Senior Events Manager
Application Deadline: 29 September 2024
Department: Live Production - Logistics
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Coventry
Reporting To: Lee Livingstone
Description
Imagination is a global experience design company, founded on the principle of independent creativity. Our live event offering creates big ideas that harness culture to make brands more relevant. Event logistics is an integral team within our Live Production multi-discipline department of experts in their fields.
This role will lead event logistics, both within a project team on a range of projects and collaborate on larger, more complex scopes of work. Events will range from high-profile Launch events, Retailer Training, Awards, Conferences, as well as smaller hosted Media and Influencer events. The role will oversee the day-to-day planning and successful delivery of these types of events. This will include proposals, budgets, schedules and onsite project delivery. The role will be client facing and will include maintaining existing and building new client relationships.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop project proposals, write effective, compelling project briefs, presentations and working documents
- Demonstrate financial responsibility through effective proposal costing, budget development, control and timely reconciliation against pre agreed SLAs
- Manage all aspects of assigned project execution keeping within established budgets and timeframe
- Devise and implement revenue-generating ideas
- Brief and manage all relevant internal specialist teams, ensure schedules are adhered to and all documentation and project filing is complete
- Develop timelines and delivering project detail by working closely with relevant third-party suppliers
- Maintain and develop both client and third party supplier relationships
- Demonstrate successful onsite management and delivery, ensuring projects reflect briefs and meet objectives
- Apply knowledge of automotive brands, products, and competitive environment
- Mentor junior team members
- Willing and able to travel internationally for work, and from time to time work unsociable hours (including weekends) for extended periods
- Fulfilling the role in compliance with company policies and procedures, for example (but not limited to) ISO documentation and Information Security training.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Proven track record of managing and delivering global corporate events and a proven understanding of the events and exhibitions industry
- Strong sector brand experience (within an agency environment) - understand clients, competition and strategy
- Current knowledge of the events industry; hotels, venues, caterers, transportation, entertainment etc.
- First-hand experience of ‘off the shelf’ and bespoke delegate management systems
- Producing complex scheduling and itinerary documentation
- Overall 3rd party supplier management e.g promotional staff, freelancers, DMCs, venues, transport suppliers
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation, relationship building and negotiation skills
- Resilience working with a board range of clients with differing levels of experience
- Strong understanding of multi-channel communications
- Organised with the ability to prioritise work and deliver under pressure
- Possess strong commercial management skills and have experience in consolidating project costs and budgetary control
- Ability to write accurate and timely contact reports and brief internal teams
- Flexible and adaptable to new challenges and requirements and committed to learn and grow
- Meticulous attention to detail and a creative mind
- High proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Google documents and PowerPoint
- Good understanding of information security and business systems, GDPR
- Fluency in additional European Languages would be a significant benefit
- Previous experience of working in the Automotive Events Industry would be a significant benefit
Job Benefits
- A competitive salary and bonus scheme (subject to business performance)
- Work with a state-of-the-art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
- Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.
- Travel to exciting destinations around the world.
- 25 days holiday plus your birthday off
- Flexible / Hybrid working policy
- Enhanced Private Medical Insurance
- Access to a Private Medical Cash Plan
- Self-Invested Personal Pension - Minimum contribution is 5% which is matched at 5% up to a maximum of 10% based on length of service.
- Stocks & Shares ISA
- Dental Insurance (Group discount rate)
- Select discounted Gym memberships
- On-Site Gym (Store Street only)
- Octopus Electric Vehicles - Salary sacrifice car scheme Employees can save up to 40% on driving a brand-new electric car.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Multiple Lunch & Learns, company socials & DE&I sponsored events
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