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Event Manager

Live Recruitment
Posted 8 hours ago, valid for 20 hours
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS12 5HR, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • An award-winning events agency in West Yorkshire is seeking an Event Manager to support their continued growth, offering 2 days of home working and 3 days in the office.
  • Candidates should have solid experience managing corporate events within an event agency or hotel, and excellent communication skills are essential.
  • The role involves overseeing a reactive events team, managing event calendars, and ensuring events are delivered on time and within budget.
  • Competitive salaries are offered, although the specific salary is not mentioned in the job description.
  • This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a boutique business while working closely with the Managing Director.

2 days home working offered - 3 days in office

Your chance to join an award-winning events agency and forge a successful career!

THE COMPANY

This boutique business is a full-service global venue finding and event management company in West Yorkshire, specialising in corporate and association events. For the past 11 years they have been hand crafting creative, out of the box events and offering a first-class venue find service that delivers regardless of brief, complexity and budget!

Joining a boutique business means you will have the opportunity to really flex your skill set, take on new responsibilities and immerse yourself in all aspects of event planning. As right hand man to the MD, you will have a direct input into the business strategy and really have the chance to make an impact!

Offering an excellent working environment, strong team ethos and competitive salaries, this is an opportunity not to be missed!

THE ROLE

Due to their ongoing success, they are now looking for an Event Manager to support their continued growth, work within our busy events team in delivering a demanding and diverse calendar of events each year on behalf of our valued clients.

A broad role, responsibilities will include:

  • Overseeing the reactive events team with the goal of achieving individual and company targets for the year.
  • Assisting with event calendar development, managing production and delivery/organisation of events.
  • Acting as the clients trusted advisor providing feedback on venues proposed based on own knowledge and experience
  • Delivering events on time i.e. working to deadlines, within budget and to brief.
  • Setting, communicating and maintaining timelines and priorities on all managed events.
  • Producing detailed event-related briefs and ensuring timely and relevant internal communications.
  • Managing supplier relationships and identifying potential new suppliers as appropriate.
  • Travelling to site inspections, client meetings and project managing events onsite.
  • Support with contract T&C's, credit application forms, invoices, understanding the bill back process prior to clients signing event agreements.
  • Assist with managing on site requirements of clients events ensuring health and safety regulations are adhered to.
  • Contact venues which match the clients event brief, obtain availability/rates and create a proposal with a shortlist of suitable options.

THE CANDIDATE

Candidates should come with solid experience of managing corporate events from within an event agency, hotel or similar. You will be an excellent communicator who enjoys providing top quality service to clients, and thrives working as part of a close knit team.

In return this event business is giving you the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with some of the best in the business - this is an opportunity not to be missed! 

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.

We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Vacancy ref: MM13742

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.