Event Project Manager

Are you a driven Events Project Manager? Experienced in corporate incentive travel events? Enjoy getting creative and thinking outside the box? Want to deliver events for some of the world’s biggest brands? This might be the role for you!

The company

We are a group of six smart agencies that provide clients with marketing strategy, creative and digital solutions, live events, data analytics, and PR across many market sectors.

We are well-established and have developed a reputation for delivering and exceeding expectations to some of the world’s best-known brands, including Royal Caribbean, HP, Microsoft, Westcoast, and many more.

The role

You’ll be responsible for delivering exciting and creative live (and sometimes virtual) events, in the UK and internationally, to a fabulous range of blue-chip clients, particularly in IT, FMCG and Telco.

You’ll take ownership of all things project management and be responsible for the ideation, creation, management, and delivery of large-scale events.

In this role, you’ll work creatively with some of the world’s biggest brands and will have the opportunity to travel to some amazing places.

Responsibilities include:

• Client Management – speak with clients to find out their exact event requirements
• Event Ideation – produce detailed proposals for events that will surprise and delight
• Project management – take responsibility for all pre-event planning, briefing teams, project plans and documentation, venue liaison, supplier management, contracts and budgets
• Creativity – be creative and proactive with communications to support client programmes
• Make an impression – demonstrate the highest level of service and responsiveness.
• Efficiency – ensure timesheets, budget sheets, project reconciliations and invoicing are kept up to date
• Demonstrate ROI – ensure client reporting requirements are clear and met
• Help drive our business – research opportunities for new clients and events

The package

• Up to £35,000 starting salary
• A monetary bonus system (up to 10% on top of your annual salary)
• Exciting global travel to amazing places
• Commitment to training and development – you'll receive an allocated training budget, which can be spent on courses, exhibitions, talks, etc.
• Bespoke progression based on your interests and skills
• Summer and Christmas events each year
• Company get together every last Friday of the month
• A large team event every quarter
• Access to PirkX benefits
• Great company approach to and focus on sustainability
• Pension

Sustainable development, environment, and mission

The company is committed to sustainable development as a guiding principle within our work and office environment. Concern for the environment is an integral and fundamental part of this commitment. We aim to reduce the impact on the environment from our operations and implement best practices across the business. We are committed to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

The company’s mission is ‘Making it better’, which we do through care, cause and community, and sustainability to combat climate change. We aim to have all programs carbon-positive before 2030.

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Making talent better

The company also maintains a mentoring programme aimed at growing our talent and helping people thrive in a positive environment through coaching, listening, and feedback.

To be successful, you will…

…have experience in corporate incentive travel events

…be excited about international travel

…be committed to your work and happy with some late nights and focus when events require it

…be a creative ideas person and able to generate ideas that make a real impact

…be a self-starter with a high level of energy and enthusiasm

…have meticulous attention to detail

…work well under pressure

…be personable and able to develop strong client relationships

…enjoy the challenge of a deadline and delight clients at every opportunity

…have a proven track record of delivery within an events environment, including experience in successfully running large, complex projects in a fast-paced environment

Apply!

If you’re looking for an exciting role with a progressive, growing agency and want to work with a portfolio of great clients, apply now!