BCD Meetings & Events: Attendee Engagement Lead
About Us: At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate, and change behavior for our customers. As the world's most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward.
Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 50+ countries across the world, BCD M&E's team of 1,500+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business, and ourselves.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Most importantly, we value our people and are committed to your success and continued growth. Learn more about us at bcdme.com/careers.
About the role: We're looking for Chicago-based outgoing, confident professionals with a keen eye-to-detail and strong project management abilities. Solid Excel skills and working 3 days out of our downtown Chicago office are MUSTs (other two days from home). Event industry-experience and/or Cvent skills are a plus... but if you have the soft skills above we can train you on the rest.
As part of an assigned event project team, you will work on all type of in-person, virtual events and hybrid events. Incentives, sales meetings, large user conferences... 200 - 5000+ attendees. In this role, you will lead the online registration process and strategies as well as ensure the timeliness and accuracy of all registration deliverables. Daily duties include providing customer service to our registrants, working in our registration database (Cvent), creating registration data reports, managing hotel room block and activity inventory and on occasion traveling onsite to support our in-person events. Great foot-in-the-door to the event industry!
This industry is not for the faint of heart so our company culture is focused on teamwork and collaboration for successful delivery. We are looking for individuals who embody and naturally promote that mindset.
As a Attendee Engagement Lead, you will: - Lead the online registration process for assigned events ensuring data integrity and reporting using event technology databases and Excel - Handle attendee inquires via phone and email - Be an proactive, engaged and collaborative member of the assigned event team
You're good at: - Learning and optimizing the optimal attendee online registration experience - Using event technology tools and Excel - Collaborative, big picture and inclusive problem solving - Communicating... both in writing and verbal, with a variety of communication styles and can embrace ideas and opinions different that your own
You might also have: - Cvent or Cvent Flex hands on registration and reporting experience - Degree in Hospitality
You should know: - This role is hybrid and operates in-office in Chicago - Our standard working hours are 8:30 AM -5:30 PM with an hour break. - Covid vaccination might be required for this role.
How to apply: Click 'Apply Now' to be considered.
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