Events Specialist

CIL is a growth strategy consultancy. We help our clients identify opportunities, solve problems and build strategies for long-term success. As a people-driven business, our growth is closely linked to our brand, relationships and presence in the market. Events play a key role in this, bringing together clients and wider networks to showcase CIL’s value and culture.

We are looking for an Events Specialist to join our UK-based team, which is led by our Marketing Director. The successful candidate will work closely with the wider Marketing team, supporting the end-to-end planning and delivery of events across our six offices in the UK, US, and Europe. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, international environment and contribute directly to our growth.

The Events Specialist role requires someone highly organised, proactive and detail-oriented, with a genuine enthusiasm for creating well-run, engaging events. This role would suit someone who enjoys bringing structure to busy projects, is comfortable managing multiple moving parts at once, and brings a positive, can-do attitude when coordinating stakeholders, suppliers and logistics.

The Events Specialist will:

• Plan and deliver external and internal events end-to-end: timelines, budgets, suppliers, guest lists, registration, logistics, run-of-show and on-the-day management.
• Build event project plans and keep stakeholders on track, flagging risks early and keeping decisions moving.
• Manage venues, catering, AV, photography and contingency planning.
• Support virtual and hybrid events where needed (platform set-up, speaker prep, tech rehearsals).
• Create and coordinate event collateral: invitations, RSVP flows, joining instructions, signage, handouts, name badges, simple decks and on-screen assets, ensuring all materials are consistent with CIL’s tone of voice and brand.
• Work closely with Partners and senior stakeholders to shape event formats, agendas and guest experience.
• Brief speakers, coordinate prep sessions, and ensure everyone is clear on timing, roles and messaging.
• Coordinate attendee comms and follow-up, including post-event emails and feedback where appropriate.
• Track event performance: attendance, audience mix, engagement, costs, and agreed outcomes (e.g. meetings secured, list growth).
• Manage branded merchandise for events and recruitment activity: stock, ordering, storage and distribution.
• Manage budgets per event, track spend, and support annual budgeting/forecasting for the events programme.
• Own supplier relationships and negotiate where appropriate (venues, printers, production partners, swag suppliers).

Our strong international and sector growth means there are increasing opportunities to support marketing efforts in those countries or in particular sectors of interest to the candidate. We carry out formal performance reviews annually with your Career Manager, who will be the Marketing Manager, where goals for the next twelve months are set out.

It is expected that this role can involve a mixture of home and office working (three days per week in the office), although we think the successful candidate would probably benefit from more office time initially to help them get up the curve. We are open to the candidate being based in either our London or Frome office.

Successful CIL people share some key attributes:

• A ‘growth mindset’ when it comes to problem solving.
• Motivation and ambition, able to stand on their own two feet.
• Strong team working and people skills.
• Outstanding numeracy, written and verbal communication skills.
• Humility and quiet self-confidence – we are not an ‘alpha’ environment.
• A keen sense of humour and broad shoulders.

We have strict qualification criteria for this role:

• 2.1 or higher undergraduate degree from a top university, any discipline.
• Outstanding attention to detail and proofing skills.
• Knowledge of our industry and prior experience organising events.
• Demonstrable enthusiasm in supporting the development of a fast-growing consulting business, both at an operational and strategic level.
• Completely fluent written and spoken English – other languages an advantage.
• Applicants should have a minimum of two years’ experience organising events, ideally within a professional services firm.

However, we strongly encourage any applicant to apply if they feel they meet the criteria set out above, regardless of the current amount of experience that they hold.

Benefits include:

• Competitive remuneration package, with participation in our company’s discretionary bonus scheme and matched pension contributions of 5% of basic salary.
• Generous holiday entitlement (25 days, with an additional discretionary ‘CIL Day’ around Christmas) with option to purchase five additional days each year.
• Hybrid working, with a guideline of spending at least 60% of your time in-office.
• Option to join our company private healthcare scheme through Vitality, which includes a Dental, Optical and Audiological cash plan alongside a variety of wellbeing rewards and incentives.
• Life assurance and long-term sick cover.
• Enhanced parental leave & pay policies.
• Support to undertake training relevant to your role and access to personal online career coaching via a third-party provider.
• Regular company events & socials.