Senior Manager, Event Operations and Experience

About EAB

At EAB , our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement, and the workplace.

Seramount , (part of EAB) is a global talent services firm that helps HR leaders prepare for the workplace of tomorrow. We have over four decades of experience creating employee-centric strategies that align with business outcomes for our 600 partner organizations. By combining data-driven insights, expert research, advisory services, and innovative technology, we help unlock what’s possible with a truly engaged workforce.

At EAB and Seramount, we serve not only our partner institutions and organizations but each other—that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.

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The Role in Brief:

Senior Manager, Event Operations and Experience

The Senior Manager, Event Operations and Experience leads the commercial activation and execution coordination required to make Seramount’s large sponsored conferences successful. This role translates large sponsored conference strategy into integrated marketing plans, attendee acquisition efforts, sponsor deliverables, sales enablement materials, event assets, and cross-functional project execution.

This role is responsible for ensuring large sponsored conferences are marketed effectively, sponsorship commitments are fulfilled with a high level of quality and professionalism, and all event workstreams are coordinated with strong visibility, accountability, and deadline discipline.

The Senior Manager also establishes scalable processes and standards to improve consistency and performance across large sponsored conferences.

This role may be based in Washington, D.C. or Richmond, VA. This position is also open to remote candidates within the continental United States.

Key Responsibilities

Large Sponsored Conference Marketing Strategy and Execution

Lead development and execution of large sponsored conference marketing plans aligned to revenue goals, audience targets, and event positioning

Build and manage integrated marketing timelines across web, email, sales enablement, and promotional channels

Oversee development of promotional copy, creative direction, web updates, and attendee-facing messaging to ensure clarity and consistency

Monitor performance and adjust tactics to improve conversion and registration pacing

Conference Attendee Acquisition and Performance Management

Oversee marketing campaigns, urgency moments, and conversion-focused tactics

Track registration pacing against targets and recommend adjustments

Develop and refine sales enablement materials, including key selling points, agenda highlights, speaker positioning, and audience value propositions

Sponsorship Execution and Fulfillment

Own end-to-end sponsorship execution, ensuring all contractual deliverables are fulfilled accurately and on time

Establish and manage sponsor communication plans, timelines, and expectations

Oversee coordination of sponsor assets, branding, signage, recognition, and session obligations

Lead development of sponsor-facing post-event reports and impact summaries

Large Sponsored Conference Materials and Experience Alignment

Oversee development and coordination of event materials, including signage, agendas, sponsor assets, digital materials, and attendee-facing collateral

Ensure consistency across large sponsored conference branding, messaging, and experience

Maintain quality standards for all event-facing assets

Project Leadership and Cross-Functional Coordination

Lead project planning, tracking, and execution across large sponsored conference marketing and sponsorship workstreams

Establish and maintain project plans, timelines, and status reporting for key stakeholders

Facilitate cross-functional coordination, ensuring alignment across marketing, sales, program design, and operations

Basic Qualifications

3+ years of post-graduate professional experience in a corporate setting

Experience in event marketing, sponsorship management, or event operations

Strong project leadership and ability to manage complex, cross-functional initiatives

Excellent writing, messaging, and asset development skills

Ability to manage sponsor relationships and deliver high-quality execution

Proven ability to build processes, improve workflows, and drive operational consistency

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Ideal Qualifications

Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB’s mission, values, and aspiration.

If you’ve reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other’s unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.

Compensation:

The anticipated starting salary (base) range for this role is $58,500 - $80,000 per year. Actual salary varies due to factors that may include but not be limited to relevant experience, skills, and location. At EAB, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the starting salary range for their role.

This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionary bonus or incentive compensation. Variable compensation may depend on various factors, such as individual and organizational performance.

Benefits:

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package. Our benefits currently include:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; dependents and domestic partners eligible

20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm and floating holidays

Daytime leave policy for community service and flextime for fitness activities (up to 10 hours per month each)

401(k) retirement savings plan with annual discretionary company matching contribution

Health savings account, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account, and pre-tax commu