Qualcomm Marketing Event Specialist Staff 

United States, California, San Diego 

757313575

Job Responsibilities

• Serves as primary contact on key projects and is instrumental in understanding stakeholders’ visions for events that achieve goals & objectives

• Leverages expertise and demonstrates ability to meet and exceed stakeholders’ expectations

• Provides regular communication with project teams, both internal and external, and participates in and offers solutions during cross-functional meetings

• Collaborates with internal clients to develop scope, vision, budgets, product experiences, event plans, and execution of events

• Researches, negotiates, and contracts venues for events

• Creates menus and coordinates details of food and beverage

• Sources, negotiates, and manages vendors for staffing, décor, lighting, entertainment, AV, security, promotional items, signage, and transportation

• Responsible for all event financial tracking including budget development, iProc creation and follow-through, POs, invoicing, reporting, and project budget reconciliation

• Develops creative solutions and plans to implement best practices related to event management techniques while remaining consistent with organizational objectives

• Applies event experience and industry knowledge to provide guidance on methodology to be used for complex requests, challenges, and situations with stakeholders, partners, and vendors

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of Communications, Marketing, Event Planning or related work experience.

Associate's degree or equivalent degree and 6+ years of Communications, Marketing, Event Planning or related work experience.

High school Diploma or equivalent and 8+ years of Communications, Marketing, Event Planning or related work experience.

*Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Large-scale global events and tradeshow coordination

• Basic understanding of marketing principles and able to define objectives and strategies

• Strong strategic, planning and project maangement skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication and creative problem-solving skills

• Strong leadership skills

• Experience managing agencies and vendors

• Able to performs tasks without noticeable direction and assignments are self-initiated

• Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative management style, ensuring all team members are contributing to discussions

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies, selecting best practice methods and techniques for obtaining solutions

• Frequently interacts with employees, customers, agencies, and senior management

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Airtable, and Cvent

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range:

$105,000.00 - $158,000.00