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Senior Event Manager (venue - ops & sales)

Employer
Regan & Dean
Location
City of London
Salary
£35000 - 40000 per annum
Closing date
24 Feb 2019

Job Details

Amazing senior level events venue role (ops & sales) at a historical listed property in central London!

COMPANY

Stunning London venue property - heritage and listed building and home to a leading maritime authority and registered charity / corporation.

ROLE

The Head of Events is looking to replace a long-standing member of the events & venue hire team who is retiring shortly. In this role (50/50 sales and ops) you'll be organising the corporation's internal events (dinners, receptions, seminars, meetings etc) however the majority of your day-to-day work will be handling external client events & venue hire bookings (responding to venue hire enquiries, reactive sales, preparing contacts, event planning for the client, supplier management & on-site ops) as well as promoting & marketing the venue and ensuring it has a strong positioning in the London venue market. It's a stunning property (listed building 17th century with several beautiful venue spaces for 10-180pax) and it's a very busy venue that holds approx 200 events per year (always exclusive hire).

The client mix is 80% corporate / 20% private events (parties, weddings etc..) and on average these are 70% daytime events / 30% evening.

This is an absolute gem of a venue events role - lovely venue, friendly team and lovely company to work for with a good work/life balance culture across the organisation!

YOU

This role will suit a super-organised, very client facing and commercially astute Event Manager, Venue Manager, Operations or Hospitality Manager with a minimum of 5 years' experience (venue side, catering agency, hospitality or events company or cruise ships). Candidates will need to have a good mix of reactive sales and venue-side event operations skills and be able to proactively develop and manage relationships with clients. A proven background in promoting an events venue / company / service and of devising marketing strategies and initiatives to increase business is essential and being able to adapt your approach and style depending on the audience /client is also really important. You'll need to have high quality written and oral communication skills, knowledge of wines and catering, an understanding of city/livery practices and traditions and exceptional client/customer servicing and communication skills

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced events' professional with a strong venue & hospitality background and great ops & reactive sales skills who would love to be working in a beautiful historical listed property in central London!

If your experience matches the key requirements and responsibilities as listed above, please reflect these in your CV and click "Apply" now.

Company

Check out all our events roles at www.regananddean.co.uk.

We have over 30 years at the heart of the events sector, and work on Event roles at all levels and in all its varied homes - from Inhouse/Corporate, Associations/Professional Bodies, Agencies, Publishing, Commercial Events companies, Charities, Venues - wherever event people are needed we are there to match great roles to great candidates. With over 30 years experience within the events sector we pride ourselves on remaining a flexible, ethical and hardworking recruitment consultancy that offers expertise, insight and support to our clients and candidates alike - passionate about events and events people.

We have 3 divisions: Events & Communications, Marketing, Office Support & HR. All divisions work across a full range of roles, from junior co-ordinators to senior director level, and, with hands-on experience in the fields they recruit into, our consultants are experts in their chosen areas.

Clients range from leading Event and Marketing Agencies to major Corporates, Financial Services, Associations, Commercial Conferences, Publishing, Venues, Entertainment and Charities.  We are therefore able to offer experienced candidates an unrivalled breadth of opportunities within their specialist fields, on a permanent, temporary or freelance basis throughout the UK 

Contact: 020 7409 3244

Website: http://www.regananddean.co.uk

 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0207 409 3244
Location
77 Queens Road
London
London
SW14 8PH
United Kingdom

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