D’Addario & Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of musical instrument accessories, trusted by musicians globally. As a U.S.-based manufacturing company, we take pride in our commitment to cutting-edge automation, sustainable practices, and giving back through the D’Addario Foundation—providing music education access to underserved communities. Most importantly, we pride ourselves on our diverse team of individuals where our success is built on a culture of curiosity, passion, candor, family, and responsibility.

The Senior Events Manager is responsible for planning & producing all internal & external events across each of D’Addario’s brands. This role will work collaboratively with the Business Units and Marketing to ensure all events are strategically planned, properly scoped, deliverables clearly identified, & key milestones established so the entire process from beginning to end of an event is seamless & well executed.  Senior Events Manager is responsible for ensuring the overall health of all events in their portfolio, including financials, resources, risks, inventory & relationships. As part the Project Management team, foster improved efficiencies & company effectiveness.   

This is a hybrid role and will require the candidate to work onsite in the Farmingdale, Long Island Headquarters office three days a week. 

• Manage all planning, scoping & budgeting for brand activations & sponsorships at festivals and shows
• Act as event producer ensuring seamless execution, handling all logistics & executional details, including venue selection,registration, inventory control, travel, required show creative, printed materials coordination and planning.
• Research/identify relevant industry events for brand activation, including trade shows, conferences, festivals, and customer-focused experiences.
• Collaborate with Business Units & Strategy to develop annual event plans & strategy aligning with marketing goals, target audience, brand experience and messaging.
• Partner with the Strategy to innovate our event approach, enhancing our brand’s presence, our customer’s experience, & lead acquisition efforts.
• Work with Business Units, Strategy & Creative to design & deliver engaging brand experiences that foster audience engagement, maximize exposure & lead generation and strengthen brand loyalty.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Digital and OEM teams on promotions & partnership activations
• Plan & manage Business Unit team’s utilization at events throughout the year
• Prepare monthly reports on events, using dashboards and scorecards.
• Client point-of-contact & point of escalation for issues on all sponsorships & internal & external events
• Plan & coordinate all external guest visits to D’Addario HQ (factory tours, clinics & presentations).
• Provide Support for Business Units’ school Clinician Programs.
• Contribute to process development, knowledge sharing, & overall discipline maturity, identifying issues and risks and creating solutions for continuous improvement.

• 4-5 years experience in a Branded Events role.
• Strong knowledge of Project Management methodologies and tools.
• Successfully led large-scale accounts & managed multiple Projects across multiple programs, including proficiency with budgets, scheduling, and resource planning.
• Experienced with Project Management software and MS Office.
• Ability to lead & inspire cross functional teams at all levels, influence and build strong professional relationships.
• Strong capabilities in Office applications: Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work in a high performing and demanding environment.
• Create and analyze data, translating that into recommendations for improvement.
• Effectively communicate (orally and through written communications) with staff on all levels of the organization.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Strong sense of responsibility, flexibility, ability to work under pressure, extraordinary diligence, solution-oriented way of working.
• Ability to work autonomously and provide progress reports.
• Continuous Improvement passion and Change Management capability.

Here at D’Addario, not only do we offer a competitive compensation package, but the opportunity to build a career with an icon in the music industry. We are eager to connect with individuals with all types of diverse backgrounds, thinking and perspectives. If you are interested, please apply, and tell us how you would add value to our team.

Just a few of the benefits and perks of working at D’Addario:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Assisted Reproduction/Fertility benefits
• 401k retirement plan with a very generous employer contribution
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Flexible sick day policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Enhanced Short-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Discounts on D’Addario products and merchandise
• Company jam nights, holiday parties and special events
• An awesome team of colleagues who are passionate about what they do!!!

The base salary range for this role would be commensurate with experience: $84,000-94,000 per year 

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