Senior Event Manager – Maternity Cover in Manchester

This is a senior, hands-on role within our fast-growing events team, covering the Senior Event Manager on maternity leave. You will take full ownership of our portfolio of legal innovation conferences/exhibitions – from early-stage planning through to on-site delivery – and report directly to the Managing Director of the portfolio.

Legal Geek, now part of Centellic, produces the world’s largest lawtech community events, attracting thousands of delegates and described as the Glastonbury of legal. You will be the operational lead across four annual conferences/exhibitions, managing budgets, venues, suppliers and a large on-site team, while collaborating closely with our marketing, sales and production colleagues.

• Lead end-to-end logistics and operations across four large-scale conferences (up to 5,000 delegates), serving as the primary on-site lead across build, live and breakdown days.
• Own and manage all event budgets (500k+), including budget setting, multi-currency reconciliation, accurate spend tracking and post-event P&L reporting.
• Oversee venue sourcing and management for dry-hire spaces (no hotel venues).
• Coordinate all operational workstreams: furniture hire, AV, signage (digital and print), floorplans, catering, and health and safety.
• Manage and direct on-site teams of 50+ contract staff.
• Own the full sponsor and exhibitor experience across 30–80 sponsors per event, ensuring high-quality delivery of stands, activations and exhibitor environments.
• Collaborate effectively across marketing, sales, production and other Centellic departments to achieve event objectives.
• Create new, innovative delegate experiences in line with the Legal Geek brand.
• Conduct pre- and post-event evaluations with internal stakeholders.

• 4+ years of experience in end-to-end event management, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale B2B events.
• Experience with dry-hire venues is strongly preferred.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple workstreams to tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to liaise with senior stakeholders and external partners.
• Comfortable using digital tools day-to-day – including Microsoft Office, design software, a CRM and an event app, and we’re always looking to work smarter with tech.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to working across teams.

Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:

• Start of employment: Eye care, Employee Assistance Programme, A day off for your birthday.
• After 3 months employment: Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution).
• After 4 months employment: Life assurance.
• After probation: Cycle to work scheme, Season ticket loan, £350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes, Puregym access, Perks at work platform access.
• After 1 year service: Private healthcare.
• Additional Perks: Company socials, Access to Employee Affinity Networks, Mentoring scheme, Volunteering Day, Mortgage Advice, Work from anywhere (2 weeks), Generous parental leave.

We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.