Senior Associate, Events, APAC
MSCI · Hong Kong
Events Marketing at MSCI is a global team supporting MSCI businesses worldwide to plan and execute exceptional client events. Events create meaningful opportunities to connect clients with investment insights, product innovations and market perspectives across markets. Join the Events APAC team as we grow with the business and bring the region's priorities to life through distinctive client experiences.
- Manage end-to-end planning and execution of high quality in-person and virtual client and regional events across APAC markets, from concept to post-event follow-up.
- Partner with stakeholders across sales, product, research and marketing to define event objectives, priorities and success measures.
- Own project plans, timelines, budgets, approvals and event governance.
- Manage and coordinate with relevant parties and vendors to ensure events are delivered on time, within budget and with high execution standards. Monitor vendor performance and resolve issues on site.
- Work with speakers on agendas, briefing materials, and rehearsals.
- Apply MSCI brand standards to event materials and collaterals, including invitation, premiums, signage, digital assets, and more.
- Coordinate with marketing and communications teams on promotion and messaging.
- Bring creative and practical ideas to event concepts, themes, branding and client engagement.
- Report on registration, attendance and follow-up completion for each event, and provide attributed attendee data to the pipeline review. Host event debriefs to identify insights and elevate future events.
- Leverage AI and technology to improve processes and workflows, and make events more scalable and effective.
- Minimum 8-10 years related experience in event planning, preferably in the financial industry.
- Extensive experience in delivering multi-market events in APAC.
- Proven ability to engage with senior stakeholders and clients.
- Ability to lead, innovate, propose solutions, make and own decisions.
- Strong vendor management and negotiation skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage several projects at once under tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of work standard.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and regions.
- Good working knowledge of and interest in event technology.
- Working knowledge of CRM systems (Salesforce) and campaign reporting tools to capture attendee data and report on event-sourced pipeline.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Willing to travel within the region.