Who we are

At Balfour Beatty Communities, we are dedicated to a singular mission: delivering the quality communities people are proud to call home. We believe exceptional living experiences can only be created when We Care—about our residents, our partners, our communities and each other. Our culture of caring drives every aspect of our business, guiding us to always do the right thing and build meaningful connections as we fulfill the needs of our residents and partners with sincerity, empathy and creativity.

Our Benefits

• Discretionary bonuses
• Medical and Dental Insurance 1st of the month following employment
• Health, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
• Company paid life insurance
• 401K plan with employer matching
• Robust PTO to include, sick, floating holidays, vacation, and personal days
• 2 Volunteer Days per year
• Company paid short-term and long-term disability, parental leave
• And more!

About the role

The Special Events Manager is responsible for making residents feel at home by building a neighborhood/community atmosphere through event planning, social media, business outreach, and marketing the Balfour Beatty Communities brand to residents, businesses, clients, and vendors.

What you'll be doing

• Effectively plan, direct, organize, and manage all community events with appropriate resources including staff and volunteers. Coordinates and completes all local purchases of marketing and/or promotional materials, logo and/or event supplies competitively to maintain budget and achieve maximum quality for resident events. Continuous outreach to local businesses/vendors to participate, contribute and sponsor resident events.
• Coordinates with peers in the development, execution, and reporting of programs by sharing materials, knowledge, and best practices.
• Performs outreach to local businesses for the purpose of ensuring that their services are directed to residents.
• Effectively keeps in communication with managers, so that he/she may appropriately place orders for marketing items.
• Develop annual LifeWorks budget and manage costs monthly for successful event coordination.
• Tracks the success of every event and adjusts future events to match client and resident expectations in the future; compiles and reports monthly on event attendance, success and cost to Community Manager, Operations Marketing Coordinator, and other superiors – this will help in planning for the following year and budgeting.
• Maintains accurate reconciliations and financial settlement for petty cash account (if applicable).

Typical Physical Demands: Must be able to carry up to 50lbs., mobilize in a fast-paced manner, some events will be outdoors, must be able to withstand heat/cold.

Who we're looking for

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent required
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Business preferred
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in customer focused marketing environment or equivalent
• Excellent written communication skills are required with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Available to work early morning, evening, and weekend hours as necessary to host events
• Experience with website administration is required with photography and digital experience a plus
• Comfortable with social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. Ability to record and post live video and photos and create and track calendar events. Understanding of professional social media etiquette
• Event planning experience is a plus
• Possession of a valid state issued Driver’s License and safe driving record are required

Benefits: Discretionary bonus, health/life insurance, retirement plan/401K contributions, paid time off, short-term disability, parental leave.

Balfour Beatty Communities is part of Balfour Beatty Investments and Balfour Beatty, plc, an international group that finances, develops, builds and maintains infrastructure assets.

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