Event Operations Manager

Job Description

• Seamless management of all physical, hybrid and virtual elements (on-site production, speaker coordination, logistics management, vendor management, layout planning, recce, virtual event execution etc) for projects managed by Created Business (Redcell, Greycell, Greencell, Exhibitions, sports etc).
• Campaign management - plan and execute marketing initiatives to promote various initiative and events executed by CB
• Pre-empting crises and managing the same on the go
• Prepare event / project costing
• Management of vendors (event agencies- immediate and last-mile wherever required), other media,
• Seamless coordination with internal stakeholders - Business Development teams, Creative, B&C, Finance, RAD etc.
• Understanding of the events market and updating team on latest news in that space.
• Process Purity - Ensure internal processes are adhered in letter and spirit
• Liaising - Coordinate with external bodies (govt and non-governmental) for permissions depending upon type of event
• Handle special assignments and projects as per organisational requirements.

Requirements

• High passion towards events and activations - physical / digital / Phygital
• Right attitude with ability to work with a highly cross-functional team
• Willingness to roll up sleeves and get things done, systematic in approach, work on the ground with varied categories of people, eagerness to learn the unknown & attempt the unchartered
• Experience in visualising events and translating them to on-ground / digital experiences
• Ethically strong with good moral values
• Ability and experience in managing multiple events parallely
• Around 5-7 years' experience in managing various kinds of physical, phygital and digital events - large format, activations, musical, conferences etc
• Should have good contacts in the market w.r.t vendors especially
• Experience in liaising with external agencies and various departments at the time of the event
• Should speak, read and write Tamil and English (skills with more languages is a bonus) Plausible candidate options are from:
• Event management companies of repute, events / operations team members of media / Malls
• Agencies who are into activations, organising music shows
• Crew adept with TV production like reality shows etc
• Production managers of movies (maybe)