Creative Project Manager - Celebration X, Spotify
Anna Matilda Ekloev
The ten year anniversary celebration of Spotify; a massive event where 2500 employees were flown to Stockholm for a 4 day event. Project start 18 months prior.
The ten year anniversary celebration of Spotify; a massive event that flew in the entire global team for a four day event in Stockholm. I was hired by Spotify as creative project manager with the goal of building an unforgettable experience that would ensure water cooler chat for years to come. Celebration X was one of my 15+ projects for Spotify over six years, and by far the most challenging.
Our core group specialized in different areas of expertise and planned Celebration X for a year and a half.
Among our many tasks
Conceptualized and created Celebration X’s branding
Designed and developed an application encompassing guest experience as a whole, from saving the date to providing feedback after the event
Focused on designing and executing: Fifteen conferences, three parties, chartering planes and ticketing 2000 guests from all global offices, planning all hospitality and logistics, planning, obtaining and organizing all food and beverage and hiring all external suppliers.
My responsibilities included but were not limited to
Internal project group management
Overall project management of our general day-to-day operations
Action lists and follow ups
Agendas
Spearheading all internal meetings
Developing and leading project plans
Building all front of the house “run of show” schedules
External project management
Hiring and negotiating external vendors such as tech companies to build the internal application, bus, taxi and boat companies for all transportation and logistics needs, staffing suppliers, conferences and party venues, food and beverage suppliers, and, decoration companies.
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Posted Feb 25, 2022
The ten year anniversary celebration of Spotify; a massive event where 2500 employees were flown to Stockholm for a 4 day event. Project start 18 months prior.
