Corporate Events Manager Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Corporate Events & Experiences

• Own end-to-end planning and execution of Harrison Street's corporate events and experiences across North America, from initial concept through on-site execution and follow-up.
• Plan and execute firmwide employee events and experiences, including town halls, offsites, celebrations, social programming and other culture-building events.
• Partner closely with the Global Chief People Officer to develop events and experiences that support firm priorities, relationships and culture.
• Bring fresh concepts and creative ideas to events, with a focus on evolving and improving recurring experiences over time.
• Curate all aspects of the experience, including venues, hospitality, programming, food and beverage, entertainment, gifting, branded materials and other touchpoints.
• Oversee employee-facing branded materials, swag and gifting programs, ensuring they are thoughtful, elevated and consistent with the Harrison Street brand.
• Manage high-profile, confidential and time-sensitive events and initiatives with discretion and sound judgment.
• Ensure seamless execution and a consistently high-touch experience for employees, clients, executives and guests.
• Stay current on emerging event, hospitality and experiential trends and bring relevant ideas and best practices to Harrison Street.

Annual Events Calendar & Talent & Culture Partnership

• Own and maintain the firmwide annual events calendar, bringing together corporate, employee and other relevant events across Harrison Street.
• Meet with Talent & Culture subcommittees as part of the annual planning process to understand their proposed events, timing and objectives.
• Provide event-planning expertise, guidance and recommendations to subcommittees as they develop annual programming, while subcommittees retain responsibility for owning and executing their respective events unless otherwise agreed.
• Bring a firmwide perspective to the calendar, identifying scheduling conflicts, gaps, duplication and opportunities to better coordinate programming across groups
• Help create a thoughtful cadence and mix of events and experiences throughout the year
• Serve as a resource to Talent & Culture committees on event concepts, venues, vendors, budgets and planning best practices

Event Operations & Vendor Management

• Own event budgets, timelines, logistics and execution plans with a strong focus on quality, efficiency and cost management.
• Source, evaluate and manage venues, agencies and vendors across North America; negotiate contracts and pricing as appropriate.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with preferred venues and vendors.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate vendors, leverage firmwide relationships and drive efficiencies.
• Develop scalable event-planning processes, tools, templates and best practices to support consistent execution.
• Track event feedback and conduct post-event reviews to identify learnings and improve future programming.

• 5-8+ years of progressive experience in corporate event planning, experiential events, hospitality or a related field, preferably in a high-touch professional services, financial services or client-service environment.
• Demonstrated ability to independently own complex events from initial concept through execution.
• Experience working directly with executive-level stakeholders and managing high-visibility events and experiences.
• Proven ability to manage multiple events, timelines and priorities simultaneously with exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong project management, organizational and follow-through skills.
• Strong creative instincts paired with practical, disciplined execution.
• Experience managing event budgets, vendor relationships and contract negotiations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across an organization and with external partners.

• High level of discretion, judgment and professionalism.
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed throughout North America to support key events and on-site execution.
• Flexibility to support events outside of standard business hours, including evenings and occasional weekends.

Key Attributes

• Strong taste, aesthetic judgment and attention to detail.
• Creative thinker who brings original ideas and a clear point of view.
• Thinks like a host, not simply an organizer.
• Anticipates needs and thinks several steps ahead.
• Balances creativity with budgets, timelines and practical execution.
• Calm under pressure and solutions-focused.
• Polished, professional and comfortable working with senior stakeholders.
• Proactive, resourceful, accountable and able to operate independently.

Why This Role Matters

• Opportunity to own and shape Harrison Street's corporate events and experiences program across North America.
• Broad exposure across employee, client and executive experiences.
• High degree of ownership and creative autonomy.
• Opportunity to strengthen how Harrison Street brings its culture, relationships and brand to life through experiences.