Events Manager

Marcus & Millichap•Walnut Creek, CA

9d•$90,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1971, Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) is a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm focusing exclusively on investment sales, financing, research, and advisory services, with nearly 1,700 investment sales and financing professionals in 80+ offices throughout the United States and Canada. Our mission is to help our clients create and preserve wealth by providing the best real estate investment sales, financing, research, and advisory services available. Marcus & Millichap closes more transactions than any other real estate investment brokerage firm in the nation. In 2024, the firm closed 7,836 transactions with a sales volume of approximately $49 billion. The Events Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and evaluating high-impact events that support the firm’s brand, business development, and client engagement goals. This role manages a portfolio of internal and external events—including client appreciation events, industry conferences and trade shows, sponsorship activations, and corporate and sales meetings—ensuring flawless execution, strong return on investment, and alignment with the firm’s commercial real estate strategy. Event management could include project management from inception to conclusion or working with a team and managing subprojects or portions of an event within a larger event. The Events Manager must provide outstanding customer service, be organized, a good communicator and achieve the intended goals and expectations both creatively and consistently within the necessary timeline including the promotion, marketing and communication of event information. The ideal candidate must be able to work within time limits to plan, resource, and manage multiple events at the same time. Excellent people skills are a must. The abilities to multitask and prioritize are essential, as this role involves overseeing logistics and hundreds of details including event sourcing, set-up, catering, audio-visual, hotel reservations, travel, registration, the invitee list, VIPs, equipment, promotional and marketing materials, etc. The Events Manager must have strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail is critical and sharp project management skills, as well as a positive, professional demeanor and ability to work in a fast-paced environment under deadline pressure. The Events Manager must work effectively with internal and external clients and stakeholders including business sponsors, other departments, senior management and vendors. Understanding company standards, corporate policies and brand guidelines to are required. This individual will be expected to become knowledgeable about the general commercial real estate industry including terminology. This position works on-site in the Events department in Walnut Creek, CA and reports to the Senior Vice President, Events. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with fresh ideas and organizational skills that do not leave anything about an event to chance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Event Management, Hospitality, Marketing, Communications, Business or related field.
3 to 6+ years of experience managing corporate events or in hospitality conference management
Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams) and Adobe PDF editing
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational, project management and attention-to-detail skills
Proven ability to manage multiple events and deadlines simultaneously
Ability to maintain calm and composed under pressure or in challenging situations
Problem-solving and adaptability in fast-paced environments
Professional presence and client-facing confidence
Strong negotiation skills
Collaborative, service-oriented mindset with a positive can-do attitude
A commitment to learning and maintaining familiarity with commercial real estate terminology and industry practices
Commitment to staying current in industry standards and advancing event planning skills
Must have a valid driver’s license
Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds
Ability to travel to work events on-site as needed; some nights and weekends required

Nice To Haves

Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) preferred
Proficiency with Cvent event management tools, Jifflenow and Social Tables experience preferred.
Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud applications (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) is a plus

Responsibilities

Plan and execute a wide range of events including, but not limited to industry conferences and trade shows, sponsorships, client and networking events, internal meetings, sales and recognitions events
Understand event goals, budget and success metrics
Create project plans and manage timelines and deadlines to ensure successful execution of events
Coordinate event marketing and promotion including invitations, email campaigns and registration
Collaborate with business sponsors, Marketing and other departments as needed to ensure alignment and preparedness
Oversee logistics including venue selection, vendor management, catering, audiovisual needs, signage, registration, and on-site coordination
Ensure consistent branding, messaging, and professional presentation across events
Serve as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders, vendors, venues, and external partners
Negotiate contracts and manage vendor relationships to maximize value and control costs
Manage event budgets, track expenses, and ensure events are delivered within approved financial parameters.
Measure event performance using attendance, engagement, feedback, and business development outcomes.
Provide post-event recaps and recommendations for future improvements.
Lead kick-off, progress and debrief meetings as needed documenting the event or project
Analyze the event’s success and track year-over-year data and metrics
Maintain clear and organized documentation of project plans, notes, timelines, budgets and tasks to ensure smooth execution of events.
Work with a variety of event planning tools and platforms including but not limited to Cvent, Jifflenow, Social Tables, ON24, Trello and Asana
Special projects as needed including awards and recognition.
May perform other duties as assigned.