Events Manager
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £38,000.0 to £43,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 43000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire, rg1 3be |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4701088_1750839625 |
Summary
- Assistant Events Manager
- Reading | Remote when not needed for in person events
- £43,000 DOE
Hays Marketing are pleased to be working with one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses who due to an internal promotion are searching for an Assistant Events Manager. This person will focus on the delivery of events and hospitality activities across the UK, including the production and management of live, hybrid, and virtual events. Events and hospitality are key to the delivery of a successful marketing plan, managing and delivering best practice planning and delivery in respect of our business events and hospitality activities.
The Role
- Management of event and hospitality programmes (live, hybrid & virtual), with a strong emphasis on producing and managing digital events in line with best practice guidelines
- Ensure effective project management and budget control
- Working with the Campaign Management team to ensure all programmes are joined up, delivered on time and on budget
- Draft third party briefs and seek required client insights, business input and competitor insights as part of the event development process.
- Coordinate and work alongside third parties, partners and other internal teams and ensure we best use their skills and capabilities.
- Managing suppliers including contract negotiation within budget and invoice settlement
- Manage the requirements of our processes across deliverables including hospitality and entertaining guidelines and brand, risk and data management policies.
- Capture reporting and insights from events and hospitality to enable our marketing effectiveness processes and suggest ideas for improvements to both event design and the development process
The Candidate
- Proven track record of events management at Assistant Manager level.
- Proven experience in managing digital events, including live, virtual, and hybrid formats
- Experience of working on end-to-end events and hospitality
- Previous experience of working with third parties and the creative briefing process
- Extensive experience with digital event platforms and tools, including the ability to produce and manage virtual events seamlessly
- Experience of negotiating with third parties
- Experience of engaging business stakeholders
- Familiarity of using brand visual identity toolkits and guidelines
- Track record of event delivery is essential and experience of B2B event and hospitality management desirable.
- Able to apply risk and compliance processes effectively
- Familiar with management and role of data in event and hospitality programmes and able to produce event reports and apply client insights where relevant
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