Event and Partnership Lead

Ethos Urban is a multi-disciplinary business that brings together planning, urban design, property economics, social strategy, community engagement and project management.

We focus on bringing together the collective intelligence of our different people to help deliver better solutions to complex problems, and ultimately achieve better urban outcomes for our community. Our towns and cities are always changing and we know this creates choices that can make a difference to the quality of our urban living.

For over 25 years our people have worked in partnership with the public and private sectors to provide them with the momentum to realise their ambitions for better places, communities and cities.

About the role

In this role, you’ll be responsible for planning, managing and delivering a diverse range of sponsorship, partnership and client events across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane (with occasional travel involved).

The Events & Partnerships Lead reports to the Head of Marketing and Communications and plays an important role in driving brand awareness, thought leadership of our people and projects and business growth for Ethos Urban.

Key responsibilities

• Strategic Event Management:  Oversee and deliver Ethos Urban's annual corporate sponsorship and partnership events program. You will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of these event types and, where applicable, ensuring each event aligns with contract requirements and maximises its impact on brand awareness and communication goals.
• Client-Centric Approach:  Constantly evaluate how partnership and client events can generate valuable leads and enhance brand awareness. Track, report (debrief) and record event outcomes, including key learnings, insights, client attendance quality and recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Leveraging Partnerships:  Deepen your understanding of Ethos Urban's existing committee, membership and partnership portfolio (PCA, PIA, UDIA, ULI, etc.).
• Content Creation and Digital Strategy:  You will collaborate with the Marketing and Communications Specialist to develop, maximise and create content opportunities from our events.
• Event Operations Expertise:  Oversee all logistical aspects of special corporate events, including venue selection, catering arrangements, event branding and attendee experience management.
• Financial Management:  Co-create and manage event budgets in collaboration with the team.
• Teamwork and Collaboration:  You are part of a small team, offering support to each other on the broader marketing and communications activities as needed.

We are looking for an experienced Events and Partnership Coordinator who has:

• A minimum of 4+ years' event experience. Experience in professional services, property development, architectural sectors or large corporate environments will be highly regarded.
• Demonstrated experience managing and delivering multiple and/or concurrent events from end-to-end including budget, stakeholder and event supplier management with the ability to define and link activities, responsibilities and deadlines.
• Excellent writing, oral and interpersonal communication skills to assist with event content and influence stakeholders. Qualifications in public relations or similar will be highly regarded.
• Strong administrative background:  Knowledge of CRM and event, marketing automation software will be highly advantageous.
• Experience with running virtual events, such as webinars, hybrid events, LinkedIn Live with be an advantage.
• An optimistic and calm under pressure approach - be able to maintain composure during event delivery.
• Creative thinker with a flair for event design and concepts.

Why work with us?

The business of creating a better urban experience is a complex one. It requires patience, diligence, intelligence and perhaps most importantly, a passion for making a difference to our experience of urban life.

What we do and the way that we do it is unique. We view each project as a complex puzzle that requires different perspectives and alternative angles to solve it. At Ethos Urban, no one individual ever has the answer. It’s only when we bring people with different specialisations from different teams that we can see the full picture and then the way forward. We call it collective intelligence.

We continue to hire great people with a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. We encourage applicants from any background to apply to join Ethos Urban!

We back our people: We are proponents of flexible work, we provide generous leave provisions including purchased leave (up to 4 weeks annually in addition to your standard 4), 18 weeks paid parental leave regardless of your parental definition, paid study leave & access to transitional coaching. In addition, we cover your industry memberships, we provide access to an array of great learning and personal development initiatives and incredible career pathways. For more please visit our website.

We have adopted the globally recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our ESG framework. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) is a clearly defined pathway to improving our world, and how business can align its goals and actions to help us all collectively get there.

Why not take a moment to hear from some of our people why they think Ethos Urban such a great place to work https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=uE-IrFb43sY

How to apply

Interested in joining our team?   You can apply by clicking on the “Apply” button.