Senior Event Manager

Job Title - Senior Event Manager

Salary - up to £40,000 plus bonus

Location - central London x2-3 days per week in the office, the rest remote

ZMedia is looking for a Senior Event Manager to join a leading media and events business based in central London. The role will primarily focus on the operational delivery of face to face events, like breakfast briefings, lunches, conferences, awards ceremonies and roadshows.

You will play a crucial role in the events team thinking strategically about the events in your portfolio and suggesting improvements to enhance the delivery of events’ goals. As Senior Event Manager, you will work closely with other event managers and coordinators to ensure the professional and efficient organisation of all events logistics. In the role, you will be running projects across the teams while delivering high quality events on time and to budget.

Key tasks and responsibilities

·Support the delivery of events by planning resources accordingly.

·Inspire, mentor and coach your team to deliver on targets

·Build supplier relationships – these include venues but also digital event platforms

·Development of excellent client relationships with speakers, sponsors, delegates, and suppliers

·Collaborate with the operations team and other departments (content production, sales, design, marketing, delegate acquisition, customer success etc.) on strategy and the successful execution of events

·Events budget management

About you:

·Three plus years of experience in managing operations for in-person sponsored events and at least one year’ experience managing digital events

·Excellent time management skills and attention to details

·At least one year line management experience

·An ability to develop strong supplier relationships and to negotiate

·A calm demeanour and the capacity to overcome stressful situations

·Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

·Flexibility around events starting and finishing times

·Good knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook & Adobe

What you can expect from us

As well as working with the most interesting, talented and fun people, we operate a culture where success is recognised. You will be supported throughout your career, tailoring your development through management support, internal & external training courses and on the job training.

Our benefits include:

·Excellent training and development programmes

·Pension scheme with 5% employer contributions

·Life assurance scheme

·Voluntary Private Medical Insurance

·25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days

·Health Cash Plan for those everyday healthcare costs

·Discounted Gym rates

·Retail discounts saving you money on essential & everyday purchases

·Employee Recognition Scheme to recognise your colleagues with rewards

·Employee Referral Scheme

·Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for extra support if things get tough

·IMFoundation - making a difference by supporting our 4 charities

Plus a number of flexible salary sacrifice benefits.