Marketing & Events Manager

Walton Area Chamber of Commerce
Full-Time/In-office | Walton County, Florida
Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

Do you love bringing ideas to life, creating great content, planning memorable events, and connecting with people?

The Walton Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for a Marketing & Events Manager to join our team!

This is a hands-on role for someone who can move comfortably between marketing and event planning; whether that means designing a graphic in Canva, writing a social media post, building a newsletter, coordinating with an event venue, working with sponsors, or helping make sure everything is ready when guests walk through the door.

We are a small, high-performing team, so we are looking for someone who is collaborative, dependable, creative, flexible, and ready to jump in.

What You'll Do

Marketing & Communications

• Create and distribute two weekly Chamber newsletters.
• Develop engaging social media content for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and other platforms.
• Design event graphics, flyers, promotional materials, and other marketing pieces using Canva.
• Maintain the Chamber's marketing and social media content calendar.
• Create and manage ChamberMaster event listings and Facebook events.
• Write email campaigns, event invitations, press releases, promotional copy, and event recaps.
• Update the Chamber website and community event calendars.
• Highlight Chamber members, programs, events, sponsors, and community partnerships.
• Capture photos and videos at Chamber events and turn those moments into engaging content.
• Help tell the story of the Walton Area Chamber and the businesses and people that make Walton County special.

Events

You'll help plan, promote, and execute a busy calendar of Chamber programs and events, including:

• Wake Up Walton
• Power of Business Lunch
• Power of Networking events
• Business After Hours
• Ribbon Cuttings
• Annual Awards Gala
• Spring and Fall Golf Classics
• The Next BIG Thing
• Leadership Walton
• Mentoring Emerald Coast
• Membership campaigns and special events

Responsibilities include coordinating venues, catering, speakers, sponsors, signage, agendas, PowerPoints, registration details, headcounts, timelines, checklists, event P&Ls, setup, execution, and post-event follow-up.

Who We're Looking For

Our ideal candidate is someone who:

• Is highly organized and can manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Is a strong writer and communicator.
• Has experience with Canva, social media, and digital marketing.
• Has an eye for branding, design, and storytelling.
• Is comfortable learning platforms such as ChamberMaster and email marketing systems.
• Enjoys event planning, hospitality, and working with people.
• Takes initiative and can anticipate what needs to happen next.
• Communicates professionally and works well with different personalities and working styles.
• Can work independently while also being a strong team player.
• Is dependable, adaptable, positive, and service-minded.
• Is comfortable interacting with business owners, community leaders, sponsors, vendors, volunteers, and members of the public.

Experience in marketing, communications, event planning, hospitality, nonprofit organizations, Chambers of Commerce, or a related field is preferred.

A Little About Chamber Life

This is not a sit-behind-a-desk-all-day position.

Our team works throughout Walton County, and Chamber events sometimes mean early mornings, evening networking events, and the occasional special event outside normal business hours.

Some weeks will be heavily focused on content and communications. Other weeks may involve coordinating an event, welcoming new businesses, taking photos at a ribbon cutting, working with sponsors, and getting the next newsletter out the door.

If you enjoy variety, people, creativity, and seeing the results of your work in the community, you may really enjoy this role.

Position Details

Position: Marketing & Events Manager
Employment: Full-Time
Reports To: Vice President of Operations
Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications
Introductory Period: 90-day probationary period

Interested?

Send your resume along with a few sentences telling us why you think you would be a great fit for the Walton Area Chamber of Commerce to gabrielle@waltonareachamber.com. 

Marketing, writing, social media, event, or design samples are also welcome.

We can't wait to meet the person who will help us tell the Chamber's story and create incredible experiences for Walton County's business community.