Manager – Client Events
Latham & Watkins
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $140,000 - $155,000 per year
About the role
- Planning, managing, and executing client-facing events and experiential opportunities
- Owning and leading the end-to-end strategic planning, execution, and evaluation of a portfolio of client events, including seminars, conferences, sponsorships, and hospitality experiences
- Acting as a strategic advisor to partners and senior stakeholders on event strategy, format, audience targeting, and execution
- Partnering with Business Development colleagues to understand strategic objectives across practices, industries, and markets, and curating event strategies that align with those goals
- Providing senior-level oversight of event logistics and execution during the planning process and on-site, proactively identifying and resolving risks or issues
- Leading event budgeting and financial oversight, including budget development, spend tracking, vendor negotiations, and post-event return on investment (ROI) reporting
- Partnering with Business Development, Brand & Communications, and other internal teams to ensure consistent branding and integrated communications
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- An events qualification, preferably
- A minimum of six (6) years of experience in a law firm or other professional services environment, preferably
- A minimum of seven (7) years of cumulative experience
Benefits
- Healthcare, life and disability insurance
- A generous 401k plan
- At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
- Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
- Professional development programs
- Employee discounts
- Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
event planningevent executionbudget developmentvendor negotiationsROI reportingrisk managementaudience targetingstrategic planninglogistics managementfinancial oversight
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic advisingcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationorganizational skillsstakeholder managementproactive identification of issuesclient-facing skillsteamwork
Certifications
events qualificationbachelor's degree