Events & Partnerships Manager
6 days ago
Fort Worth
Job Description Sponsorship Application (Management) • Manage the end-to-end application process (for all application-related awards programs), ensuring timeline updates and follow-through, • Pull and update applications regularly to maintain accurate records, • Conduct applicant outreach to move applications toward completion, • Maintain and update the application tracker with progress notes and follow-up action items, • Track budget to actual on P&L and provide accurate cost projections and reconciliations, • Secure venues, vendors, and contracts to meet event needs and budgets, • Develop event timelines, schedules, and checklists, • Coordinate catering, A/V, décor, and logistical details, • Execute trade agreements secured for the events in our CRM system, • Ensure events align with brand standards and organizational goals, • Perform event set up, on-site logistics, and vendor coordination, • Manage registration, check-in, and track attendance via ticket sales platforms (e.g., Eventbrite), • Serve as the primary point of contact for staff, vendors, and participants during events, • Troubleshot issues quickly to ensure a seamless guest experience, • Tear down and storage of event materials, • Post-event analysis and adjustments for next year, if needed, • Reach out to local colleges to recruit interns to assist with events and projects Charity Partnerships (Management & Execution) • Work directly with the Publisher to identify the charities the company engages with each year, • Serve as the primary liaison with charity partners to manage ongoing relationships, • Maintain charity partnership calendars, deadlines, renewals, and deliverables to ensure commitments are met, • Coordinate and execute charity partnerships, including order placement of ads in our CRM, • Set up and manage seat/table allocations at charity partner events to make sure we have full attendance, • Ensure timely delivery of magazines and/or other materials to charity events (if applicable), • Oversee cross-channel campaigns that grow audience engagement and drive event attendance., • Attend select charity events to represent the company and onsite support if needed., • Communicate event details to staff and attendees Required: • 3+ years of successful event management, • Experience managing partnerships or sponsorships, • Exceptional organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, • Strong accountability and follow-through; delivers results consistently, • Excellent prioritization skills to balance competing deadlines and responsibilities, • Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, for internal and external actions, • Detail-oriented, with strong attention to logistics and process management, • Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal teams, vendors, and external partners, • Familiarity with tracking systems or project management tools, • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), G Suite As Events & Partnerships Manager, you’ll be a hands-on executor, shaping the future of our high-profile events and partnerships while ensuring operational excellence. Your work will have a direct impact on brand growth, revenue success, and community engagement throughout Fort Worth. Location: 6777 Camp Bowie Blvd, Suite #130, Fort Worth, TX Compensation: Salary $60,000 Benefits: • Group health insurance plan (subsidized partially by the company), • Discounted dental and vision coverage, • $25,000 company-paid term life policy, • 401(k) with matching (eligibility after 1 year), • PTO days, • 9.5 paid company holidays, • 4:30 pm Fridays Company DescriptionPanther City Media Group, L.P. is the parent company of Fort Worth Magazine and Fort Worth, Inc. magazine. Fort Worth Magazine, is a monthly lifestyle city magazine that for the last 25 years has been known as the authority on the city of Fort Worth, providing its readers with a monthly mix of lifestyle coverage and in-depth service journalism, covering the area’s social scene, arts, travel, restaurants and shopping. Fort Worth, Inc. is a quarterly lifestyle business magazine launched in 2015, targeted to business owners and top C-level management, across a broad range of businesses in the Greater Fort Worth area. Both publications are distributed via subscriptions and on the newsstand. Today the Panther City Media Group’s brands extend past the printed magazine to online, custom content, events and promotions.Panther City Media Group, L.P. is the parent company of Fort Worth Magazine and Fort Worth, Inc. magazine. Fort Worth Magazine, is a monthly lifestyle city magazine that for the last 25 years has been known as the authority on the city of Fort Worth, providing its readers with a monthly mix of lifestyle coverage and in-depth service journalism, covering the area’s social scene, arts, travel, restaurants and shopping. Fort Worth, Inc. is a quarterly lifestyle business magazine launched in 2015, targeted to business owners and top C-level management, across a broad range of businesses in the Greater Fort Worth area. Both publications are distributed via subscriptions and on the newsstand. Today the Panther City Media Group’s brands extend past the printed magazine to online, custom content, events and promotions.