Manager of Sponsorships and Events

The Opportunity

The Manager of Sponsor ships and Events will be a member of the team that grows revenue and executes NCTE’s national, local, and online events. NCTE events create inspiring and memorable learning opportunities for literacy educators, and this position will advance them. This opportunity is ideal for a meeting planner who thrives in building and executing plans with a small, efficient team.

This role will contribute to various aspects of NCTE’s meetings with a focus on sponsorship, including the Annual Convention (with over 7,000 attendees), the Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention, NCTE partner conferences, and four to five affiliated meetings throughout the year. The position will also execute online events to build exceptional event experiences and drive continuous enhancement in NCTE’s digital offerings.

SPECIFIC

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

The Manager of Sponsor ships and Events oversees the successful planning and execution of exhibits and sponsorship across all NCTE events, creating high-quality exhibitor and attendee experiences. This role works closely with NCTE’s sales team, internal stakeholders, and contractors to ensure flawless execution of all aspects of the sponsorship program.

Duties include:

• Managing sponsorship and exhibits revenue, securing opportunities, tracking and reporting on budgets, reconciling sales reporting, and coordinating fulfillment to ensure sponsor satisfaction.
• Managing the General Services Contractor, exhibit hall floor plans, developing exhibitor service manuals and rules, and overseeing the creation of onsite signage and structures.
• Collaborating with the sales team to create the exhibit and sponsorship prospectus, bringing new ideas that deliver revenue through high-value exposure opportunities.
• Fostering relationships with exhibitors and sponsors as the main point of contact, creating and executing comprehensive communication plans, ROI reporting, and feedback loops through surveys and post-conference debriefs.

As part of building strong relationships with NCTE’s sponsors, this role is responsible for the execution and fulfillment of ads sold for the NCTE website, journals programs, and emails.

Duties include:

• Coordinating the creation of the advertising prospectus with NCTE’s sales team, including proposing potential opportunities and packages to attract sponsors.
• Working with NCTE’s journals, marketing department, and convention program manager to ensure proper placement and execution of ads sold.
• Maintaining tracking of ad sizing, deadlines, placement, and results through circulation/click rates.

This role will work closely with the events team on the planning and execution of NCTE events to continuously exceed attendee expectations.

Duties include:

• Partnering with colleagues to execute logistical aspects including exhibitor registration, exhibitor housing blocks, speaker support, updating exhibitor floor plans and print materials, and more.
• Working with the Director of Events on sourcing and vendor selection, food and beverage orders, audio visual requirements, room sets, budgets, event promotion and event work plans.
• Managing coordination of show freight and vendor shipping and coordinating all sponsored events onsite.

The Manager of Sponsorship and Events will serve as the primary producer of online events, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure flawless execution.

Duties include:

• Creating event standards and implementing new ideas/protocols that consistently build on a premium attendee experience.
• Collaborating interdepartmentally and with speakers and sponsors to coordinate all stages of preparation through execution for online events.
• Ensuring adherence to event policies to uphold quality experiences.

• Ability to help develop new events and concepts for members of NCTE’s community to engage with.
• Ability to work outside of traditional work hours to support project deliverables and database activities. To ensure…