Events Manager – Seattle, WA

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SSA Marine is seeking an experienced Event Manager to lead our event strategy and execution across both in-person employee events and conferences, as well as third-party trade shows. This role will oversee the end-to-end planning, production, and management of events that strengthen SSA Marine’s brand presence and cultivate meaningful engagement with employees, customers, prospects, and partners.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and hands-on operator who can move seamlessly between high-level planning and tactical execution. You thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy cross-functional collaboration, and are passionate about creating experiences that inspire and connect.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Strategic Event Leadership: Develop and execute SSA Marine’s annual event strategy, ensuring alignment with business and marketing goals across tradeshows, conferences, executive events, and owned experiences.
• Event Planning & Execution: Lead all aspects of event management including venue selection, vendor negotiations, booth design, collateral, registration, sponsorships, travel, and logistics for both in-person and virtual formats.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with business and marketing teams to identify event opportunities that drive brand awareness, generate leads, and deepen customer relationships.
• Budget & ROI Management: Own the event budget from forecasting to reconciliation; track spend against performance and deliver ROI reporting.
• Brand Stewardship: Serve as an ambassador of SSA Marine’s vision and values, ensuring a consistent brand voice and experience across all events and touchpoints.
• Content Management: Work closely with the communications and business teams on the development of collateral and presentation materials associated with company events.
• Event Collateral: Coordinate the budget and inventory for promotional and logo items for general stock, trade shows, employee events, etc. Make recommendations on appropriate gift and promotional items as appropriate.
• Data & Insights: Deliver post-event reports with data-driven insights and recommendations to continuously optimize SSA Marine’s event strategy.
• As-Needed Event Support: As directed by company leadership, provide support and coordination for other corporate activities and events (holiday party, summer picnic, etc.)

• 5-7 years of event management experience.
• Demonstrated success executing and leading company presence at trade shows, as well as internal meetings or summits for up to 100 people.
• Strong project management skills, including a proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with exceptional organization, attention to detail, and creative problem-solving.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across functions and seniority levels.
• Experience managing budgets, negotiating vendor contracts, and delivering measurable business outcomes through events.
• A track record of being agile, adaptable, and comfortable managing change in situations with evolving priorities.
• Ability to establish objectives, set work priorities and consistently deliver results in the required quality, quantity and timeframes established.
• Experience in the maritime or logistics industries preferred but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications or a closely related field is preferred. In the absence of this, an equivalent combination of education and work experience is acceptable.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Must maintain a professional, positive and supportive manner at all times as a highly visible representative of the company.

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

Work environment:

• Required job duties are normally performed in a climate-controlled office environment in a hybrid work schedule.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Required travel up to 35% both domestic and internationally. Event season may require more.

SSA Marine is an Equal Opportunity Employer