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The Event Planning team is part of Firmwide Marketing and is responsible for delivering high impact conferences and events that reflect the Global Firmwide Brand while deepening client and employee engagement. The Senior Event Planner plays a critical role in shaping and executing strategic, brand forward experiences across the firm.
This position will primarily support strategic events across Integrated Firm Marketing, serving as a trusted advisor and events liaison to assigned Business Units (BUs). The role requires a balance of strategic thinking, relationship management, and flawless execution across a diverse portfolio of in person and select hybrid events.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Senior Event Planner is accountable for the end to end strategy, planning, execution, and evaluation of multiple, complex events simultaneously. In addition to leading logistics and production, this role partners closely with BU leadership, marketing stakeholders, and cross functional teams to ensure events directly support marketing priorities, including:
- Deepening client relationships through differentiated, experience led programming
- Elevating the firm's brand through cohesive storytelling, design, and content
- Expanding integrated, multi BU event strategies that drive scale and efficiency
- Leveraging data, insights, and post event analysis to continuously improve ROI and engagement
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategic Event Planning & Execution
- Lead the planning and delivery of a portfolio of client facing and employee recognition events, primarily in person with limited virtual components, aligned to BU and firmwide marketing strategies.
- Own the full event lifecycle, including venue sourcing, contracting, budgeting, site selection, registration, digital and print collateral, transportation, accommodations, communications, programming, decor, entertainment, gifting, catering, audiovisual production, speaker management, and post event reconciliation.
- Translate high level marketing and business objectives into compelling event concepts, formats, and attendee experiences.
Business Unit Liaison & Relationship Management
- Serve as the event planning partner and relationship manager for assigned BUs, building trusted, long term relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Act as a strategic advisor, guiding BUs on event strategy, audience targeting, format selection, timing, and integration with broader marketing initiatives.
- Proactively identify opportunities to streamline, scale, or integrate events across BUs while maintaining customization where it matters most.
- Ensure consistent communication, clear expectations, and proactive issue resolution throughout the planning process.
Vendor & Contract Management
- Source, negotiate, and manage contracts with all vendors, including venues, venue finding agents, transportation providers, speakers, entertainment, destination management companies, and production partners.
- Ensure vendor selection aligns with brand standards, budget parameters, and risk and compliance requirements.
Financial Management & Reporting
- Develop and manage detailed event budgets; oversee billing, accruals, reconciliation, and final financial reporting.
- Conduct post event cost analysis and provide insights and recommendations to inform future planning and 2026 budget optimization goals.
Invitation, Registration & Technology Strategy
- Partner with event hosts and BUs to develop invitation and registration strategies, including invitee list development, registration content, and attendance tracking.
- Direct and oversee all event technology, with heavy use of Cvent products, including registration, mobile apps, onsite solutions (badge and agenda printing), reporting portals, surveys, and Passkey.
- Provide clear reporting and insights to stakeholders before, during, and after events.
Creative, Content & Production Collaboration
- Partner with Creative Services to ensure a consistent, elevated visual identity across all event collateral, including save the dates, invitations, agendas, speaker materials, attendee lists, signage, and on site branding.
- Oversee program production, including staging, audiovisual, and webcasts, ensuring content quality and brand alignment.
On Site Leadership & Post Event Analysis
- Travel regularly for site inspections and on site event leadership, ensuring seamless execution and coordination of on site teams.
- Lead post event wrap ups, including final attendance reporting, budget reconciliation, survey analysis, stakeholder debriefs, and recommendations for future events.
- Capture insights and best practices to continuously improve the firm's event portfolio in support of 2026 goals.
Team & Firmwide Collaboration
- Support and mentor other team members on program logistics and best practices.
- Stay current on venue trends, emerging destinations, speakers, and experience innovations.
- Ensure all events adhere to firmwide compliance, risk, and brand guidelines.
