Senior Event Project Manager

Salary: £48,000 – £54,000 per year

The company works in the AV Event Services industry and provides sound, vision, rigging, lighting, mains distribution, access, scenery & prompting.

Requirements in the role:

• Responsible for account handling of an allocated client base whist also assisting the larger AV event team when they are at capacity. 

• Interrogate the detail of each client brief, looking out for, and responding to, missing detail, advising against points of failure, and encouraging approaches that are financially, technically, and operationally beneficial to both parties. 

• On a day-to- day basis you will ensure the client has a full understanding of current, future and previous AV Event project workflows. 

• Develop relationships with existing and new clients 

• You will be expected to hand hold clients through any difficulties, either technical, crew or budget inflicted, offering support and guidance throughout, ensuring that the client feels in safe hands and not leaving them looking outside for advice. 

• Maintaining profit margins is important in the role

• It is vitally important that any suggested improvements are communicated to the whole team prior to any trial period

• Your role takes you from the initial brief to the final invoice. 

• Specify AV event equipment and build a client focused freelance technical team for each AV event and communicate yours and the projects needs to the support team 

• With your management, our logistics, financial and warehouse team will be there to assist you throughout each project, sending purchase orders to equipment suppliers and crew, arranging crew and equipment logistics and sending the final invoice.

• Monitor current equipment stock levels and cross hire equipment to make up shortfalls and identify where further investment is required to bridge gaps in our inventory. The warehouse team will consult with you when prepping equipment from your quotation and cable list. In response to your management input, the transport team will schedule deliveries and collections to site as well as collection & returning cross hires. 

• Your communication with all departments will ensure that both you and our client finish each event smoothly and efficiently.

• On site you will manage the AV event crew and technical build ensuring the event is delivered on time, within budget and to plan. You will manage any change to the brief throughout the build – managing project cost notices with the client throughout to secure profitability. 

• Ensure each crew member is aware of their role and responsibilities. 

• Maintain a safe working environment and make certain health & safety guidelines are being adhered to in accordance with the risk assessment – documentation you will be responsible for preparing. 

• Keep the client updated on the progress of the AV event status and guarantee their expectations are being met.

• Your role will be based at SW2 2AL, but at times you will travel away and stay for extended periods both in the UK and abroad whilst overseeing events. The company will cover all work-related expenses and travel away from the office.

We promise to provide help and guidance to ensure you feel supported in your role. 

You will have input to regular team meetings where we discuss our performance. We encourage your input on where improvements can be made.