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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Workplaces is responsible for the active management of the Real Estate Portfolio including leases and transactions of all the properties, all design, construction and operations for offices, showrooms and DC’s for adidas. 

The Senior Specialist Workplace Management – Multimedia Event Services & Experience delivers and supports the Event Services & Experience capability for the Multimedia & Events organisation in Germany. The role supports executive events, townhalls, hybrid formats, broadcast and streaming environments, event readiness, rehearsals, live delivery, event documentation and project handover input for event-capable spaces.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support event preparation, rehearsals, technical setup, show operation, broadcast / streaming support, hybrid formats and event documentation.
• Support executive events, townhalls and business-critical event formats with a strong service and experience mindset.
• Perform event readiness checks, speaker support, event-space validation, equipment preparation and post-event lessons learned input.
• Support Manager Events with event standards, event peak preparation, external event company coordination input and risk visibility.
• Collaborate with Operations to ensure room readiness, technical stability and event peak support where required.
• Contribute to projects through event-space requirements, setup validation, rehearsals, pilot events, user acceptance input and event handover notes.
• Contribute to project delivery, acceptance and handover within the role’s service area.
• Support requirements clarification, readiness checks, documentation quality and project-to-operations transition where relevant.
• Ensure that project lessons learned are reflected in service standards, operational documentation and future service improvements.

Key Relationships:

• Workplaces SLT
• Legal
• Finance, Controlling & Procurement
• Adidas Brand Events, Corporate Communications, Tech / IT Infrastructure, Network, Collaboration Services und Digital Signage
• External Mulitmedia service partners, AV Integratoren, planners & manufacturers
• Adidas employees and visitors who use the Workplace-Multimedia-, Event- and collaboration services

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good understanding of corporate event environments, AV / multimedia systems, hybrid event tools, broadcast support and event readiness.
• Strong service mindset, structured preparation, calm issue handling and professional stakeholder interaction.
• Ability to document event setup, operational learnings, readiness issues and improvement actions.
• Good collaboration skills with Event Experience, Operations, Projects, Governance, Tech and external partners.
• Willingness to support project testing, acceptance, documentation and handover for event-capable spaces.
• Business English is required; German is beneficial for local service delivery.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Vocational qualification, technical training or equivalent experience in event technology, media technology, AV, broadcast, IT or related field.
• More than 3 years of professional experience in the multimedia field.
• Experience in corporate event support, AV services, streaming, hybrid meeting support or comparable multimedia environments.
• Training in Dante, AVIXA CTS, Microsoft Teams Rooms, Shure, Yamaha, Q-SYS, Biamp, Crestron or similar training is beneficial.