Partnerships And Events Lead

Ethos Urban is a multi-disciplinary business that brings together planning, urban design, property economics, social strategy, community engagement and project management.

We focus on bringing together the collective intelligence of our different people to help deliver better solutions to complex problems, and ultimately achieve better urban outcomes for our community. Our towns and cities are always changing and we know this creates choices that can make a difference to the quality of our urban living. 

For over 25 years our people have worked in partnership with the public and private sectors to provide them with the momentum to realise their ambitions for better places, communities and cities. 

About the role  

As part of Ethos Urban's Brand, Marketing, and Communications (BMC) team, you will report to the Head of Marketing and Communications. Your role will be crucial in expanding Ethos Urban's reach and influence, enhancing brand awareness, demonstrating thought leadership, and building new client relationships.

The Partnerships and Events Lead will play a dual role: leading Ethos Urban’s corporate events program and driving stakeholder engagement through strategic partnerships. This position requires a business development mindset paired with event management expertise to maximise client growth through our sponsorship and event initiatives across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane (with occasional travel involved).

You’ll also be responsible for deepening your understanding of Ethos Urban's committee, membership, and partnership portfolio (including PCA, PIA, UDIA, ULI) to leverage these networks for growth opportunities.

Key responsibilities

• Partnership and Lead Generation:  Proactively seek partnerships and events that generate valuable leads and enhance brand awareness. Leverage your marketing and event expertise to convert these partnerships and event engagements into actionable client opportunities. Track, report, and evaluate each event’s effectiveness, focusing on lead quality, client engagement, and return on investment.

• Event Operations:  Oversee all logistical aspects of both corporate and partnership events. For occasional corporate events, manage logistics such as venue selection, catering arrangements, branding, and attendee experience. For regular partnership and sponsorship events, handle logistics including branding, client and attendee management, and ensuring partner benefits are delivered as negotiated.

• Content Creation:  Collaborating with the marketing and communications specialist, create content opportunities from our events.

• Financial Management:  Co-create and manage event budgets in collaboration with the team.

• Teamwork and Collaboration:  You are part of a small team, and as needed, you support each other on the broader marketing and communications activities.

We are looking for an experienced Partnerships and Events Lead who has:

• Technical Experience:  A minimum of 4+ years' event experience. Experience in professional services, property development, architectural sectors or large corporate environments will be highly regarded.
• Business Development Mindset: Demonstrated ability to connect event and partnership activities with client acquisition goals, with a strategic approach to expanding Ethos Urban’s client base.
• Project Management: Proven experience managing and delivering multiple and/or concurrent events from end-to-end, including budget, stakeholder and event supplier management.
• Communication: You will work with the team to generate content from our partnership events, utilising your strong writing, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience running virtual events, such as webinars, hybrid events, and LinkedIn Live, will be an advantage.
• Optimistic and calm under pressure and the ability to maintain composure during event delivery.
• Creative, proactive thinker.
• Knowledge of CRM and event marketing automation software will also be highly advantageous.
• Qualifications in public relations or a related field will be highly valued.

Why work with us?

The business of creating a better urban experience is a complex one. It requires patience, diligence, intelligence and perhaps most importantly, a passion for making a difference to our experience of urban life.

What we do and the way that we do it is unique. We view each project as a complex puzzle that requires different perspectives and alternative angles to solve it. At Ethos Urban, no one individual ever has the answer. It’s only when we bring people with different specialisations from different teams that we can see the full picture and then the way forward. We call it collective intelligence.

We continue to hire great people with a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. We encourage applicants from any background to apply to join Ethos Urban!

We back our people: We are proponents of flexible work, we provide generous leave provisions including purchased leave (up to 4 weeks annually in addition to your standard 4), 18 weeks paid parental leave regardless of your parental definition, paid study leave & access to transitional coaching. In addition, we cover your industry memberships, we provide access to an array of great learning and personal development initiatives and incredible career pathways. For more please visit our website.

We have adopted the globally recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our ESG framework. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) is a clearly defined pathway to improving our world, and how business can align its goals and actions to help us all collectively get there. 

 Why not take a moment to hear from some of our people why they think Ethos Urban such a great place to work https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=uE-IrFb43sY

How to apply

Interested in joining our team?   You can apply by clicking on the “Apply” button.