Experiential Marketing Manager
GM Europe Marketing Team
Who We Are
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all. Our diverse team brings their collective passion to deliver on this ambitious future in Europe. We are proud of our achievements across the globe however we have the biggest opportunity to change the way people live, move, and connect in Europe. Together, for everyone.
Who We Look For
We look for the bold - those willing to respectfully share their ideas and listen to others. We seek out the innovators - those who challenge the status quo when their vision requires a new way of thinking. We reach for the collaborators - those who understand that a diverse team is stronger than any one individual. We seek the self-motivated - those who ask questions, and never stop looking at what's next.
About the GM Europe Go-to-Market Team
Members of the GME Experiential Marketing Team will be pioneers in the EV movement, energized to connect people to what matters and create a movement towards a better, more sustainable future for all. Our passion fuels our focus to be the best - a Customer Experience icon inspiring trust, passion, and confidence in our brands. We put employee and customer safety first – always! We act as one team, driven to make everything and everyone around us better. We love delighting customers, bringing together the most innovative, digitally centric human experiences customers love. We strive for excellence through empowered teams, business agility, and continuous learning resulting in a most admired place to work.
About Position
The position of Experiential Marketing Manager is a part of the growing experiential marketing team. This role would report directly to the Head of Experiential Marketing in Europe. We are looking for someone with 8 or more years of experience in the leading the creative, ideation and strategy for world class events. This role will need to constantly seek out new opportunities, new technologies, new mediums and new locations to showcase our premium brand. As well as to facilitate elevated meaningful engagement and exceptional experiences for our customers. This person should also be exceptionally familiar with the planning, managing and executing complex, large scale and high profile events. We are searching for an individual who demonstrates creativity coupled with flexibility, resilience, leadership and initiative. This person needs to embrace a customer obsessed mindset, constantly innovate and research ways to delight and exceed customer expectations whilst building awareness, consideration and relevance for our brand.
Travel within Europe will be required.
3 Days work from the Zurich HQ will be required with 2 days home office permitted per week.
Start date : as soon as possible
Required skills and experience
Minimum 8 years of experience in leading world-class events, conferences, exhibitions or roadshows.
International experience is preferable
Ability to collaborate cross functionally
Agency experience is a plus
Highly competent in compiling concise executive summary decks for leadership reviews
Accustomed to multi-tasking (e.g. planning numerous events in different regions concurrently) and working across time zones
Excellent proficiency in English is a non-negotiable
Demonstrates excellent attention to detail; carries out responsibilities with high precision
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; takes a customer- service approach with internal and external stakeholders
Excellent written, verbal communications and presentation skills.
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Strong creative and strategy skills
Strong vendor management skills
Strong people management skills
You remain composed under high pressure and pace and are seasoned in navigating the demanding nature of working in events
You take initiative to put forward new ideas and provide/accept constructive feedback
You are flexible and can adapt to changing priorities across departments and teams
You are an experienced Project Manager
You demonstrate a high sense of service and operational excellence
“Can-do” attitude, able to analyze problems quickly and find solutions proactively
Excellent leadership and decision-making skills.
Strong ability to prioritize and work well under pressure (when required, able to work evenings and weekends for special events)
Engaged, dynamic and strong team player.
Activities and responsibilities
Responsible for designing bespoke premium experiences for customers
Development of the existing experiential strategy and constantly iterating, improving and tweaking this strategy
Searching for creative ways to execute experiential activations and deliver on the Marketing teams OKRs
Responsible for tracking OKRs and working with the team and agency to ensure these OKRs are achieved
Leading the identification of unique locations, event opportunities and activations for a 365 day a year, events roadshow for the business in multiple countries
Representing GM Europe in the management of and as key point of contact for external experiential and other agencies
Develops and executes experiential marketing plans and programs designed to increase attendance, build community and drive a “brand for me” metric stemming from event participation
Works with a large number of stakeholders to ensure that business objectives and messaging for events are aligned
Manages multiple aspects of event planning and execution, backed by agency support and the internal experiential marketing team
We hope you choose to apply to join our dynamic team, for this exceptionally exciting role! We are looking for candidates who speak up, push the boundaries of creativity and create impact for our customers. Whilst ensuring that we can deliver seamless, world-class events and experiences.
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