<p><strong>Job Title: Marketing Events Manager (6-Month Contract with Potential for Extension) </strong></p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Hybrid - some on site work in Seattle with occasional travel required </p><p><strong>Industry: </strong>Professional Services (Law Firm) </p><p><strong>Employment Type:</strong> Contract </p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the Company: </strong>Our client is a rapidly growing law firm seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Marketing Events Manager to join their team on a 6-month contract. This role offers the potential to extend as the firm's needs grow. If you have event planning expertise, thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and enjoy managing the behind-the-scenes logistics that ensure events succeed, this could be the role for you! </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities: </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Event Planning and Research:</strong> </p><ul><li>Provide external-facing event support, with occasional internal event coordination. </li><li>Conduct extensive research on venues, restaurants, and event swag to design memorable and unique experiences. </li><li>Support creative brainstorming for venues, ensuring alignment with organizational brand and appeal to a professional services audience, including knowledge of what's new and on trend regionally and nationally. </li></ul><p><strong>Event Execution: </strong></p><ul><li>Manage menu planning and food/beverage selection, ensuring dietary needs and nuances are accounted for. </li><li>Oversee inventory management, ordering supplies, and packing/shipping event materials. </li><li>Handle registration setup in C-Vent and ensure all preparatory tasks for events are completed timely. </li><li>Travel onsite for event execution, managing logistics, setup, and breakdown, including some manual labor (e.g., lifting boxes independently). </li></ul><p><strong>Collaboration and Administration: </strong></p><ul><li>Partner with other Marketing Events Managers to create consistent processes for event execution and documentation. </li><li>Build templates, checklists, and resources to streamline logistical planning across the team. </li><li>Provide on-video support (frequent video calls) to update and engage with stakeholders across multiple departments. </li><li>Use tools such as Salesforce, Smartsheet, and SharePoint for tracking event details and maintaining alignment with collaborators. </li></ul><p><strong>Reporting and Analysis: </strong></p><ul><li>Track event participation and performance by reporting in Salesforce. </li><li>Use data to evaluate the success of events and provide information for post-event reviews.</li></ul>
<p>About the Role</p><p>The Project Manager will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of software and infrastructure projects, managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, and vendor relationships. This role requires strong experience in power marketing, energy trading, and risk management platforms, as well as a proven track record of delivering complex IT/OT projects in the utility sector.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Lead full RFP process with Procurement, from solicitation to contract execution</li><li>Manage project lifecycle from initiation through cutover and stabilization</li><li>Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations</li><li>Direct vendors to ensure delivery of contracted scope, schedule, and quality</li><li>Coordinate cross-functional teams including Power Marketing, Risk, IT, and vendors</li><li>Oversee SIT, UAT, cutover planning, and operational readiness</li><li>Maintain risk, issue, and change control logs; ensure compliance with regulatory standards</li><li>Provide clear, timely reporting to stakeholders and leadership</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>Robert Half's enterprise client is looking for a skilled and innovative User Experience Designer to join their team in Seattle, Washington or Austin, Texas. In this long-term contract role, you will be at the forefront of creating user-centered designs that simplify complex workflows and deliver seamless experiences across mobile and desktop platforms. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will transform ideas into impactful designs that prioritize customer needs while aligning with technical and business requirements.</p><p><br></p><p>What You’ll Do:</p><ul><li>Conduct usability studies to gather customer insights</li><li>Advocate for user needs in every design decision</li><li>Design clear, user-centered experiences for both customer-facing and internal tools</li><li>Ensure consistency across our product ecosystem</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver practical, impactful solutions</li><li>Balance design vision with technical feasibility</li></ul><p>Your Day-to-Day: You’ll work closely with research and product teams to understand users, test ideas, and measure success. You’ll sketch concepts, build prototypes, and refine final designs. Expect a fast-paced environment where you’ll improve both customer experiences and internal systems.</p><p><br></p><p>Bonus Skills:</p><ul><li>Experience conducting user research and creating journey maps</li><li>Background in designing retail or technical products</li><li>Familiarity with usability principles and agile development</li><li>Ability to define and maintain design standards</li></ul><p><br></p>
