This position is responsible for event management, including working with hotel properties, members, and TFI staff to ensure meetings are successful: both profitable for the organization and valuable experiences for attendees. A high level of collaboration with all team members of TFI to accomplish organizational objectives is necessary.

Qualified candidates should submit resume and cover letter via email to Jennifer Proctor at jproctor@communicationstrategies.net. Please include “TFI Events Manager” in the subject line. 

• Responsible for the development, planning, organizing, management, administration, profitability, and effectiveness of TFI events, including but not limited to:
o Annual Business Conference
o Agronomy Conference and Expo
o World Fertilizer Conference
o Market & Logistics Conference
o Ford West Leadership Academy
o FERT Foundation Golf Tournaments
o any other events or programs that TFI manages.
• Evaluate and assist in the design, implementation and execution of potential new meetings.
• Develop goals and action plans for event planning.
• Execute the event planning logistics and program development tasks related to the association’s events including coordination with the hotel and other vendors for: AV, food and beverage, meeting room set up/layout
• Negotiate and monitor service contracts meeting/event vendors (onsite photographers, av providers, tradeshow decorators, entertainment
• Work with all team members involved in the event to ensure their deliverables are timely
• In partnership with the Marketing Team, develop signage, conference mobile app, onsite branding, and other communications for each event.
• Manage speaker and educational programming logistics, including booking housing, collecting PowerPoint presentations, speaker agreements, etc.
• Coordinate all events onsite and schedule, supervise and support onsite staff
• Conduct evaluations and debriefs of all in-person events and compile recommendations to improve conferences
• Maintain historical records of TFI events including hotel room pickup and attendance numbers.
• Work with the Senior Director of Member Programs to create budget goals for event related expenses and provide timely reporting on budget targets to supervisor
• Conduct site visits for future events and coordinate site inspections when applicable.

About The Fertilizer Institute

The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) is the leading voice of the nation’s fertilizer industry. Tracing its roots back to 1883, TFI’s membership includes fertilizer producers, wholesalers, retailers and trading firms. TFI’s full-time staff, based in Washington, D.C., serves its members through legislative, educational, technical, economic information and public communication programs. Find more information about TFI online at TFI.org and follow us on Twitter at @Fertilizer_Inst. Learn more about TFI’s nutrient stewardship initiatives at nutrientstewardship.org and on Twitter at @4rnutrients.

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