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Jan-Niklas KempeJK

Jan-Niklas Kempe

Event Manager

€750/day
Düsseldorf, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Jan-Niklas

Events are my passion – especially trade fairs! With experience, passion, and a keen sense for people, I develop individual concepts that perfectly match my clients' needs. My goal: to create experiences that inspire, connect, and remain memorable.

Are events not your daily business? Are you planning an anniversary celebration, a corporate event, or an event for your clients? When you participate in trade fairs and events, is it always your marketing colleagues who handle the planning on the side despite their busy schedules? I'm happy to take all of that off your hands. Long-term or just for a specific project.

For me, events are strategic platforms for brands, growth, and genuine relationships. I combine entrepreneurial thinking with creative staging and a clear focus on results.

My career combines development, sales, and partnerships:
I co-developed a trade fair in the water management sector from the ground up and was holistically responsible for it as a project manager – from concept to implementation.

In sales for a digital marketing trade fair, I managed national and international clients and developed participation concepts with clear objectives: visibility, relevance, and measurable added value.

As Partnerships Manager for the largest gaming trade fair, I was particularly responsible for non-endemic brands, strategically positioning them in a highly dynamic environment – with individual integrations and impactful activations.

Today, every project benefits from this diversity of perspectives. I think about events entrepreneurially, act in a partnership-oriented manner, and create experiences with substance.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • German

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Düsseldorf (up to 50km)

Experience

  • gamescom, Koelnmesse GmbH
    Senior Manager Partnerships
    December 2024 - October 2025 (10 months)
    Cologne, Germany
    • • Development of new and expansion of existing strategic partnerships and customer relationships within the scope of gamescom.
    • • Conceptual development and sales of individual offers/products for endemic and non-endemic customers (e.g., automotive, consumer goods, film, series, streaming, social media platforms).
    • • Analysis of individual customer needs and selection of the appropriate gamescom platform mix (B2C, B2B, online and offline).
    • • Selection, conception, and ensuring the execution of accompanying communication measures in coordination with other departments.
    • • Definition and pricing of partnership categories.
    • • Research and targeted approach of potential new customers.
    • • Monitoring of KPIs, as well as creation of reports and documentation for customers.
    Sales Events Event Management Event Organization Project Management
  • e.qua Services GmbH,
    Head of Sales & Events
    November 2019 - December 2021 (2 years and 1 month)
    Berlin, Germany
    • • Project lead for the TAUSENDWASSER trade fair.
    • • Contact person for exhibitors (acquisition, approach, contract negotiations).
    • • Support of individual trades and their contract negotiations (e.g., technology, location, catering, show acts, stand construction).
    • • Maintenance and support of the homepage.
    • • Coordination with trade publishers, marketing, and responsibility for external representation.
    • • Creative and content support and management of marketing campaigns.
    • • Budget planning and calculation.
    • • Personnel responsibility and leadership of the trade fair team.
    • • Organization of and participation in industry trade fairs.
    • • Technical support and consulting.
    Project Management Event Organization Event Leadership Project Management/Project Leadership
  • DMEXCO, Koelnmesse GmbH,
    Sales & Operations Manager
    January 2022 - December 2024 (2 years and 11 months)
    Cologne, Germany
    • • National and international exhibitor acquisition for DMEXCO (Digital Marketing Expo & Conference).
    • • Consulting exhibitors regarding stand space, positioning, and other services such as marketing services (digital and print) and conference services.
    • • Support of national and international exhibitors and key accounts.
    • • Creation, maintenance, and support of an exhibitor portal.
    • • Lead responsibility for trade fair-related special areas, such as for start-ups.
    • • Data maintenance in CRM.
    • • Other project-related tasks such as hall planning and support of some foreign representations and subsidiaries.
    Sales Hubspot Events Events Project Management

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Education

  • Bachelor of Arts
    Hochschule Fresenius
    2016
    Bachelor ofArts
  • Driver's license Class B
    Führerschein Klasse B

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