Travel
- Travel approximately 30% annually for site inspections and on site management of live events.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
- 7+ years of progressive experience in conference and event planning, with demonstrated success in the financial services sector
- Bachelor's degree required
- Deep expertise with Cvent and event technology platforms
- Experience with employee incentive and recognition programs is a plus
Skills & Attributes
- Strategic thinker with the ability to connect events to broader marketing and business objectives
- Strong relationship builder with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
- Proven leadership, negotiation, and decision making capabilities
- Self starter with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Customer focused, approachable, and service oriented
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Flexible and willing to work extended hours (evenings/weekends) and travel as needed
- Proficiency in MS Office
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $95,000 and $155,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
INTRODUCTION
The Event Planning team is part of Firmwide Marketing and is responsible for delivering high impact conferences and events that reflect the Global Firmwide Brand while deepening client and employee engagement. The Senior Event Planner plays a critical role in shaping and executing strategic, brand forward experiences across the firm.
This position will primarily support strategic events across Integrated Firm Marketing, serving as a trusted advisor and events liaison to assigned Business Units (BUs). The role requires a balance of strategic thinking, relationship management, and flawless execution across a diverse portfolio of in person and select hybrid events.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Senior Event Planner is accountable for the end to end strategy, planning, execution, and evaluation of multiple, complex events simultaneously. In addition to leading logistics and production, this role partners closely with BU leadership, marketing stakeholders, and cross functional teams to ensure events directly support marketing priorities, including:
- Deepening client relationships through differentiated, experience led programming
- Elevating the firm's brand through cohesive storytelling, design, and content
- Expanding integrated, multi BU event strategies that drive scale and efficiency
- Leveraging data, insights, and post event analysis to continuously improve ROI and engagement
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategic Event Planning & Execution
- Lead the planning and delivery of a portfolio of client facing and employee recognition events, primarily in person with limited virtual components, aligned to BU and firmwide marketing strategies.
- Own the full event lifecycle, including venue sourcing, contracting, budgeting, site selection, registration, digital and print collateral, transportation, accommodations, communications, programming, decor, entertainment, gifting, catering, audiovisual production, speaker management, and post event reconciliation.
- Translate high level marketing and business objectives into compelling event concepts, formats, and attendee experiences.
Business Unit Liaison & Relationship Management
- Serve as the event planning partner and relationship manager for assigned BUs, building trusted, long term relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Act as a strategic advisor, guiding BUs on event strategy, audience targeting, format selection, timing, and integration with broader marketing initiatives.
- Proactively identify opportunities to streamline, scale, or integrate events across BUs while maintaining customization where it matters most.
- Ensure consistent communication, clear expectations, and proactive issue resolution throughout the planning process.
Vendor & Contract Management
- Source, negotiate, and manage contracts with all vendors, including venues, venue finding agents, transportation providers, speakers, entertainment, destination management companies, and production partners.
- Ensure vendor selection aligns with brand standards, budget parameters, and risk and compliance requirements.
Financial Management & Reporting
- Develop and manage detailed event budgets; oversee billing, accruals, reconciliation, and final financial reporting.
- Conduct post event cost analysis and provide insights and recommendations to inform future planning and 2026 budget optimization goals.
Invitation, Registration & Technology Strategy
- Partner with event hosts and BUs to develop invitation and registration strategies, including invitee list development, registration content, and attendance tracking.
- Direct and oversee all event technology, with heavy use of Cvent products, including registration, mobile apps, onsite solutions (badge and agenda printing), reporting portals, surveys, and Passkey.
- Provide clear reporting and insights to stakeholders before, during, and after events.
Creative, Content & Production Collaboration
- Partner with Creative Services to ensure a consistent, elevated visual identity across all event collateral, including save the dates, invitations, agendas, speaker materials, attendee lists, signage, and on site branding.
- Oversee program production, including staging, audiovisual, and webcasts, ensuring content quality and brand alignment.
On Site Leadership & Post Event Analysis
- Travel regularly for site inspections and on site event leadership, ensuring seamless execution and coordination of on site teams.
- Lead post event wrap ups, including final attendance reporting, budget reconciliation, survey analysis, stakeholder debriefs, and recommendations for future events.
