About Us
Live Oak Bank is a digital bank that serves small business owners across the country. Our groundbreaking spin on service and technology has fueled our mission to be America’s Small Business Bank. Our products help customers buy, build, and expand their business, and our high-yield savings and CD products help them grow their hard-earned money. At Live Oak, we never lose sight of the well-being of our people. We believe our employees are the heart of our company. Our commitment to our customers and culture is intertwined, and we seek those who embody and embrace what it takes to empower the American dream.
How This Role Impacts Live Oak And Its People
The experiential aspect of our brand is key to foster and develop relationships that create loan and deposit growth. This role is responsible for planning, development, execution and measurement of events that connect the loan teams to customers, potential customers and referral partners.
What You’ll Do At Live Oak
- Ensure that the strategic impact and experience desired is achieved at Live Oak Bank’s events
- Serve as event project manager, responsibilities include, but are not limited to pre-event planning, landing page and invite creation, registration tracking, event logistics, hotel blocks, collateral and gifting, budget management, related travel arrangements, staffing, event follow-up and reporting.
- Collaborate with marketing, sales and other departments to align strategies with business goals, enhance brand presence, event requirements, and drive lead generation with key audience segments.
- Manages and successfully executes custom events, multi-day summits, sales and business meetings, training events and employee appreciation events, to drive pipeline for business units, inclusive of concept creation, venue and vendor sourcing, event marketing and event logistics.
How You’ll Do It
- Successfully execute contracts for events; venues, sleeping room blocks, activities and transportation.
- Manage on campus inventory and 3rd party vendor relationships as needed.
- Effective budget management and reconciliation
- Ability to operate on campus meeting space, power user of Zoom and Teams functionalities for on campus meetings and events.
- Serves as main point of contact for events at LOB headquarters
- Works with vendors to deliver physical manufacture and delivery of marketing materials.
- Work with marketing and sales teams to facilitate post-event marketing tactics.
Required And Preferred Experience
- Bachelors degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration or Travel and Tourism is required.
- 2-4 years relevant experience in event and/or tradeshow management.
- CMP (Certified Meeting Professional) is preferred, but not required.
- Management of multiple complex simultaneous projects
- Skilled in vendor management, negotiation and RFP execution.
- Financial reporting and budget tracking.
- Proficiency in event management software and tools for registration and attendee tracking.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Demonstrated proficiency in successful and simultaneously managing the execution of multiple tradeshows and events to be required timing, budget, and performance standards.
- Ability to effectively interface with managers, cross-functional teams, and customers.
- Excellent written, oral and presentation skills.
- Effective budget management and reconciliation.
- Proven experience in the meeting, tradeshow and convention space; knowledge of systems, terminology and onsite logistics.
To Thrive at Live Oak
- Gravitate to Growth – Shows adaptability and support for changes to improve organizational effectiveness.
- Communicate and Collaborate – Communicates clearly and thoughtfully, demonstrating empathy in teamwork.
- Eye of the Tiger – Gets positive results by taking personal responsibility for actions and team outcomes.
- Know Your Business – Curates and maintains a depth of knowledge and skill to perform one’s job effectively.
- Customer at the Center – Provides customers with a personalized experience to achieve exceptional outcomes.
For a detailed overview of our employee benefits please visit:
http://www.liveoakbank.com/careers/
Live Oak Bank is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. We consider applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status or disability. Equal access to programs, service and employment is available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify human resources at careers@liveoak.bank
EEO is the Law
Commitment to Diversity
Live Oak Bank is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at Live Oak Bank and is an important principle of sound business management.
The base pay range for this position is $55,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year. Compensation may also include annual bonuses and long-term incentives, subject to various metrics and company policy. A candidate’s salary is determined by several factors including travel, relevant work experience or skills and expertise.
Please note that we provide at least the minimum requirement of paid sick leave to our employees who reside in states that require employer-paid sick leave, including but not limited to Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
