Senior Event Manager
Bristol
If you’re ready to take on a senior event management role with an international, award-winning agency, this is for you. We need someone who’s got experience – maybe a lot, maybe just a bit– but crucially, someone who can get stuck in and make things happen as part of a dynamic events team. We create show-stopping, headline-grabbing projects. And we do it all over the world. It’s great!
If you think this sounds like a great opportunity, you’re right. Read on…
About us
We are Bray Leino Events, 100+ event professionals, working out of offices in Bristol, London, Devon, Stratford and Chicago. We deliver upwards of 200 events every year, from exhibitions and conferences, to summits, galas, awards, product launches, roadshows and everything in between.
We work all over the globe with brands who all have one thing in common – they have a key message that needs to be delivered through the unique environment of a live event.
These are not standard events. We Imagine Differently. We create spaces where leaders make international headlines, and sometimes change the world.
We take pride in our work. And we have great time doing it.
The role
This is a senior role as part of a dynamic team responsible for bringing together all the elements – creation, planning, management and delivery – of large-scale events. You’ll take ownership of key project elements, and we’ll want your operational, creative and strategic input on project timelines, technical run sheets, risk assessments, resource planning, business development, and a ton of other related things…
You’ll work closely with clients to build relationships, understand their business, their needs, and the industry trends affecting them. You’ll need to keep budgets and deadlines on point, negotiating contract terms with suppliers and always keeping one eye on project milestones and KPIs.
You’ll report to the Event Director, but there’ll be plenty of opportunity for you to take the initiative, working directly with production teams and external suppliers, ensuring solutions are just right. There’ll be site visits, travel (UK and international), problem-solving, adventures, surprises (always), VIPs and celebrities to manage. It won’t always be a regular nine-to-five job. It’ll be hard sometimes, hilarious often, and satisfying in the way only a top-flight event management job can be.
About you
You’re going to need energy and enthusiasm. Logistics are your bread and butter, you eat live events for breakfast, and attention to detail runs in your blood.
Great communications skills are a must (face-to-face, on the phone, and email), and you’ll be well practiced at building rapport with different types of people. You’ll set a positive and professional example to junior team members and be as comfortable presenting to clients as you are leading internal meetings. You’ll have experience across a range of clients, venues, and event types (including virtual platforms), and you’ll understand how to respond to a client brief.
You’ll be able to tell us about how these qualities have powered your past events victories – How you’ve stayed cool as a cucumber under pressure – How you took responsibility and got the job done when it counted.
Because we only get one chance to deliver a great event, which is part of the reason you love it – like we do. But it’s also the fun, the adventure, the creativity, and the chance to do something genuinely special of as part of a great team.
If you’ve got love for events, we’re your people.
What we offer
For starters, you get 25 days holiday, which goes up to 29 after 2 years. There’s a company pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, and an extensive employee discount scheme that will save you money on everything from gym memberships to eating out.
We play hard. We throw awesome seasonal staff socials, finish early on Fridays in the summer, and we close down every year between Christmas and New Year.
We’ll look out for your wellbeing. There’s a medical plan that pays cashback on your dental treatment, glasses, physio and things like that; plus, it features an employee assist programme with a 24hr GP hotline and wellbeing support service. And if you refer a friend to come and work for us, we’ll pay you a finder’s fee.
The serious stuff
We take the serious stuff seriously. You’ll be given access to the learning and development you need to grow and progress. And we have clear codes of conduct and policies on issues like equality, diversity & inclusion, and sustainability. We want our people to feel confident about helping us always be better.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed (Level 1) Employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to; ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, communicating and promoting vacancies, offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job and anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.
If this sounds like something for you apply today!
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