Event Executive

3 days in office, 2 days home working offered - Your opportunity to join a global events business, develop your experience and take your career to new heights!

THE COMPANY

This business is a highly professional, global company that specialise in the production of B2B conferences, workshops and masterclasses in a variety of corporate sectors. Their long-term success has been established by providing a reliable and expert services, bringing the best speakers and content to their events for over 25 years! Trusted specialists in their sectors, they are well known, and responsible for creating leading events with hot topics, interactive sessions and engaging insights.

Currently in an exciting period of expansion with new event launches and a solid team, now is the perfect time to join!

THE ROLE

Due to business growth and team expansion, an exciting position has become available for an Events Executive to come on board and manage a portion of their growing portfolio of events. Working within their close knit and busy events team responsibilities are broad and include:

• Project manage 14+ events per year.
• Responsible for ownership, accountability, and reporting for all logistical elements of the allocated events.
• Liaise with the venue in the lead up to the event: floorplan, venue function sheet etc.
• Process invoices to ensure prompt payment and facilitation of post-event.
• Maintain strong professional relationships with speakers, sponsors, and delegates.
• Build event communication for all attendees.
• Consult and liaise with suppliers and raising purchase orders and confirming requirements and on-site management.
• Negotiate with venues DDR discounts, extension of deadlines, flexibility on cancellation terms signed etc.
• Book accommodation for the team and approved speakers.
• Develop good internal relationships with all departments, ensuring clear communication is always made and act as the main point of contact.
• Arrange shipment of your materials to venues.
• Work on event budgets aligned with companies KPI's.
• Build post event reports.
• Attend site visits.

THE CANDIDATE

Candidates should come with experience of working within corporate conferences, having exposure to the full end to end process of event management. Candidates must have excellent communication and administration capabilities along with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently. Candidates must be open to travelling onsite to support with the delivery of events.

In return, this organisation offers fantastic development in addition to flexible working, great benefits and the opportunity to work with some of the best in the business within a fantastic working environment.

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.

As a specialist events recruitment agency we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity.

Vacancy Ref: MM14638