Project Manager, Live Events

**Project Manager, Live Events**

**Location: Doha, Qatar**

**You Will**:

- Provide logístical support to the Dow Jones Live Events team to ensure effective and successful planning and delivery of events including webinars, exhibition builds, conferences, receptions and corporate brand events.
- Provide event day management including event set up and registration, attendee engagement and communication plans.
- Create and manage project plans for events.
- Support venue, excursion, and sponsor site visits.
- Work closely with local and international production and hospitality partners.
- Work closely with the team and facilitate communication between local partners and global stakeholders.
- Design presentations, briefing materials and project documentation for event-based projects to support the success of the team,
- Conduct industry and competitive research.
- Partner with marketing teams to manage the development and implementation of event marketing, providing recommendations and guidance on best practice, and to ensure that attendee records are properly recorded in the event software management system.
- Work closely with the team to support the financial workflow for events, including budgeting and reconciliation of production vendors and understanding of local taxes
- Assist with other meeting schedules, event-related correspondence, travel planning, and onsite participation at events.
- Lead specific projects in collaboration with broader team and stakeholders to ensure the content of events, and event experience, are in line with goals
- Provide project management support to the team on a daily and strategic basis.
- Act as confidant, sounding board and advisor to offer sound perspective and guidance.
- Partner cross-functionally with teams across Dow Jones.

**You Have**:

- This full-time position may work remotely from within the Doha area until the Dow Jones office in Doha opens officially, with occasional virtual meetings to correspond with US east coast working hours.
- Knowledge of regional events and experiential trends, venues and vendors ranging from hospitality to entertainment to AV.
- Conduit to the global events team on operations in Doha.
- Comfortable and confident when supporting members of the events team and sharing ideas and experiences.
- A positive, problem-solving attitude.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, along with strong interpersonal skills;
- Interest in experiential activations, production, event planning, and/or hospitality is a plus.
- Thrives in a team environment, and comfortable working autonomously
- A proactive team player, who will continuously build upon and share knowledge with the team;
- Strong multitasking, project management and time-management skills with the ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment;
- Challenge the standard thinking with new ideas, new approaches, and new solutions;
- Experience working cross-functionally and managing stakeholders at all different levels of the organization;
- Exceptional eye for detail.
- 7+ years of experience

Our Benefits:

- Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Plans
- Comprehensive Insurance Plans
- Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources
- Education Benefits
- Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
- Commuter Transit Program
- Subscription Discounts
- Employee Referral Program

\#LI - Hybrid

Business Area: Dow Jones - Luxury & Events

Job Category: Marketing & Product Management

Union Status:
Non-Union role

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world’s top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

Req ID: 47419