Position: MENA Event Manager (fixed term contract)
Duration: 6 months contract with employment agency (extendable)
Location: Dubai (Remote)
Employer: Employment with Digital Future Middle East FZ-LLC, working directly as consultant / contractor with Google FZ-LLC.
As an Event Manager, you will play a critical role in the ongoing support, planning and execution of Google's highest priority external events. You are a flexible team player with the ability to adapt to a dynamic environment with changing requirements. You understand the fundamentals of event production. You have experience dealing with event organizers, event agencies, different levels of management.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Google cross-functional teams (Marketing, Sales, PR, etc.), external vendors, Agencies to drive excellent event execution.
- Use stellar technical judgment and previous operations experience to execute the entire project life-cycle: proposal, requirements, project and resource planning, expectation setting, communication, budgets, pilot, build, and closeout.
- Provide operations support to deliver successful events.
- Develop and implement scalable processes and internal policies for supporting events.
- Liaise with stakeholders responsible for mission critical events that may involve Google Executives, Product Launches, Developer Conferences, and other events that are highly visible to the media.
Minimum Qualifications (MQs)
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 2-3 years work experience in business function (marketing, sales, PR)
- Event management experience at client or agency side
- Minimum 3 years of project management experience
- Strong communication skills in written and verbal English
Preferred Qualifications (PQs)
- Marketing Program management experience
- Digital and Content marketing knowledge
- Arabic fluent speaker
