Event Planner (Finance)

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WTFC.”

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
• Family-friendly work hours
• With 200+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career
• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• Building an agile, world-class team structured with a Fintech startup mindset.
• Opportunity for digital savvy and entrepreneurial marketers to make big impacts
• Close, collaborative culture that celebrates diverse backgrounds, thinking, and ideas.

What You'll Do

The Event Planner is accountable for successful planning and execution of corporate events, meetings and conferences, including pre-event marketing and post-event follow up.  A positive, sleeves-rolled-up leader who thrives on navigating this rapidly evolving space. Candidate takes pride in their work and meets every deadline. Candidate is passionate about creative collaboration, brand building, and brand application through event marketing. Enthusiastic collaborator with exceptional communication skills.

• Plan and lead large-scale live events and conferences with multiple agency, vendor, and client involvement
• Manage and maintain annual event, conferences and meetings budget of $500,000
• Maintain a database of invitees and attendees to events annually averaging 5,000 people
• Create program development plan, including strategy to attract attendees, key dates and implementation to assure informative and interesting programs
• Work cross-functionally with C-Level Executives, creative team, digital team, data team and stakeholders within the organization to create accountability practices, maximize strategic planning and asset development
• Use innovative marketing strategies to create and execute integrated marketing plans to promote events, utilizing a diverse marketing mix of digital and traditional channels
• Develop and manage expectations of timelines to ensure deliverables and projects remain on track with stakeholders across the organization
• Source and research locations and destinations for local and out of town events, conferences and meetings

Qualifications/Skills/Background

• 3 to 5 years in event, meeting and/or conference programming
• Experience with event software, including Whova, Social Tables, Spotify and Eventbrite
• Ability to see the big picture, determine appropriate course of action, delegate to the right people and allocate resources to deliver effective, high quality event execution
• Experience with large, multi-day/multi-track meetings, conference programs and/or events
• Good multi-project management, prioritization, time management capacity
• Travel locally and out of town for assigned events, meetings and conferences
• Ability to work non-traditional business hours, including before work, evenings, weekends, holiday in and out of town
• Bachelor's degree in hospitality, marketing, communications, event management or a related field or equivalent experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $59,000 - $70,000 along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate's qualifications, skills and experience

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From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life.  To build a company that reflects the communities we serve, we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success.  Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.