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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
THE JOB / Senior Event Executive, Global Sports Sponsorships (Endurance & Corporate Social Responsibility) (Financial Services Client)
EXPERIENCES / Responsible for planning and executing event and experiential marketing programs.
***Our headquarters are in Stamford, CT, but the location of this position is in Charlotte, N.C.
Do you love events and creating experiences? Do you have a passion for running and developing consumer experiences across some of the most iconic endurance races and cause properties? Do you love solving problems and bringing large-scale experiences to life? If so, this may be the right opportunity for you!
We are looking for a Senior Experiential Executive to join our dynamic team to help create experiential activations across numerous integrated campaigns for our financial services client’s sports sponsorships portfolio. The campaigns feature experiential programming with Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon among other races as well as CSR initiatives such as (RED).
Our ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and a great communicator. We are looking for someone who is highly collaborative, a self-starter and is comfortable taking the lead and voicing their opinions and ideas. If you love events and want to be part of an experienced team of passionate marketers, this may be the job for you.
This role will report to the team’s Experiential Manager, who will coordinate and communicate responsibilities across multiple programs and platforms. This position will require someone in our Charlotte office a minimum of three days per week.
The work you’ll do
The bigger team you’ll join
Octagon is the global sports, entertainment, and experiential marketing arm of the Interpublic Group.
We take pride in being Playmakers – finding insightful, bold ways to create play in our work, our lives, and in the world. We believe in the power of play to create big ideas and unlock potential for our clients and talent.
We can put ourselves in the shoes of fans because we ARE fans – of sports, entertainment, and culture at large. This expertise allows us to continually evolve the fan experience across sports and entertainment alongside some of the biggest brands and talent in the world.
The world needs play more than ever. Are you a Playmaker?
Who we’re looking for
This position pays $50,000, is overtime-eligible, and comes with a comprehensive benefits package.
Octagon’s comprehensive benefits package includes:
Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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