Global Marketing Events Specialist

IMC is a research-driven trading firm with a growing portfolio of conferences and branded events, spanning conferences and bespoke competitions such as the IMC Chess Academy, run in partnership with Team Liquid. We need an experienced marketing events specialist to own execution across this program on a permanent basis. Strategy and senior stakeholder management sit with the Global Marketing Manager; your remit is flawless execution. Your Core Responsibilities: Conferences Own project plans, timelines, and risk tracking for each conference. Coordinate content, comms, assets, merchandise, supplier logistics, travel arrangements, social events, and on-site execution. Support campaign activity in the lead-up to each event. Deliver post-event reports with performance metrics and recommendations. Chess Academy Own execution for the Sydney regional event and subsequent regional rounds. Manage project plans, qualifier logistics, comms, content scheduling, and prize fulfilment across all regions. Coordinate with regional marketing teams and Team Liquid. Contribute to 2027 global rollout planning, documenting processes and timelines for scale. Cross-Functional Coordination Keep agencies, suppliers, and internal teams aligned across time zones. Brief creative teams and review outputs against brief and brand standards. Your Skills and Experience: 3+ years in event management, conference execution, or marketing project management, with international events experience. Highly organised with strong attention to detail across multiple concurrent workstreams. Clear communicator with internal teams and external partners. Comfortable with campaign execution including email and social scheduling. Able to work independently and build structure with minimal direction. Ability to travel internationally for conferences and events (40%) Flexible with working hours to accommodate earlier calls with APAC and later calls with the US where applicable. Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Event Management, Business, or a related field. Proficiency in project management tools Fluency in English; additional languages a plus. Eligibility to work in the Netherlands. Nice to Have Experience with recurring event portfolios or global competitions. Familiarity with academic or technology conferences. Background in financial services or technology Recruitment Timeline: We expect a high level of interest in this role. To ensure every application receives careful consideration, we will review applications over the coming weeks. We expect to begin inviting shortlisted candidates for first-round interviews from the week commencing 13 July. About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.