Marketing Event Specialist - CONTRACT
24 Seven Talent, Minnetonka, MN, United States
Our client is seeking a highly organized and execution-focused
Sr. Events Marketing Specialist
to join the Optum Financial B2B marketing team. In this freelance role, you will support the successful delivery of employer and payer conferences, sponsorship activations, executive forums, and hosted experiences. Working closely with the Marketing Engagement Lead, you will help bring event strategies to life through strong coordination, timeline management, and seamless logistical execution.
This position is ideal for a marketing professional who thrives in fast-moving environments, understands the details required to execute large-scale events, and can confidently manage multiple stakeholders, vendors, and deliverables at once.
Key Responsibilities
• Support execution of employer and payer events, including conferences, sponsorship activations, and executive forums/experiences • Maintain workback schedules, project timelines, and day-to-day status tracking to ensure milestones are met • Coordinate event logistics and vendor requirements, including booth readiness, shipping and returns, fulfillment, and materials management • Track sponsorship fulfillment details such as exhibitor deadlines, required specifications, and asset delivery timelines • Act as the day-to-day point of coordination for Sales on assigned events, addressing logistics questions and attendee readiness needs • Assist with speaker and executive logistics for speaking engagements, roundtables, forums, and hosted events • Support attendee readiness communications and onsite coordination, including pre-event logistics and post-event shipment follow-up • Coordinate post-event closeout activities and ensure smooth handoffs for follow-up actions and internal reporting • Operate within UHG event governance requirements, including documentation, approvals, and internal process coordination
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience executing large-scale or national industry conferences and sponsorship activations. You are comfortable managing booth programs, exhibitor deliverables, logistics, and complex coordination across multiple internal and external partners. You are known for your project management strengths, attention to detail, and ability to keep moving parts organized under tight timelines.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting B2B marketing events, conferences, and sponsorship activations • Strong project management and organizational skills • Experience coordinating with vendors, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams • Ability to manage deadlines, logistics, and deliverables across multiple concurrent events • Strong communication skills with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach • Familiarity with executive event support and attendee experience coordination is a plus
Sr. Events Marketing Specialist
to join the Optum Financial B2B marketing team. In this freelance role, you will support the successful delivery of employer and payer conferences, sponsorship activations, executive forums, and hosted experiences. Working closely with the Marketing Engagement Lead, you will help bring event strategies to life through strong coordination, timeline management, and seamless logistical execution.
This position is ideal for a marketing professional who thrives in fast-moving environments, understands the details required to execute large-scale events, and can confidently manage multiple stakeholders, vendors, and deliverables at once.
Key Responsibilities
• Support execution of employer and payer events, including conferences, sponsorship activations, and executive forums/experiences • Maintain workback schedules, project timelines, and day-to-day status tracking to ensure milestones are met • Coordinate event logistics and vendor requirements, including booth readiness, shipping and returns, fulfillment, and materials management • Track sponsorship fulfillment details such as exhibitor deadlines, required specifications, and asset delivery timelines • Act as the day-to-day point of coordination for Sales on assigned events, addressing logistics questions and attendee readiness needs • Assist with speaker and executive logistics for speaking engagements, roundtables, forums, and hosted events • Support attendee readiness communications and onsite coordination, including pre-event logistics and post-event shipment follow-up • Coordinate post-event closeout activities and ensure smooth handoffs for follow-up actions and internal reporting • Operate within UHG event governance requirements, including documentation, approvals, and internal process coordination
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience executing large-scale or national industry conferences and sponsorship activations. You are comfortable managing booth programs, exhibitor deliverables, logistics, and complex coordination across multiple internal and external partners. You are known for your project management strengths, attention to detail, and ability to keep moving parts organized under tight timelines.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting B2B marketing events, conferences, and sponsorship activations • Strong project management and organizational skills • Experience coordinating with vendors, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams • Ability to manage deadlines, logistics, and deliverables across multiple concurrent events • Strong communication skills with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach • Familiarity with executive event support and attendee experience coordination is a plus