Venue Hire and Event Planning Manager
- Employer
- ESP Recruitment
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £28000 - 32000 per annum
- Closing date
- 9 May 2019
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- Function
- Senior Management
- Sector
- Venues
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Job Role
- Event Manager
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Job Details
This stunning Grade II listed venue based in the City seeks a Venue Hire and Event Planning Manager to lead the team that manages both commercial (venue hire) and charitable programme event planning, to deliver excellent events that generate positive feedback and repeat business through excellent customer service.
Role purpose and key objectives
The successful candidate will have a strong track record of success increasing venue hire income and business within a venue-based cultural charity , excellent financial management skills, including formulating budgets, monitoring and control procedures and first class written and verbal communication skills in English and a proactive approach to internal communication
Role purpose and key objectives
- To lead and manage the venue hire and event planning elements of the business to achieve or exceed income generation targets.
- To source and secure appropriate new venue hire business respecting the company's core purpose and reputation, whilst ensuring that current and long-standing clients and audiences remain engaged.
- The post holder will be accountable for achievement of annual venue hire targets and responsible for proposing, managing and reporting on those specific budget lines.
- Achieve or exceed the agreed venue hire budget for the year (currently circa £600k) through appropriate bookings
- Working with Campaigns, to increase take-up of existing venue hire offer to achieve agreed targets (this will include identifying new and innovative ways to take our offer to market)
- Achieve or exceed agreed venue hire budgets with full budget management responsibility, monitoring and reporting on performance against KPIs .
- With the Campaigns team, plan and implement a sales and marketing strategy for the venue hire function, working to clear targets and considering alternative strategies and markets
- Managing the Event Planners, and in collaboration with the Senior Programmer and Campaigns team, ensure the programme is uploaded to the box office system and website to agreed deadlines, the marketing strategy agreed and implemented, sales monitored, and impact of pilot projects evaluated
The successful candidate will have a strong track record of success increasing venue hire income and business within a venue-based cultural charity , excellent financial management skills, including formulating budgets, monitoring and control procedures and first class written and verbal communication skills in English and a proactive approach to internal communication
Company
As specialists in our market, we offer integrity, honesty and confidentiality. As we concentrate on doing one thing and doing it really well, we have built up an extensive network of candidates at all levels and some of the most highly regarded clients in the events industry.
Offering the widest range of jobs in events worldwide, esp work on permanent, contract and freelance recruitment solutions at all levels from graduate to managing director, across the UK and internationally.
esprecruitment recruit for the following sectors:
- Event Management Agencies
- Production Companies
- Experiential Agencies
- C&I Agencies
- Corporate in-house
- Venues
- Hotels
- Associations
- Charities
- Public Sector
- Commercial Conference Companies
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition & Event Services
Company info
- Website
- http://www.esprecruitment.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 020 7299 2960
- Location
-
Ground Floor
36 Manchester Street
London
W1U 7LH
GB
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