Event Promotions Assistant

Chicago Connect specialize in increasing market share for our clients’ brands and we ensure we tailor our services to their needs in a face-to-face environment. There are various disciplines in the direct marketing field and we primarily focus on live marketing strategies. The marketplace is fiercely competitive and brands in all industries are vying for their potential customers attention. With so many choices on how brands can target their customers, choosing the right marketing mix is more important than ever. That’s where Chicago Connect comes in.

We are looking for an Event Promotions Assistant. This position is essential in planning and facilitating daily events/trade shows and will be responsible for all our marketing and event coordination. Responsibilities will be sales planning, coordinating, and execution of our events.

Salary range: $45000 – $50000 per year.

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management guidance and act as a subject matter expert in conjunction with other personnel to execute high profile, large event, or otherwise strategic events with 100% success.

• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge and competency regarding our product suite.

• Ability to consult with customers on solutions that fit their needs on a per-event basis.

• Create, manage, and drive project timelines; ensure deliverables and milestones are met.

• Perform event-related tasks, such as conference bridge scheduling, data input, answering event audience member inquiries, location design edits, and custom reports generation.

• Act as product and subject matter expert.

• Actively participate and contribute in strategy discussions ensuring customers meet program goals and success metrics.

• Providing technical support and guidance during project implementations.

• Drive customer satisfaction with excellent customer service.

• Coordinate with all point of contact persons to manage the delivery of key event-related elements.

• Perform webinar and virtual event-related activities as necessary.

• Create and maintain collaborative customer documentation.

• Degree in Hospitality, Public Relations, or Marketing.

• Strong technical knowledge.

• Strong organizational skills.

• Project management experience.

• Meticulous attention to detail.

• Multi-tasker with strong work ethic.

• Superior interpersonal skills.

• Creativity.

• Strong leadership qualities.

• Expert communication skills.

• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• The role is not remote