Manages attendee registration and experience across program planning, execution, and follow-up. Responsibilities include maintaining registration data, producing reports and manifests, coordinating websites, travel, hotel room blocks, print materials, budgets, invoices, and client communications. Leads registration teams, supports on-site execution, ensures timely deliverables, interprets contract terms, and drives process improvements while collaborating with clients, suppliers, and internal program partners.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
The Registration Manager is responsible for communicating with program attendees and managing the overall success of the attendee experience. This role is critical in supporting multiple elements of pre-planning, execution, and post-program responsibilities while partnering with the internal team. Additionally, the RM collaborates with the client, supplier partners, and internal team members related to each program.
This position is 3 days remote, with 2 days in office per week - this applies to either location, Appleton or Schaumburg.
Client:
- Understand client/attendee interests, issues, expectations, and priorities
- Adheres to Creative Group policies regarding appropriate and professional client/attendee interaction
- Participates and consults during client discovery meetings and collaborates with the Program Manager and Web Project Specialist to translate specific client needs into registration requirements
- Actively participates in ongoing client planning calls by contributing to registration discussions
Registration Operations:
- Manages registration database to maintain data integrity
- Produces and maintains reports and manifests as needed, with an understanding of how this data affects the program integrity
- Collaborates closely with Program Manager and other internal team members to ensure data is continually aligned with program needs
- Works in partnership with internal departments to manage program deliverables pertaining to Web Project Specialist website build and Travel Services airline ticketing
- Partners with Project/Program Manager to provide personalized print materials based on registration data
- Manages on-site attendee experience if on-site for program execution
- Interacts directly with attendees on program-related inquiries contributing to the overall positive attendee experience
- Acts as main contact for hotel room requirements and manages all aspects of hotel room block including attrition deadlines, special requests, etc.
- Creates timelines for tasks specific to registration in collaboration with the Program Manager
- Ensures quality, synchronicity, and on-time delivery of all program deliverables
Financial Management:
- Is able to interpret and manage contract terms related to aspects of the program design (i.e. transportation, attrition, activities, etc.)
- Works in tandem with the Program Manager on budget and scoping management as it pertains to registration
- Reconciles final hotel room invoice and any other suppliers worked with directly
- Understands labor hours as it relates to program profitability
Leadership:
- Be a sought-after partner by building trust with clients, attendees, internal team, and external partners
- Leads internal registration teams
- Leads, guides, and consults internal partners on discussions related to registration
- Strives to develop process efficiencies
- Builds strong working relationships with internal and external team members
- Seeks opportunities for growth and development
- May onboard new hires to ensure that standard SOPs are followed
- Seek feedback, absorb, and act in the spirit of continuous personal development
- Gathers, shares, and applies learnings for continuous process improvement
- Can adapt and work successfully with any client, partner, and program
Performs other duties as assigned.
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