Recruiter details: Haymarket Media Group

Haymarket organises events such as exhibitions, awards nights, conferences and shows. There are a several different roles involved in organising events:

Event marketing

These people are responsible for attracting people to events by running marketing campaigns. These involve direct mail, e-marketing and general media advertising. Marketers also monitor campaigns to target the right audiences.

Event Sales

Sales staff sell sponsorship and exhibitor packages across all events. They organise tailor-made packages for suppliers at conferences or awards nights and manage stand sales at consumer exhibitions. Sales staff should ideally have worked in an exhibitions/events environment, or have similar sales experience (see SALES in this section).

Event Operations

Organising a big event is a logistical challenge. Booking venues, building features, organising AV equipment, delivering sponsorship packages and bringing it all together is the Operations team’s job. Each co-ordinator runs several events, working closely with other departments to make it run flawlessly.

Conference production

This team researches and writes the agenda of Haymarket’s conferences.

Producers recruit top-level speakers to address industry audiences. They then help create a marketing campaign to attract delegates to the conference.

Event presenter

An opportunity to be the “MD” of a show. The Presenter is in charge of a show – from sales to marketing, from operations to finance. This is wonderful training for senior management.

Awards team

Organising Awards events is a special discipline. The team that runs them selects the award categories, encourages entries, co-ordinates judging and ticket sales.They also have to make sure everything runs smoothly on the night. A job within the Awards team demands creative flair to produce a memorable event.