Event and Marketing Coordinator - Minneapolis
Lazard is one of the world’s leading financial advisory and asset management firms. Our people make the difference. With just over 3,000 employees, our tight-knit community allows for professionals eager to learn and willing to teach to connect and grow together. We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion, and allyship are not just business imperatives — they are central pillars of our employee experience. Our entrepreneurial culture and flat structure allow creative ideas and original concepts to drive our business forward — and for careers to take flight.
Lazard’s Corporate functions empower strategic decision-making and ensure continued success of our firm. From Finance & Tax to Information Technology and Human Resources, our colleagues around the globe support our financial advisory and asset management business lines in many ways. By utilizing the latest technology, these integral groups make sure our two businesses are compliant, operationally efficient, and profitable.
The Marketing Coordinator provides support to the marketing and sponsor coverage teams to contribute to the firm’s success. Candidate must be a responsible, service-oriented individual with exceptional communication skills.
We’ll trust you to:
- Coordinate event planning from conception to execution, including budget development and tracking, vendor sourcing and communication, invitation and collateral design, registration tracking and client correspondence, detailed logistics planning, and occasional onsite management.
- Maintain and update transaction database, manage the marketing process and coordinate with deal teams.
- Create correspondence, complex documents, dynamic presentations, and other materials of sensitive or confidential nature.
- Track various data and reports.
- Manage other complex projects and duties as assigned.
You’ll need to have:
- A bachelor’s degree with a concentration in marketing, communications, finance, or related field a plus.
- A minimum of 3 years of professional work experience in a marketing or event planning position. Experience in a financial services firm is preferred, but not required.
- Advanced Microsoft Office tools knowledge, specifically in PowerPoint.
- Experience with Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop).
- Working knowledge or willingness to learn Cvent or similar event platforms.
- The availability to travel for various events at least 3 times per year.
What we offer
We strive to enhance the total health and well-being of our employees through comprehensive, competitive benefits. Our goal is to offer a highly individualized employee experience that enables you to balance your commitments to career, family, and community. When you work for Lazard, you are working for an organization that cares about your unique talents and passions and will continue to invest in the development of your career.
Diversity and Inclusion at Lazard
Lazard is an intellectual capital business focused on delivering the best advice and solutions to clients. Achieving these objectives requires us to identify, develop and retain the best talent. A workforce comprised of people with varied backgrounds and experiences creates a rich diversity of thought that empowers us to challenge conventional wisdom, as diverse perspectives lead to better decisions.
Our appreciation of diversity’s strength is ingrained in our multi-cultural heritage. As a global firm that has grown organically from local roots in different countries, we have a deep tradition of respect for individual differences, which has been core to our success for several decades.
The ongoing cultivation of diversity and an inclusive, equitable culture are essential to our continued growth. We are committed to sustaining an environment in which all employees – regardless of socioeconomic status, race, color, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, veteran or military status – can bring their whole selves to work to maximize their individual potential and our collective success.#LI-JR1