Marketing Events Planner

Who We Are:

It's pretty exciting, to find yourself standing in a pivotal moment in time. It’s even more exciting to be out front leading it. At QTS, our world-class data centers are supporting our customers most strategic growth initiatives, positioning us at the forefront of today’s dynamic digital transformation.

As AI and cloud drive the demand for increased speed, capacity and capability, QTS has emerged as the global digital infrastructure leader, committed to connecting the world for good. Driven by purpose and fueled by a spirit of innovation, QTS designs, builds and operates some of the world’s most advanced, forward-thinking data centers. QTS is a portfolio company of Blackstone. 

QTS is Powered by People. People who play a vital role in our company’s culture, innovation and growth. People who are committed to contributing to the communities where we operate and work. People who are knowledgeable, resourceful and mission driven. Together, we do great things.

Who You Are & The Impact You Will Have:

The Marketing Events Planner will support achievement of the business through executing on an event program to include company-hosted events, sponsorships at partner and industry events and membership with local organizations and associations. You will identify and secure event and sponsorship opportunities within each local market, coordinate event logistics, collateral, signage and giveaways, handle budget management, communication management among internal stakeholders on activity planning and follow up. The Marketing Events Planner may also assist in the execution of promotion efforts that support event activities.

What You Will Do:

• Manage and coordinate events, trade shows, event sponsorships and local association memberships for market.
• Create and maintain budget spending for events, associations and local sponsorships.
• Proactively engage with sales, marketing and partner team to identify opportunities, needs, event objectives/goals, target audiences, topics, partner participation.
• Plan and coordinate set-up, logistics and food and beverage in partnership with site hosts for events hosted at QTS facilities.
• Identify and coordinate creation of collateral, giveaways and signage at events.
• Communicate with QTS vendors to secure sponsorship dollars for QTS hosted events.
• Support the demand generation team with coordination of promotion activities that support events (emails, social media, advertising, etc.).
• Conduct pre- and post-event evaluations and report on outcomes to sales and marketing leadership.
• Optimize events calendar over time to maximize overall impact.
• Manage the events section of the company website to be sure all prospect and client-facing events are posted and regularly updated.
• Coordination of the company’s annual Sales Kick Off meeting.
• Travel as necessary to attend major QTS hosted events and tradeshows (approximately 20 – 30%).

What You Will Need to be Successful:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• One to two years’ experience in event planning and coordination.
• Cross-functional project management skills.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Salesforce.
• Experience with a marketing automation platform (especially Pardot).
• Experience with a content management system (especially WordPress).
• Related market/industry experience.

The Perks (and these are just a few!):

• QRest Sabbatical.           
• Employee Stock Purchase.
• QTS scholarship for dependents.
• Eagle Club award trip eligibility.
• Paid volunteer days. 
• Tuition assistance, parental leave and military leave assistance.

Total Rewards

This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company benefits.

We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action.  We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings.  We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.  We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or discrimination claim.

The "Know Your Rights" Poster is included here:

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Know Your Rights (Spanish)

The pay transparency policy is available here:

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster-Formatted

QTS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.