Event Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 13 August 2025
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Associate
SALARY
£30,000 / year
CATEGORY
Event Management
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SKILLS

Event Management Customer Service Negotiation Project Management Communication Time Management Excel Word

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

An exciting opportunity for an Event Manager to join a dynamic, industry-leading events company, responsible for the logistics of medium-sized events and Connect events. The role involves pre-event correspondence, managing expenditure, supplier relationships, event collateral, and onsite event teams, with a focus on exceptional customer service.

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Pre-event correspondence with delegates, speakers and sponsors
  • Managing outgoing expenditure and submitting accurate forecasts
  • Negotiating, liaising and managing relationships with event venues and suppliers
  • Creating and designing event collateral, signage and exhibition floor plans
  • Sourcing branded items – gifts, lanyards, sponsorship inventory etc
  • Managing dinners, cocktail receptions and bespoke networking events
  • Organising staff travel and accommodation
  • Managing onsite event teams and event registration
  • Managing partnering system of Connect events
  • Accurately managing rooming lists and dinner lists for Connect events
  • Providing an exceptionally high level of customer service in all interactions and exceeding clients’ expectation

Core Requirements include:

  • Experience in the coordination of b2b events for at least 200 people
  • Experience in managing exhibitions
  • Good Excel/Word/PowerPoint skills
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Outstanding customer service and communication skills
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Excellent time management skills

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated, ambitious, commercially focused, and team-oriented professional to join our high-energy, creative operations team.

Responsibilities

  • Pre-event correspondence with delegates, speakers and sponsors
  • Managing outgoing expenditure and submitting accurate forecasts
  • Negotiating, liaising and managing relationships with event venues and suppliers
  • Creating and designing event collateral, signage and exhibition floor plans
  • Sourcing branded items – gifts, lanyards, sponsorship inventory etc
  • Managing dinners, cocktail receptions and bespoke networking events
  • Organising staff travel and accommodation
  • Managing onsite event teams and event registration
  • Managing partnering system of Connect events
  • Accurately managing rooming lists and dinner lists for Connect events
  • Providing an exceptionally high level of customer service in all interactions and exceeding clients’ expectation

Qualities and Characteristics:

  • Ability to use initiative, multi-task under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and efficiency
  • Ability to establish sustainable and profitable relationships with customers, suppliers & clients
  • Good at working with and motivating colleagues on an individual and team level
  • Proficient at cost management and forecasting

Attributes/Behaviours

  • Experience in the coordination of b2b events for at least 200 people
  • Experience in managing exhibitions
  • Good Excel/Word/PowerPoint skills
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Outstanding customer service and communication skills
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Excellent time management skills

Job Perks

  • We will support new members of the team with dedicated training and development time to evolve their existing skill set to be successful within our environment
  • Commitment to progression based on achievement
  • Workplace pension scheme
  • Medicash Plan
  • Life Assurance
  • Access to wellbeing app
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Social events arranged for all
  • Team and company incentives based on performance
  • Casual dress code
  • Generous salary + profit share
  • Hybrid working model – 3 days work from home, Tuesdays & Thursdays in our London office (SW1V)

Job Overview

- Location: London

- Job Type: Full Time

- Language: English

- Compensation: 20-30k

- Department: Event Management

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