Events Manager
Hamat Property Co
Total years of experience :17 years, 7 Months
Lead all event planning and production meetings and discussions.
Organize and lead collaboration with the Marketing Team on event concept, graphic design/production/printing, and event marketing.
Negotiate costs and services with vendors; book event space, arrange food and beverage, order all supplies/decorations, coordinate audiovisual equipment & operation, make travel arrangements.
Coordinate the logistics for shipping supplies and staff travel to the event location.
Secure volunteers; manage the staff and volunteers working at the event.
Work with venue to create/revise room layouts/seating arrangements for each event as necessary.
Manage on-site production and clean up for events as necessary.
Organize and manage the invitation, registration and attendee check-in processes.
Manage the follow-up with vendors, sponsors and staff members following each event.
Travelling to on-site inspections and project managing events
Managing operational and administrative functions to ensure specific projects are delivered efficiently.
Calculate events budgets and adjust when necessary.
Set, communicate and maintain timelines and priorities on every project.
Developed superior Service Level Agreement (SLA) and Process Flow Charts to organize workflow coming from and to the newly established Marketing Department in the bank, which helped greatly in setting expectations and time of campaign delivery
Developed, composed and launched social media campaigns depending on the overall bank reach and positioning objectives
Managed social media reach, presence and engagement across key platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Delivered social media reports based on current engagement rates and conversion ratios and proposed ways to improve
Planned and managed the execution of internal and external key events and campaigns with a team of 4 marketing managers and executives across 5+ 3d party agencies
Established and maintained supplier relationships that resulted in more than 30% cost saving for the department
Managed contracts and agreements with SAIB business clients and reviewing invoices while conducting business analysis on the relationship levels and ways of retention
Managed marketing BTL (Below The Line) inventory and maintained a log of all SAIB available marketing activities
Managed Corporate Gift items including Proposing of items, stock control, dispatching and ordering of items by the requestors, using the Events and Gifts portal Coordinate with printing press to ensure getting the best prices for SAIB on all re-printing jobs and provide cost savings reports
Successfully launched SABB Fun day 2013 & 2014 events singlehandedly that was attended by 1200 employees kingdom-wide while ensuring adherence of agencies to project timelines
Successfully launched Real Estate Exhibition 2012, 2013 and 2014 stands that was the center of attention to many visitors to promote home finance, personal finance, credit cards and other bank products
Launched an internal SABB Fun Day 2013 & 2014 events that was successful in engaging employees with vendors and suppliers, in turn improved relationship between bank and third parties
Launched the Economist Roadshow 2013 & 2014 events for two consecutive years that included an attendance of more than 1, 000+ employees
Supervised and monitored the work of the merchandising agency to ensure meeting service level agreement and adherence to SABB policies
Defined requirements based on a business brief and developed event plans with deliverables and a high level project timing table
Searched and maintained supplier relationships that resulted in more than 30% cost saving for the department
Supervised the implementation and delivery for all suppliers and agencies with regards to the marketing activity
Implemented and managed the “vendor management program” including risk assessment, selection process, contract structure and review, and oversight of vendor
Manage kingdom-wide branches & ATM’s requests in terms of Marketing material and ensure on-time delivery while keeping quality intact
Assisted in the process of management, planning process, monitoring, control and preparation of budget & expenditures of Marketing Department
Major: Programming
