Description
This role is open for the Bellevue, WA location and is part of a team based in Bellevue, WA.
The Transportation, Shipping, and Logistics at Amazon organization collectively represents some of the most critical components of Amazon’s first-class transportation network. Everything we do is aimed at further delighting our customers with faster, cheaper, and more efficient means of receiving packages. With Amazon Freight, SMB and Enterprise Shippers can tap into Amazon’s world-class middle mile transportation solutions for their own freight needs, whether shipping inbound to Amazon or to third-party facilities.
We are seeking an Event Marketing Manager to support the Amazon Freight and shipping products. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned event marketing professional who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and has a passion for planning, executing, and analyzing events. As a key member of the marketing team, you will manage and execute events from inception to assessment to drive brand awareness, thought leadership, and sales.
To be successful in this role, you will learn and stay up-to-date on the evolving Amazon Freight and shipping products and external freight industry best practices and trends. You operate well under pressure, pivoting strategies quickly and as-needed, while balancing competing priorities. You thrive being live for in-person events, are extremely organized, have experience working with production agencies and event vendors and can delegate as needed. You have a creative vision, as you will oversee creation for various forms of design and content to fit your marketing needs.
Key job responsibilities
• Developing and executing plans for virtual trade shows and events
• Define the goals of each program component, manage the budget and timeline, and oversee a vendors and partners to ensure a quality experience
• Manage 3P event calendar and tracking
• Design, create, and execute novel event approaches to drive customer engagement at 1P and 3P events
• Execute and iterate on 1P and 3P event strategy
• Ensure a high bar of customer experience for all events in the organization
• Partner with the content marketing team to prepare speakers for speaking engagement
• Partner with the creative team to design and produce event creative assets
• Apply strong project management, documentation, analytics, and reporting skills to event management
• Manage external suppliers/agencies
• Establish best practices across teams for events, communications, standard operating procedures, vendor lists, and other mechanisms
• Write and contribute to documents for leadership and stakeholders
• This role travels up to 20-30% of its time
A day in the life
• Work closely with the Content and Events team to build and manage the experiential event marketing strategy, and manage our participation at trade shows and other events, including an annual event calendar
• Own sponsorship negotiations, buying, and contracting for events
• Work with cross-functional teams within the organization (e.g. marketers, legal, PR, finance, product managers, customer insights, sales and BI) to plan, manage, and execute bar-raising events on time and on budget.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bellevue, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
4+ years of development of insights learning agendas and working closely with an insights team to design, execute, and draw clear and compelling insight experience
4+ years of professional non-internship marketing experience
Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)
Experience building and optimizing multiple, simultaneous marketing campaigns
Experience managing or working within cross-functional marketing and creative teams
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in digital marketing and content production timelines and process
How many years of experience have you had with event planning?
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $63,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $151,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.