Job Description

Position Summary: Oversee, plan, and facilitate running of Best Friends’ Strut Your Muttevents in non-Program cities (i.e. SYM “satellite events”), beginning with fivenew events in to be determined markets nationwide. This position will workclosely with Best Friends’ No More Homeless Pets Network and Volunteerdepartments, as well as other divisions and department managers, to ensureoverall success of events. The National Events Specialist will also beresponsible for the day-to-day management of the Strut Your Mutt registrationsite, as well as provide support to other national events as needed.

Essential Duties:

• Manage all planning and logistics for Strut YourMutt satellite events with specific responsibilities to include:
• Work with Best Friends’ Volunteer department tocreate volunteer event committees in each satellite event location
• Help coordinate training and event planning materialsfor volunteer committee members, and plan a training workshop for keyvolunteers
• Provide ongoing guidance and support tovolunteer committees, communicating with volunteer chairs on a regular basis
• Manage SYM satellite event budgets, andfacilitate payments to local vendors as needed
• Work with Best Friends’ Marketing and Creativedepartments to coordinate the development of creative templates and printedmaterials for events (collaterals, signage, t-shirts, etc)
• Provide pertinent details about the satelliteevents to Best Friends’ Marketing and PR departments to help maximizepromotional support
• Coordinate Network Partner communications andevent details with Best Friends’ Network department
• Put together wrap up reports for the events andhelp facilitate Network Partner fundraising reconciliations
• Manage and maintain the Strut Your Muttregistration site which includes:
• Monitoring SYM event site emails on a dailybasis and helping registrants for all of the Strut Your Mutt events with anyquestions, changes or problems
• Updating content
• Pulling registration reports
• Sending regular email communications toregistered participants with event updates and fundraising incentives.
• Provide support to other Best Friends national eventsas needed.
• Participate in annual budget preparation.
• Other duties as assigned.