Events Assistant Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Redgate is looking for an Events Assistant to support with global events.
You’ll work with the Events team to successfully deliver our events program for both sponsored third party and hosted events.
Are you looking to get into event planning? Do you have some experience of events in the B2B space, but want to add more value and learn under a growing team? Redgate is looking for an Events Assistant, who’s enthusiastic about assisting the team with multiple events, and who isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves.
You’ll be helping the team on executing the events program, bringing your good communications skills and a can-do attitude. Reporting into the Events Marketing Manager, and supporting our Events Coordinator, you’ll be organizing crew travel and accommodation, liaising with external suppliers, organizing our merchandize and keeping on top of multiple inboxes.
To apply, simply upload your CV and covering letter or get in touch if you’d like to talk to us first.
What makes you Redgate’s next Events Assistant?
- Experience of working on multiple projects concurrently
- Strong interpersonal skills; excellent oral, written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to hit the ground running and get up to speed quickly and take ownership of the administration for multiple events
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic with common-sense and a can-do approach
- A proactive team player with good social skills
- Excellent attention to detail and highly organised, with a keen interest in prioritising workload and taking your own initiative
- A problem-solver with the ability to think on your feet, react rapidly to situations, prioritise your workload and implement measures to improve procedures and workflow
- Able to confidently communicate in a clear, concise, proactive and professional manner either in person, on video-call, and via email.
- Reliable and trustworthy.
- Ability to work across teams and functions to get the right stuff done first time round.
- Experienced in using Outlook (overseeing multiple inboxes and calendars), MS Word, Excel, and OneDrive, Zoom, alongside excellent general computer skills.
What would help?
- Experience of assisting and supporting the coordination of B2B/B2BC events.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills with experience working with events and marketing teams.
- Willing to work flexible hours as needed to deliver the needs of events based in time-zones outside of the UK.
- Experience using Salesforce would be an advantage.
What’s the package?
- A great benefits package.
- Salary is £22,000 - £25,000 depending on experience.
- You’ll work about 40 hours a week, with flexible work time.
