Event Operations Manager

Seamless management of all physical, hybrid and virtual elements (on-site production, speaker coordination, logistics management, vendor management, layout planning, recce, virtual event execution etc) for projects managed by Created Business (Redcell, Greycell, Greencell, Exhibitions, sports etc).

Campaign management – plan and execute marketing initiatives to promote various initiative and events executed by CB

Pre-empting crises and managing the same on the go

Prepare event / project costing

Management of vendors (event agencies– immediate and last-mile wherever required), other media,

Seamless coordination with internal stakeholders – Business Development teams, Creative, B&C, Finance, RAD etc.

Understanding of the events market and updating team on latest news in that space.

Process Purity – Ensure internal processes are adhered in letter and spirit

Liaising – Coordinate with external bodies (govt and non-governmental) for permissions depending upon type of event

Handle special assignments and projects as per organisational requirements

Requirements :

High passion towards events and activations – physical / digital / Phygital

Right attitude with ability to work with a highly cross-functional team

Willingness to roll up sleeves and get things done, systematic in approach, work on the ground with varied categories of people, eagerness to learn the unknown & attempt the unchartered

Experience in visualising events and translating them to on-ground / digital experiences

Ethically strong with good moral values

Ability and experience in managing multiple events parallely

Around 5-7 years’ experience in managing various kinds of physical, phygital and digital events – large format, activations, musical, conferences etc

Should have good contacts in the market w.r.t vendors especially

Experience in liaising with external agencies and various departments at the time of the event

Should speak, read and write Tamil and English (skills with more languages is a bonus)

Plausible candidate options are from :

Event management companies of repute, events / operations team members of media / Malls

Agencies who are into activations, organising music shows

Crew adept with TV production like reality shows etc

Production managers of movies (maybe)