Project Manager (Events)
Maker Lab, India
Job Description
Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a marketing agency designed to build decentralised technology-led agency teams, rooted in collaboration with clients from the ground up. Maker Lab’s cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies from measurement amp; analytics to content production.
Project Manager (Events)
As the Project Manager (Events) on the APAC Marketing Team on our video-sharing platform client account, your work is instrumental in shining a spotlight on the rising amp; established stars of the platform and will result in more Creators considering the platform for growing their audience and expressing their creativity. You will coordinate across multiple teams, develop best practices, champion innovation, look for creative solutions to achieve goals and contribute to the internal team initiatives to improve processes.
You recognise and respect Creators as we put them at the forefront of our programs and have a passion for understanding and prioritising initiatives to get results to serve them. We are looking for someone with a strong project management and producer background across multiple consumer experiences amp; the entertainment industry, especially in the field of brand events amp; large-scale music festivals, who can work seamlessly with the rest of the marketing team and key cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. Partnerships, Marcom, Legal etc.). You should also show mastery in managing relationships and output coming from working teams and agency partners.
Role:
- Drive the planning amp; execution of creator programs and run point on program amp; campaign execution and updates to country teams, internal teams and cross-functional stakeholders
- Anchor a team of experts and specialists across creative, content, talent management amp; show production to produce creator programs flawlessly
- Work collaboratively with specialist teams (Marcom, sponsorship etc.) to produce successful creative campaigns
- Drive various project timelines amp; milestones from account management to post-event activities
- Drive analytical reviews of campaign results and inform learnings amp; improvements to global amp; country teams
- Drive internal project legal and compliance matters and other administrative tasks, as needed
You:
- BA/BS degree preferred within relevant disciplines
- 8+ years of experience within the marketing, media or creative industries
- 7+ years of project and event management experience, including multi-stakeholder management across multiple markets, ideally in Asia
- 4+ years of experience in the technology sector preferred, or a demonstrated understanding and interest in the technology business
- Passion for the web and video ecosystem and digital culture. Understanding video-sharing platforms, and their creators and identifying opportunities to celebrate the creator community
- Demonstrated talent at building strong collaborative partnerships with cross-functional teams, and being adept at influencing strategy with insights and data
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Good analytical, communication (written and verbal), and presentation skills
- Exceptional verbal and written English communications and presentation skills and - ideally - fluent in another Asian language to cover projects across APAC.
Please note: due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted with a follow-up introduction email. By submitting your application, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your data by the Maker Lab team for the purposes of your application. Where your application contains personal data of third parties, you confirm that you have obtained all necessary consents to provide the Maker Lab team with such personal data and that we may collect, use and/or disclose such data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012. If you do not receive an email from Maker Lab, your application has been unsuccessful this time around. Look out for future roles!