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Event Manager

Employer: ESP Recruitment
Location: London
Salary: £45000 - 50000 per annum
Closing date: 19 Dec 2021

Function: Event Project Management
Sector: Event Management
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract
Job Role: Event Manager

Job Details
Company

Job Details

Our client, a full service creative agency based in London, seek an experienced Event Manager for a 9-12 month contract, based from home for 90% of the time, coming into London for site visits, client meetings and events. As an Event Manager, you will take the lead on a selection of multi-faceted events from concept to completion, through a range of digital and physical event platforms. You'll be responsible for the successful delivery of allocated events to meet the objectives of their clients, monitoring project milestones and budgets and co-ordinating project teams and external contractors, ensuring successful delivery is maintained to the satisfaction of the client.

Main tasks of role:

Building and maintaining strong, long-lasting customer relationships
Liaise with clients to find out their exact event requirements
Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives
Work closely with the client on the event content, plan, structure and message
Attend site visits in an advisory role to discuss and develop logistical solutions for the client brief
Timeline management
Book solutions via 3rd parties; manage and coordinate suppliers
Budget management - understand priorities around the financial success of a project and demonstrate the ability to develop an overall budget, negotiate contracts, analyse financial data and make commercial decisions to protect profitability
Oversee the entire pre-event process and ensure the brief and proposal is delivered, project objectives and customer expectations are met
Primary point of contact for the client, answering questions and resolving issues that arise over the course of the event
Manage the assessment of health and safety requirements and creation of risk assessments and method statements
On site coordination, including overseeing 3rd parties to ensure that the event goes smoothly and quickly and respond to client issues
Post event completion of costs, invoicing and all related paperwork
Establish and utilise strong working relationships with others, be adaptive in style of communication to yield the best outcome
Ensure the project team is correctly resourced, managing freelance staff as required

Ideally you will have experience running both physical and virtual events - conferences, awards, etc.
Experience of working with custom microsites or off the shelf platforms for delegate registration
Event agency background is essential.
Experience of live streaming, creating run of show documents, briefing suppliers, managing budgets and running client meetings as project lead.

This contract needs a early December start.

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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