Exhibition Project Manager

Key Accountabilities

• Proactively building and maintaining the full calendar of exhibitions throughout the Financial Year.
• Working closely with our commercial, marketing and product teams to identify opportunities to further expand the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group’s footprint via global exhibitions.
• Project managing events and controlling costs to deliver them on time and within budget.
• Managing the end-to-end B2B exhibitions program, with the ability to create an efficient approach to delivery, irrespective of the size and complexity of the event.
• Be responsible for risk and compliance at exhibitions – Full risk assessments.
• Overseeing the installation and de-rigging of exhibition stands.
• Organising and approving stand designs, stand layouts, product ordering, delivery, and marketing collateral for the exhibition.
• Managing the day-to-day activity on-site, organising press and customer meetings to bolster the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group’s reputation across a range of trade & industry publications.

How you will be supported

• You will be supported by a talented in-house team, to create impressive exhibition stand designs that will attract and engage a wide and diverse range of audiences across multiple industries & sectors.
• Our dedicated multi-media team will support you with engaging video content to be used at the world’s highest-profile exhibitions.
• You will be supported by our in-house team of Product Specialists, guiding product lines and their applications.
• Our state of the art manufacturing facility provides the opportunity to create exhibition-specific products as required.
• You will be supported by a global team of in-house Marketing specialists on all communications and the generation of leads, both pre & post-event.

Essential

• Experience of Event Management – Conferences / Exhibitions / Brand Activation – 2 Years+.
• Experienced in risk assessments and policies associated with international events. The ability to be proactive and take the initiative.
• The ability to work with multiple stakeholders at any one time, setting clearly defined objectives and associated deadlines. Self motivated – team player.
• Confident leader & decision maker, with a focus on finding effective solutions and delivering results.
• Commercially focussed with strong negotiation skills when dealing with venues and suppliers.

Desirable

• B2B background.
• Knowledge of working with creative teams.
• Knowledge of design software, such as Studio Max, the Adobe Creative suite, and AutoCAD.
• Knowledge of software to create sketches, images and 3D versions of exhibition designs.
• Knowledge of AV and IT technology.

For more information please get in touch with Adam Pearson at Imperial Recruitment Group.