports
Handle other duties and projects as assigned, such as competitive research and analysis
Job description
Who We Are: At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.

Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work. What We’re Looking For: We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Manager, Experiential to join our Connections team. In this role, you will be instrumental in executing activation programs nationwide, including mobile marketing tours, conventions, brand partnerships, and live events. You will facilitate flawless on-site execution and also contribute to the tactical planning and on-site logistics, ensuring our activations are innovative, impactful, and aligned with VML's core values. What You’ll Do: Contribute to the development, updating, and implementation of experiential marketing deliverables, acting as a liaison between the client and field teams. Facilitate and oversee on-site execution of experiential marketing plans, ensuring flawless execution, which includes travel and weekend work. Manage various aspects of activations, including proposal evaluation, partner and property communications, hospitality, ticket management, program auditing, and brand ambassador engagement. Collaborate with WPP partner agencies to meet client needs and objectives, particularly in activation efforts. Develop training and on-site informational materials as needed for activation programs. Stay informed about key industry trends, bringing new activation ideas to the table regularly. Support day-to-day workflow and execution, including financial management. Develop and implement event summaries and monthly/annual reports. Handle other duties and projects as assigned, such as competitive research and analysis. Who You Are: Possess solid communication, organizational, and time-management skills, with a bonus if you have budget tracking experience. Attentive to detail, willing to ask questions, and able to follow up with knowledge of overall account logistics. Able to manage multiple projects and clients effectively. Passionate about understanding the client's business and providing excellent client service. Curious, initiative-taking, and enthusiastic to learn, adapt to challenges, and support the team in executing strategic plans. What You’ll Need: 1-3 years of relevant agency field/sponsorship/event marketing experience A solid understanding of marketing principles and brand standards, ensuring consistency across events and campaigns. Proven experience in brand activations, event planning, and/or project coordination. Willingness to travel approximately 30% of the year, including weekends What we offer:

Passionate, driven people | We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work. Consciously cultivated culture | We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneously strive to empower creative bravery. Competitive benefits | What we offer full time hires ranges from the full spectrum of group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision) to a generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution), and a variety of paid time off offerings that reflect our investment in all aspects of your overall life balance and wellness. Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally. VML is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, ****** orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or other protected group status. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details._$45,000—$100,000 USDAt VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward. Our Inclusion, Equity & Belonging initiatives, alongside the VML Foundation, reflect our dedication to giving back and making a positive impact in our communities and beyond. Our people are the heartbeat of our organization—creators, doers, innovators, makers, and thinkers—who drive not just marketing, but meaningful experiences that resonate in every action and interaction.

VML is a WPP Agency. For more information, please visit our website, and follow VML on our social channels via Instagram, LinkedIn, and X.

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