• Event Marketing Manager

    Vanguard (Malvern, PA)


    Vanguard Workplace Solutions uniquely brings the best of Vanguard to support participants' diverse needs, delivering a range of products and services to help them achieve full financial well-being for life. This comprehensive financial well-being offer provides participants with enduring investments, personalized wellness experiences, and high-value advice.

     

    Are you passionate about creating impactful events and driving marketing strategies? Vanguard's Workplace Solutions group is seeking an experienced Event Marketing Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to consult with senior staff leaders, execute large-scale enterprise-wide events, and continuously innovate our event planning processes. If you have a strong background in marketing or event planning and are ready to contribute to Vanguard's mission of supporting participants' diverse needs, we invite you to apply and be a part of our journey.

    This role:

    + Consults with senior staff leaders in one or more business areas to deliver top-quality and cost-effective meetings and events in line with business objectives and Vanguard's brand strategy.

    + Executes large-scale enterprise wide events and projects. Recommends and implements creative and innovative practices to continuously improve upon existing meeting and event planning processes. This role focuses on industry conference sponsorships, webinars, support for podcasts, and ad-hoc events as needed.

    + Develops and maintains broad knowledge and awareness of conference and event industry forces, competition, technology, and trends to act as a trusted advisor throughout the conference and event strategy.

    + Creates detailed plans consistent with marketing and business objectives, develops cost/benefit analyses, and leads continuous-improvement efforts.

    + Fosters effective communication and partnership with external partners. Liaises between internal and external partners as needed.

    + Participates in assessing team capacity and prioritizing requests. Engages in strategic competitive analysis. Manages risk and ensures compliance in partnership with senior leaders and other Vanguard crew.

    + Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

    + Limited travel as needed.

    Qualifications

    + Minimum of five years related work experience, with at least two years of marketing or event-planning experience.

    + Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Graduate degree preferred.

     

    This role is part of our hybrid work model with Tuesdays – Thursdays required in our offices to foster collaboration and relationships. On Mondays and Fridays, our crew will have the option to work remotely, or continue working from our offices in Malvern PA.

     

    Special Factors

     

    Sponsorship

     

    Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

     

    About Vanguard

     

    At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

     

    To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

     

    How We Work

     

    Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.