Senior Associate, Event Planner

Position Overview: As part of the Global Events team, the Senior Event Planner will work closely within Global Marketing to lead in-person client-facing marketing events, to increase Cognizant’s brand awareness and market influence. • Maintain registrations sites, communications, client meetings, mobile apps, and feedback surveys through Cvent, a web-based event management tool • Generate and present advanced post-event recaps, reporting and analytics • Confidently and professionally present marketing concepts and event updates on budget spend to management and leadership • Strive to learn and research new innovative concepts and tools to enhance event experiences • Create client experiential events in alignment with sales and marketing strategy and objectives • Maintain knowledge of industry trends and standard processes to improve meeting and event quality • Run and mentor team members on assigned events and/or projects, as needed • Provide onsite support, both independently and as a team, when needed • Work on Global Events projects, as needed Experience & Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Event Management, or Communications preferred • 5+ years of proven experience in Event Planning and Project Management with a B2C and B2B background • Experience implementing multiple events of varying types in a high paced, evolving environment with short deadlines • Solid understanding of the meetings industry, innovation, vendors & event technologies • Skilled in negotiating commercial terms for event-related contracts and work with Procurement, legal, and Insurance to ensure terms and conditions have minimal risk to Cognizant • Must be organized, thorough, self-motivated, efficient, flexible, and able to meet deadlines • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to proactively guide strategy and implementation • Enjoy cross-organizational collaboration, work in a team environment, and share knowledge • Confident in working with and communicating information to management and executive leadership • Ability to use good judgement when developing creative and resourceful solutions to ensure stakeholder’s needs are met • Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills; writing samples required • Familiar with project management and collaboration tools (Workfront, BOX) • Proficient in Cvent and Microsoft Office Applications (Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint); advanced knowledge of Excel formulas and mail merges is required The annual salary for this position is between $70,000 - $90,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law