FBS EVENT MANAGER

At FBS, we believe that memorable experiences connect people to our products, our culture, and our story. We’re looking for an Event Manager to bring creativity, energy, and flawless execution to how FBS shows up for our customers, community, employee-owners, and industry partners.

The Event Manager is responsible for planning, designing and executing memorable experiences that bring the FBS brand, story, and culture to life. This role blends creativity with project management and operational excellence, ensuring that every touchpoint with customers, prospects, employee-owners, and industry partners reflects the highest standards of the FBS brand. This is a high-visibility, high impact role requiring organizational acumen, project management prowess, strong communication, a commitment to excellence and collaboration across teams and with vendors to consistently deliver exceptional results. Reports to FBS Head of Marketing.

What You’ll Do:

• Be a Leader: Take ownership of FBS’s event strategy, influencing how the company shows up internally and externally. Provide direction, set high standards, and lead committees and vendors to deliver exceptional results.
• Create unforgettable experiences: Plan, manage and execute a variety of national, regional, community, and internal events and sponsorships that inspire and engage attendees and participants.
• Own the details: From budgets and contracts to logistics, on-site flow, and post-event follow-up, you’ll deliver events from end-to-end at the highest standard.
• Tell the FBS story: Manage communications (internal and external) that showcase our brand voice, employee-owners, and customer successes.
• Bring our culture to life: Lead recognition programs, company celebrations, and experiences that strengthen FBS’s unique culture.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong organizational and project management skills; able to balance big-picture vision with meticulous execution of multiple initiatives, simultaneously, along demanding timelines.
• Excellent, proactive, communicator with the ability to engage a variety of audiences — from employees and partners to customers and media.
• A creative professional who knows that success requires planning and details, who thrives on designing experiences that delight and inspire.
• Proven experience (4-7 years) in event management, event logistics plus marketing communications, and/or brand experience preferred. Industry Event Management experience preferred.
• Someone who embodies the FBS Way, people first and purpose-driven.
• Stability, reliability and consistency delivering results.

Why People Love Working at FBS:

• Employee-Owned: At FBS, every employee is an owner with a voice in our success.
• Culture-First: We don’t just talk about culture — we celebrate it through recognition, collaboration, and shared purpose.
• Impact: You’ll play a visible role in shaping how FBS is experienced by customers, partners, and the industry.
• The Best Team: Simply stated, the FBS marketing team is cream of the crop, setting the industry benchmark in innovation, creativity, originality and memorable communication. And we have fun doing it!

Physical Requirements:

• Capable of lifting 20 pounds and moving items of various sizes from one location to another.
• Walking and traversing distances, often carrying items related to tradeshows and events
• Frequent travel to and from event locations

Location: Fargo, ND (Hybrid/Onsite desired). US Remote considered
US-based Travel: 3-5x per year