Job Description

Plusgrade powers the global travel industry with its portfolio of leading ancillary revenue solutions. Over 200 airline, hospitality, cruise, passenger rail, and financial services companies trust Plusgrade to create new, meaningful revenue streams through incredible customer experiences. As an ancillary revenue powerhouse, Plusgrade has generated billions of dollars in new revenue opportunities across its platform for its partners, while creating enhanced travel experiences for millions of their passengers and guests. Plusgrade was founded in 2009 with headquarters in Montreal and has offices around the world.


As the Events Specialist for the Brand & Communications team you will be responsible for supporting our mission to tell the stories that make it clear that we are the global powerhouse in ancillary revenue through conferences and events.


An exceptionally organized human, you take pleasure in wrangling a group of people and hosting fantastic events that find the right balance between useful content and fulfilling social engagement. You have a passion for project management, and will coordinate our attendance at conferences across the globe, enabling us to connect with our existing partners and prospective partners.


WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:
Reporting to the Brand and Content Manager, you will:

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  Execute our global conference sponsorship plans, including liaising with conference vendors, ensuring contracts are signed and invoices are paid, facilitating attendance and events for internal teams, and producing conference wrap-up reports. Our conferences and events span the globe, including events in APAC, Latin America, Europe and North America.
• Lead the charge for our company-hosted partner events, sourcing venues and vendors, managing attendance lists/invites for internal and external guests, ensuring the events are executed beautifully, and tracking feedback on events to implement improvements for the future.
• Work closely with the Creative team to brief in content for conferences and events, giving guidance on content direction for emails, booths, handouts, whitepapers, ads, conference swag, and more!
• Research and recommend new conference and event opportunities, bringing forward ideas to drive our business forward and gain further exposure in the industry and business community.
• Be responsible for our team budget, requesting POs, submitting invoices, tracking our spending, and working with the Director of Brand & Communications to ensure we are on track.

YOU ARE SOMEONE WITH:

• About 2 years of experience in event planning, project coordination, communications/PR, marketing, or similar.
• Experience managing multiple projects at the same time.
• Extremely organized, methodical and detail-oriented, and adaptable to change.
• Excellent communication skills, comfortable communicating with people across all levels of our business.
• You demonstrate initiative and quick thinking to provide timely solutions.
• Experience in loyalty, travel, or tech is a bonus!

WHAT YOU\xe2\x80\x99LL LOVE ABOUT US:
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\\uD83C\\uDFE5 Comprehensive Health Plans
\\uD83D\\uDCC5 Unlimited Vacation/PTO
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\\uD83E\\uDDD8 Annual Wellness Credit
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OUR PROCESS:
Plusgrade is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by law. Upon request we will provide accommodation for applicants with disabilities.


We believe in diversity and inclusivity and that is why our interview process is designed for a positive candidate experience and to ensure every candidate is evaluated equally. All applications will be reviewed from our Talent Team and the successful candidate(s) will go through the following recruitment process:

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  Recruiter Phone Interview
• Hiring Manager Interview
• Take-home Assessment or remote coding exercise (if applicable)
• Team Interview

All candidates will be provided with feedback regardless if they pass or didn\xe2\x80\x99t pass any of our interview stages. All your information will be kept confidential.