- Capture insights and best practices to continuously improve the firm's event portfolio in support of 2026 goals.
Team & Firmwide Collaboration
- Support and mentor other team members on program logistics and best practices.
- Stay current on venue trends, emerging destinations, speakers, and experience innovations.
- Ensure all events adhere to firmwide compliance, risk, and brand guidelines.
Travel
- Travel approximately 30% annually for site inspections and on site management of live events.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
- 7+ years of progressive experience in conference and event planning, with demonstrated success in the financial services sector
- Bachelor's degree required
- Deep expertise with Cvent and event technology platforms
- Experience with employee incentive and recognition programs is a plus
Skills & Attributes
- Strategic thinker with the ability to connect events to broader marketing and business objectives
- Strong relationship builder with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
- Proven leadership, negotiation, and decision making capabilities
- Self starter with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Customer focused, approachable, and service oriented
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Flexible and willing to work extended hours (evenings/weekends) and travel as needed
- Proficiency in MS Office
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $95,000 and $155,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as an Event Planner
Verify your degree aligns with PERM
PERM requires your credential to match the job description. A degree in event management, hospitality, or marketing typically supports the specialty occupation argument, while an unrelated degree can stall the labor certification even if you have years of experience.
Target employers with on-site events infrastructure
Hotels, convention centers, universities, and corporate headquarters with dedicated events departments are more likely to sponsor PERM than one-person planning boutiques. Larger venues run multi-year event calendars that justify the permanent hire and PERM filing cost.
Ask whether the role is EB-2 or EB-3
If the employer lists an advanced degree as required, your petition may qualify under EB-2, which can shorten your wait in certain priority date backlogs. For most Event Planner roles with a standard bachelor's requirement, EB-3 is the more common filing track.
Search for green card sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Filter by Event Planner roles where the employer has active PERM or I-140 history. Migrate Mate surfaces this DOL and USCIS filing data so you're targeting companies already familiar with the sponsorship process before your first interview.
Understand the prevailing wage before negotiating
PERM requires the employer to pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your role and location. Look up the wage level for Event Planner using the OFLC Wage Search before salary discussions so you know the floor the employer is legally required to meet.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment during the offer stage
Your employer must be E-Verify enrolled to support I-9 compliance throughout your PERM process. If the company hasn't used E-Verify before, flag it early, because onboarding can delay the labor certification timeline by several weeks.
Green Card Event Planner: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Event Planner jobs qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Event Planner positions qualify under EB-3, which covers skilled workers and professionals with a bachelor's degree. If the employer's job description requires a master's degree or the candidate holds an advanced degree plus specialized credentials in event or hospitality management, the role may support an EB-2 petition instead. Your employer's immigration counsel makes the final classification call based on the specific job duties.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for Event Planner roles?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa subject to an annual lottery with a capped number of slots, while PERM-based EB-3 sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no lottery. The PERM process typically takes one to three years from labor certification through I-140 approval, but it's a one-time path to a green card rather than a visa you must renew every few years. For most nationalities, EB-3 priority date backlogs are also significantly shorter than EB-2.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for my employer?
Your employer files a PERM application with the DOL certifying that no qualified U.S. worker was available for the role at the prevailing wage. They must run a recruitment campaign, document results, and submit the application through the FLAG portal. The process usually takes six to eighteen months depending on whether the DOL selects the application for a supervised recruitment audit.
How can I find Event Planner jobs that include green card sponsorship?
Standard job boards don't filter by PERM or I-140 filing history, so most open roles don't disclose sponsorship availability upfront. Migrate Mate lets you search Event Planner positions specifically by employers with documented green card sponsorship activity, saving you the step of asking at the end of each application whether the company will sponsor a PERM petition.
Does my work experience count if my degree isn't in event management?
DOL PERM rules allow three years of relevant work experience to substitute for one year of education in some cases, but the job description must be written to allow that equivalency from the start. If the employer drafts the PERM job order requiring a specific degree, your experience alone won't satisfy it. Clarify with the employer early whether the position description can be structured to accommodate your credential background.