Assistant Manager, Event Management

Location: Hong Kong

WHO ARE WE?

At the Hong Kong Tourism Board, we take great pride in helping people across the world fall in love with our home. There are many challenges, but we continue in earnest to revitalize and reshape the Hong Kong tourism brand and build sustainable growth for our city’s economy. To achieve our ambition, we are inviting passionate talents with a global mindset to join us at this incredible juncture, and work with a dynamic and fun team.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AND LEARN?

• Develop creative and innovative ideas for planning, organising and implementation of HKTB mega events
• Liaise and coordinate with in-house / external designers for development and production of marketing collaterals, advertisements, souvenir and merchandise development; monitor the work progress of and render supervision to all co-work parties including government departments, public bodies, service vendors and team members to ensure timely and quality execution and delivery of programme elements and draft progress reports as required
• Complete the sponsorship sales cycle from prospecting, proposal development, pitching, negotiation, deal closure, agreement preparation, entitlements delivery to sponsorship retention
• Work closely with internal departments and contractors to ensure seamless delivery of all sponsors benefits
• Source and identify service contractors and procure services required in accordance to the HKTB’s policy
• Negotiate, supervise and monitor service contractors to ensure quality and timely delivery of services required in accordance with the agreed scope of services
• Formulate service contracts / legal agreements / insurance with Event Management Companies / Contractors / Trade partners & Stakeholders in the best interest of HKTB
• Design operation plan and ensure strict adherence to the work schedule and proper delivery and implementation of events
• Administer all logistics and operational duties for the staging and execution of event components assigned to ensure smooth operation of such and in relation to all other event components
• Undertake any other duties/special assignments as directed by supervisors

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• University graduate preferably in tourism and marketing or related disciplines with minimum 5 years relevant experience in sales and marketing, preferably in corporate sponsorship, account serving and / or event management
• Good business acumen, with the ability to create proposals based on the needs of sponsors 
• Goal-driven, creative, and flexible to change
• A proactive, responsible, detail-minded and self-disciplined team player
• Resourceful and self-motivated, as well as excellent attention to detail
• Good analytical skill in resolving problems and delivering quality work under pressure, handle multi-tasks and meet tight deadlines 
• High proficiency in written and spoken English and Chinese
• Immediately available preferred