At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting live events from concept to delivery, ensuring client satisfaction and project success.
- Company: Join a dynamic team at a leading event production company with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working hours, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Commitment to sustainability and a collaborative work environment.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of live events, making unforgettable experiences for clients and audiences.
- Qualifications: Experience in event management and a passion for delivering exceptional service.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
About The Role
EC has an opportunity for a Project Manager with experience in event production to join our team. Reporting to a senior member of the department, this role is responsible for the delivery of a broad range of events. The main client point of contact, managing production‑led enquiries covering technical, scenic, and other event production elements, working with internal teams to take a project from initial enquiry to on‑site delivery. Supporting growth, nurturing client and venue relationships, providing exceptional service to encourage repeat business. Not a technical or scenic role, but requires a confident understanding of production, event delivery, and a commercial mindset to steer projects and ensure client success.
Qualifications
- Relevant experience in the events industry, ideally with a production background.
- Experience in event management or production, confident in discussing projects with clients.
- Attention to detail and understanding of event production processes.
- Experience with project financials, understanding revenue, gross profit, and margins.
- Comfortable with targets around profit and conversion.
- Commitment to sustainability, supporting our 2030 Pledge.
Responsibilities
- Act as lead in clients’ requirements, providing realistic solutions.
- Handle new enquiries, preparing quotations and proposals for small to medium events.
- Attend internal pipeline meetings and monitor progress against revenue targets.
- Seek upsell opportunities, adding value through technical, scenic, florals, and content offerings.
- Maintain own pipeline of events from quote to delivery, ensuring processes are followed.
- Collaborate with technical, scenic, floral, creative, content and other internal teams.
- Produce accurate floor plans in Vectorworks, keeping them updated and properly filed.
- Create schedules and work with operations, logistics, and crewing teams to maintain accuracy.
- Deliver events on budget and schedule.
- Support other team members as needed.
- Ensure budgets are competitive and commercially sound, meeting internal targets.
- Reconcile projects, allocating costs in R2 and communicating additional charges timely.
- Generate and manage event safety plans, RAMS, build schedules, and project packs.
- Observe company policies and procedures in all day‑to‑day responsibilities.
Project Manager - Live Event Production employer: Event Concept
At EC, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters creativity and collaboration in a vibrant work environment. Our hybrid working model, generous time off, and strong focus on employee wellbeing ensure that you can thrive both personally and professionally. With ample opportunities for growth and a supportive team culture, joining us as a Marketing, Social Media & Content Manager means becoming part of a dynamic family dedicated to crafting extraordinary experiences.
