Special Events Strategist
| Company | University of Texas – Austin |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, TX, USA |
| Salary | $60000 – $60000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Master’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Master degree in business, education, counseling, or a related field. Substantial relevant work experience can substitute for Master’s degree.
- Extensive knowledge of employer relations in a higher education setting.
- Five years of professional experience in career management or a human resources role performing a variety of corporate recruiting activities.
- Demonstrated excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strong strategic planning and program implementation experiences.
- Prior client facing experience.
- Data analysis experience.
- Excellent teamwork/collaboration skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and editing ability.
- Advanced ability to work independently.
- Ability to take initiative on projects.
- Demonstrated experience leading large events, webinars, and programs with Microsoft Teams, Zoom and/or other remote communication technologies.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and implement large scale and custom recruiting programs/events for current McCombs students to engage with employers and alumni.
- Lead recruiting programs with a continual focus on innovation, ensuring smooth execution and outcomes.
- Create and manage employer communications and marketing to support recruiting programs, employer sign ups and training (if needed for virtual platform) as well as student sign-ups and training (coordinating with the career coaching team).
- Support employer engagement activities and recruiting events across all McCombs programs.
- Lead the logistical planning and execution of career engagement events, ensuring seamless coordination of all details.
- Strategize to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of events, and develop processes to streamline event setup, registration, employer outreach, and student participation tracking.
- Manage event logistics, including venue selection, vendor coordination, and scheduling.
- Oversee venue and catering arrangements, technology needs, and event materials.
- Ensure effective communication with stakeholders to deliver high-quality, well-organized events that meet engagement goals.
- Support the expansion of the experienced hire strategy across all McCombs programs.
- Manage and implement methods for collecting program feedback and lead outcome recaps for internal collaborating team members.
- Track engagement via the CRM database.
- Other duties and functions as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA degree.
- Prior master’s degree or career services experience at a top tier institution.
- Experience with MBA, MS and/or BBA career management or extensive business experience in fields and industries highly sought after by current business students.
- Experience interacting effectively with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and recruiters.
- Experience with 12Twenty, Symplicity, GradLeaders, Salesforce.