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Description

We are looking for a dynamic Event Manager for a contract opportunity. This role will provide maternity leave coverage, ensuring continuity and momentum across internal and external event initiatives. The focus is on day-to-day management, keeping projects on track, and serving as a steady, experienced resource for a highly tenured events team.

Role: Event Manager

Role type: W2 Contract

Start date: 1/12/26

Duration: Until early July

Hours per week: ~30, Pacific Time

Responsibilities:

+ Act as interim manager to ensure event planning and execution progress does not stall during leave coverage

+ Provide structure, prioritization, and accountability for ongoing internal and external event programs

+ Partner cross-functionally with teams and senior leadership to support broader marketing initiatives

+ Serve as a resource to the team by reinforcing processes, best practices, and available tools

+ Manage timelines, dependencies, and communication across multiple event workstreams

+ Support both internal-facing and externally visible events, balancing multiple stakeholder needs

Requirements

+ 5+ years of leadership experience

+ Proven experience as a Marketing Project Manager, Event Project Manager, or Event Manager

+ Comfortable stepping into a true people-management and coordination role, even with a senior team

+ Strong cross-functional communicator with experience supporting marketing, brand, and leadership teams

+ Background in professional services or similarly structured organizations preferred

+ Calm, organized, and adaptable, especially in environments that have experienced recent change

+ Project management tools- they use Wrike, open to others like Trello, Monday, etc.

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