Event Manager – Exhibitions

Event Manager – Exhibitions

£50,000 - £60,000 + 30% Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Hybrid

Leading media events business seeks a highly talented Event Manager to join their rapidly growing team leading across a design exhibition portfolio.

This role sits within their design and build events team. You will be tasked with driving strategic growth and direction whilst delivering on all commercial elements and liaising with the event team across all departments in the day-to-day running of the event.

The events themselves attract over 6000 attendees.

ROLE PROFILE

• Full event management responsibility, strategy creation and execution, P&L delivery, budget, and floorplan management.
• Commercial management – key accounts, partners, stakeholders, trade associations as well as the ability to get involved in the development of the commercial plan and attend client meetings, with a key focus on sponsorship revenue.
• Day-to-day management of the event team, both direct reports and indirect management of centralized stakeholders (matrix management).
• Build, develop and grow key partnerships, both commercial and non-commercial which drive revenue and community engagement.
• Planning, coordinating, implementing & monitoring all marketing communication activities to ensure deadlines are met, within budget and in line with the event marketing goals.
• Developing a strategy for a comprehensive commercial campaign to achieve revenue and commercial growth goals. Specification and oversight of digital strategy for the event.
• Generate stand and sponsorship revenue over the phone and face to face.

Profile of Candidate Required:

• Minimum of 2 years of work experience as an Event Manager or Senior Sales Manager (strategy, P&L, campaign execution, stakeholder management).
• Leadership experience and the ability to take a team to a higher level.
• Strong sales skills: ability to demonstrate objection handling, experience in sourcing new leads and writing effective partnership and sponsorship proposals.
• An innovator – looking at the future, industry trends and market needs to keep the event number 1 in the industry.
• Excellent creative skills, ability to develop creative and imaginative event concepts. Exceptional time and project management skills. Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.