Events Executive

Salary: £33,600 per year

We have a fantastic opportunity for and experienced Events and Marketing Executive.

Working for a highly regarded and leading UK company based in Central Bedfordshire on a 6 months Fixed Term Contract. There is a strong chance this will become a Permanent position thereafter, but this cannot be guaranteed unfortunately at this moment.

Salary: £33,600Location: Blended working – Head Office in Central Beds and Work from Home

Benefits: free parking
enhanced pension
healthcare
31 days holidays (inc bank holidays)
bike to work
plus many more!

Job Purpose
The successful individual will be pivotal in supporting the Events & Marketing Manager in the planning, coordination and promotion of a series of events across the UK.
The post-holder will also be required to support on the delivery of a series of Webinars and to plan, co-ordinate and deliver a range of marketing activities that are in line with the companies marketing strategy.

Overview of the Events and Marketing Executive Role

You will report to the Events & Marketing Manager, but will operate with a reasonable degree of autonomy.

There is no direct line management responsibility, but you will be expected to guide, instruct and direct staff from across multiple departments in their duties planning and delivering events and webinars to a professional, engaging and successful outcome.

The post-holder has no direct budgetary responsibility, but will have the ability to manage the budgeting of certain events. Direct control and final sign-off will be done by the Events & Marketing Manager.

You may be required to work away from home on an infrequent basis, to support with the delivery of events at pre-planned times and to support with the delivery of webinars within the evenings, on pre-agreed dates

Day to Day Duties

* To support the Events & Marketing Manager in the planning and delivery of events, meetings and webinars

* To plan, deliver, promote and evaluate a series of events across the UK including coordination of staff, venue booking and management, designing communications

* To develop and implement marketing and communications campaigns to support the promotion of the companies events and webinars across various channels, to achieve appropriate levels of engagement

* To plan, develop and implement a marketing campaign and activities to promote the companies Student Membership Scheme, helping increase awareness and engagement with the brand by learners and college lecturers

* To work, communicate and manage relationships with other departments to co-ordinate the right team to deliver events and webinars on time and to a high standard

* To plan and support delivery of the webinars

* To conduct risk assessments prior to the delivery of events to ensure the Health & Safety of staff and visitors

* To work within a budget provided by the Events and Marketing Manager when planning and delivering events

* To manage relationships with various suppliers (design agencies, venues, colleges etc).

* To adhere to the marketing and communication team’s administrative systems and policies.

* To comply with the requirements of the companies Health and Safety policy while on or offsite.

* To undertake other duties from time to time, within their competence, as required by the Events & Marketing Manager

Essential Requirements

* Ability and commitment to embrace and engage in the Companies Behaviours for Success

* Ability to work collaboratively across all areas of the business

* Take ownership and personal responsibility for own continuous learning and development

* Great organisational skills with a proven track record of delivering projects from conception to completion.

* Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

* Be a confident and assertive individual to deal with all types of personalities and situations Events require

* Experience within the events management industry or marketing industry

* Eligibility to work in the UK

Desirable

* Degree within a Marketing and Events focussed subject or the relevant Events Marketing experience

* Experience of graphic design packages (Adobe Photoshop); Adobe Acrobat;

* Experience using email software platforms and website content management systems.

* Experience using webinar software platforms

* A full UK driving licence as some travel will be undertaken

This position is to start ASAP, so if you are that credible, confident and assertive Events & Marketing person looking for a UK Top 100 to work for, then please send your CV to James Newbury Appointments for review.

If you do not hear back within 3 working days, unfortunately you have not been shortlisted on this occasion however, we would love to take the opportunity to thank you for your application and ask you to please do keep an eye for other potential opportunities