Corporate Meeting & Event Manager
Green Oaks, ILContract / Temporary$45–50/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Corporate Meeting & Event Manager supports corporate event objectives by providing full-scale meeting production and cost-effective solutions across conference centers and meeting facilities. The role plans and coordinates events, manages budgets, supports audiovisual operations, and consults with senior leadership and internal stakeholders. It also contributes to capital planning and audiovisual investments. A bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience are required.
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Full job description
Job Title: Corporate Meeting & Event Manager
Location: North Chicago, IL 60064-3500
Duration: 12 months
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite
Pay Range: $45 - $50 per hour (W2)
We are seeking a “Corporate Meeting & Event Manager” to join one of our leading healthcare clients.
Job Description
Position Summary
Support the department’s objectives by providing full-scale meeting production services and cost-effective meeting solutions for corporate events, conference centers, and meeting facilities across Abbott.
Key Responsibilities
Meeting & Event Production
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Provide full-scale meeting production services, including:
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Theme development
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Logistical planning and scheduling
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Production coordination
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Budget estimation and management
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Project management for meetings and events of varying sizes
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Support company meetings and events across all divisions, including:
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Shareholders Meetings
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Divisional Sales Meetings
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Divisional and Corporate All-Employee Meetings
Meeting Services & Resource Management
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Serve as a cost-effective, value-added resource for meetings held at Abbott/Lake County and off-site locations.
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Utilize both internal personnel and external vendor resources to support meeting and event requirements.
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Provide consultation and planning for the use, purchase, and installation of audiovisual equipment in new meeting rooms.
Audiovisual & Technical Operations
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Coordinate tasks with various internal departments, including:
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Movers
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Corporate Engineering
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Office and Space Planning
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Creative Network
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Support the technical operation and delivery of media-based presentations in Abbott conference centers and conference rooms.
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Coordinate, design, and estimate costs for:
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Audio visual services
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Meeting staging
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Audio systems
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Lighting
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Stage design
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Video projection
Project & Budget Management
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Prepare accurate project estimates and manage resulting budgets for meetings and events with budgets up to$1,500,000.
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Recommend capital investments that support the company’s current and future communication goals in a cost-effective manner.
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Participate in long-term capital planning initiatives with annual investment ranges of $250,000 to $1,000,000.
Stakeholder Engagement
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Consult with Abbott senior leadership, including:
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CEO
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COO
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CFO
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Corporate Officers
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Partner with department colleagues and internal customers to design and deliver appropriate audiovisual solutions that effectively support meetings and events.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree required
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Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in meeting production, event management, audiovisual services, project management, or related areas.
We are looking for the candidate who are eligible to work with any employers without sponsorship .
If you’re interested, please click “Apply” button.
ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 581 open Event Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$45–50/hr
- US median$20–23/hr60 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $47.50/hr, is 124% above the US median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the top quarter of Event Management hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 21 open Event Management jobs in Illinois and 581 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- American Express Global Business Travel3 open
- Smith Bucklin Corp3 open
- Loews Hotels2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Event Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 414 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 82 of the 581 open Event Management jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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