Manager, Conference Production Project Management

Description

Gartner is searching for a Manager to work on Gartner’s Global Corporate Events & Incentives Conferences. As a Manager, you will lead in delivering the planning, pre-production, and on-the-ground execution of multiple complex conferences and projects within Gartner’s Production Experience & Marquee Content Team.

A successful candidate will thrive in a quick-moving environment with strong attention-to-detail. In this role, the Manager will provide customer-centric production services and overall support at the highest level possible for our Operating Committee, senior leadership, clients and presenters. Strong understanding of live event content production (such as speaker content creation, show flow & asset management, overall look and feel, talent management) and live conference producing is essential. The ideal candidate must have strong organizational skills, the ability to work & communicate flawlessly across multiple teams and cultures (both internally and externally) and be energetically driven to meet the needs of our clients and team. This exciting career opportunity will provide you with challenging assignments and travel opportunities.

What You Will Do:

Produce Sales Meetings, Town Halls, All Company Meetings, Incentive Events, and other conferences, leading the overall event from concept to completion, for both in-person and virtual experiences.

Assist with managing video asset creation, presentation graphics, backgrounds, etc.

Collaborate with key stakeholders, from multiple departments, to support internal/corporate events and keynotes from inception through to delivery

Create and manage all show documents (i.e., production schedules, shoot schedules, show flows, etc.) while knowing how and when to flag at-risk milestones

Prepare, schedule & manage rehearsals and rehearsal schedules while thoroughly understanding the requirements of each venue and team

Leveraging and initiating best practices to lead live conference content production Attend/lead pre-production and onsite global meetings, which may be out of normal business hours at times

Guide key stakeholders through the process and become their trusted partner

Communicate with stakeholders globally and collaborate with team on all requirements for onsite delivery assets including staging, scenic, graphics, audio, animation and all creative media components

Prepare internal and external written briefing documents for clients, vendors, and team implementation

Understand and uphold Gartner’s brand with all assets created, which includes managing creative partners and vendors accordingly

Ability to lead offsite and onsite rehearsals with key stakeholders, which requires the ability to seamlessly partner and lead highly valuable relationships, such as C-Level management

Oversee crew schedule and running order documents through pre-production and onsite

Thoroughly debrief and document completed conferences and projects while focusing on best practices for continuous growth and improvement

Participate in meetings with team and key stakeholders and track action items

Highly skilled in handling multiple complex and concurrent projects

Strong & professional written and verbal communication skills to external and internal audiences

Expected Results:

Flawless client experience – continual understanding of attendees’ key priorities and map back to those metrics

Build and maintain excellent working relationships

Engagement and effective management of suppliers/global partners

Exceptional operational efficiency

To be successful in this role, domestic and international travel will be required.

What You Will Need:

Bachelor’s degree preferred

5+ years of experience in related field and industry

C-Level/senior leader experience required – communication, live event producing, content management, project management, etc.

Video production and/or virtual event production preferred

Virtual event platform backend experience preferred

Agency experience desirable

Project management experience required

Highly skilled in collaborating with global stakeholders

Beginning to end understanding of live conference speaker production and creative content creation

Excellent interpersonal skills - team player who works well with others, together reaching challenging goals under very tight deadlines

Client focused - superior customer service skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Strong time management skills and ability to multitask - high sense of urgency

Effective organizational, project, team and time management skills

Effective financial skills, leadership skills

Intermediate Excel skills required

Strong Executive presence

Passionate, Energetic & Enthusiastic

Strategic Thinker - Self-motivated, collaborative and solution oriented

Curious and inquisitive, creative and innovative

Confident decision-maker

Working across multiple time zone experience preferred

Willingness to travel 30% globally, to both Corporate Events & Incentives conferences as well as other Gartner Destination Conferences

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Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work .

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 69,000 USD - 107,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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