Marketing Events Associate

About the role

Adarna House is in need of a highly organized, meticulous, and communicative Activations Lead who loves storytelling. This role is similar to a project manager in that you will manage Adarna House events and marketing partnerships to create meaningful experiences for our readers. You will work with a Creatives team and a Digital Marketing team to plan, promote, and execute various on-site brand activations. Responsibilities include:

Marketing Event Execution

• Plan concept and execution of various events including but not limited to book fairs, workshops, and book launches.

• Execute activities within a predefined budget by proposing budget, and canvassing suppliers and vendors.

• Manage all aspects of Adarna House’s live storytelling service including storyteller deployment, assessment, and training.

• Be responsible for event outcomes including attendance rate and participant satisfaction.

Partnerships Management

• Manage brand collaborations and partnerships.

• Be a point person for representing Adarna House’s marketing team to external partners and clients.

• Maintain a positive relationship with external collaborators such as Adarna House book creators, content creators, storytellers, and various brands & organizations.

Team Coordination

• Be a project lead for marketing events including assigning event roles, tracking and distributing project budget, and communicating with other departments.

• Lead the continuous improvement of events and partnerships executions, including creating event reports and running post-mortem meetings.

You will succeed in this role if you can

• Be entrusted to execute an on-site event from start to finish with full accountability.

• Maintain healthy communications with several overlapping internal and external collaborators, keeping everyone in the loop.

• Both comfortably client-face and confidently rally colleagues.

What they're looking for

• At least 2 years of experience in running or managing on-site events. Collegiate org work is acceptable.

• Proficient writing and speaking in English and Filipino. Copywriting ability is a plus.

• Proficient use of simple project management tools such as Google Sheets and Google Slides.

• Excellent communication instincts and ability to bridge communication gaps between many collaborating teams.

• Critical and insightful about the live event attendee experience.

• Resourceful about finding solutions to make event concepts come to life.

• Must be creative, organized, mature, adaptable, and with attention to detail.

• Passion for books, literacy, and education is a plus. You will work with many parents and children.