Senior Manager, Events

About the Company

Trunk Club (trunkclub.com) was started to solve a simple problem – shopping for clothes in stores or online just doesn’t work for most people. It’s overwhelming, inconvenient, and takes way too much time. With Trunk Club, men and women discover awesome clothes that are perfect for them without ever having to go shopping. We combine top brands, expert service, and unparalleled convenience to deliver a highly personalized experience that helps people look their best and saves them time.
We start by scouring the planet for the very best in men’s and women’s apparel, curating an ever-evolving assortment of pieces from our favorite designers. With the best inventory anywhere as our point of departure, an expert on our team hand-selects a trunk of items based on each customer’s needs and tastes. They keep what they love and send the rest right back to us. In addition to this, we offer a custom clothing program in which clients can create outfits from scratch. Since the garments are custom-made to members’ specifications, you can design exactly what you want, as opposed to settling for something you almost love.

Our team is based in Chicago, Washington, DC, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Charleston, & Boston. We have grown from four to over 1,100 since starting out in December 2009. We're actively looking to find amazing people to join our team. Are you interested?

ABOUT THE ROLE

Trunk Club is expanding its in-house agency to incorporate special events as a means to engage various audiences in-person and strengthen relationships with the Trunk Club brand. We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and visionary Senior Manager of Events to lead the events function and team.
Trunk Club produces and hosts a variety of event experiences for audiences to engage, interact and experience the unique services Trunk Club offers. Events range from local Clubhouse relationship building to external facing branding/networking events that position Trunk Club to grow its customer base and build brand trial, preference and loyalty. This person will possess multi-faceted event planning experience, as well as leadership and strategic planning to increase the innovation and impact the overall events function makes on the business. Additionally, the successful candidate will be able to direct, develop and motivate the team of event planners to elevate their overall contribution & success to the events function. Prior experience developing and executing a multi-faced events strategy, independently planning/activating successful events and managing/leading a team is a must.

What you’d work on:

• Develop event strategies that support the various in-person Trunk Club experiences for our consumer and corporate clients
• Creation of outbound event marketing program to position Trunk Club’s unique Clubhouses as sought-after locations to hose various types of events
• Day-to-day management of team of event planners with varying levels of skills and experience. This includes fostering an empowering and autonomous environment for events team members to take ownership
• Work cross functionally to lead discovery and brainstorming sessions with internal/external clients; develop event strategies and solutions that accomplish goals/objectives
• Ensure all events are “on brand” and comply with Trunk Club’s brand standards and positioning Trunk Club as an approachable, helpful solution for personal styling, as well as an industry leader
• Plan and execute a calendar of independently managed events in addition to team management responsibilities
• Work collaboratively with Creative Services team, recommend and provide creative direction for Trunk Club branding at events
• Secure agencies, production companies, destination management companies and other outsourced vendors, as needed
• Rigorous management of event budgets and expense forecasting to ensure all events are executed within assigned budgets
• Vendor and venue management to include strategic and opportunistic contract negotiation to secure best pricing for current and future needs
• Ability to interface and lead discussions and communications with various levels of internal clients from the C-level down

What your background might look like:

• 10+ years of strategic event management experience within an in-house corporate or agency environment with wide-ranging event planning/management
• 5+ years management experience leading a high-performing team comprised of individuals with varied levels of experience and expertise. This includes building a collaborative team culture, fostering and empowering an autonomous environment for team members to feel supported
• Onsite management of meeting/events, must be capable of making on the spot, sound decisions for which there are no written procedures
• Conceptual, high-performing individual with tremendous passion for the events/meeting planning industry including the ability to identify trends, provide fresh ideas, take risk & challenge the status quo
• Proven ability to accurately plan, forecast and manage budgets, as well as act in the best interest of the business
• Create vision with ability to articulate and direct creative development to in-house creative team and/or external agencies/vendors
• Excellent work ethic and a positive, can-do attitude to succeed; manage by example to inspire/motivate others to perform to the best of their capabilities
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products as well as meeting & event planning solutions (ie: CVent, EventBrite, etc)
• Ability to travel to events, site inspections, pre-con meetings, etc. Some weekend work may be required