Senior Event Coordinator London, England
Job description
Incisive Media is an entrepreneurial and creative, digital-facing organisation on the cutting edge of media. Working in our core markets, sustainability and financial services, we provide analyst-grade insight, business intelligence and content to specialist networks of business professionals around the globe.
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We are passionate about our people, products and customers and our values are at the heart of our business; they define us, and they are how we conduct ourselves both as a company and as individuals.*
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Our values are summed up as; integrity, teamwork, innovation, trust, good judgement, passion for our work, curiosity and an entrepreneurial spirit.*
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If these are aligned with your values, then keep reading._*
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Overview of the role*
Job Title: Senior Event Coordinator
Location: London, United Kingdom
Type of Employment: Full-time
Industry: Media / Publishing
Summary of Role:
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly engaged and professional individual to join the Incisive Media centralised event Operations Team as a Senior Event Coordinator. The role will primarily focus on the operational delivery of digital, hybrid and face to face events, in the format of breakfast briefings, conferences, awards ceremonies and roadshows. The events are integrally linked to the division’s publications and their readership provides the main customer base for its events.
You will play a crucial role in the events team and will work closely with the other event managers and coordinators to ensure the professional and efficient organisation of all event logistics. As Senior Event Coordinator you will be required to deliver high quality events on time and to budget, and have an ability to cope in high pressure situations while never taking your eye off the important details.
Incisive Media are an award winning B2B media and events business serving the financial services and technology markets. An entrepreneurial and creative, digital-facing organisation on the cutting edge of media. This is a fantastic place to progress your career.
Main responsibilities include:
- Professional and timely delivery of the brands calendar of events, from conception to completion. These may include round tables, conferences, roadshows, and awards ceremonies, in the format of face to face, hybrid and on-line events.
- Excellent cost management resulting in events being delivered on time and within budget
- Strong customer focus through the development of excellent client relationships with speakers, sponsors, delegates, and suppliers
- Effective project team work to ensure close cooperation between the events marketing, production and sales teams, ensuring maximum awareness of all event elements
- Identifying suitable venues to ensure the best possible space and rates can be negotiated
- Up to date with the latest event technology and event platforms, ensuring the team are using the most appropriate digital platform (where applicable) for the event format
- Think outside the box and come up with innovative ideas that make the events stand out
- Support and on occasions assist the rest of the event operations team in delivery of events as required from time to time
What we value
The ideal candidate will have proven experience of managing logistics for successful face to face sponsored events, with a strong focus on large, multi-stream conferences.
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**Key Competencies:_*
- Excellent time management skills
- Highly numerate with strong budget management skills
- Excellent negotiating skills
- Highly motivated and able to work well autonomously or as part of a team
- Pride in producing accurate work with consistently strong attention to detail
- Experience managing high profile corporate events in a busy dynamic environment
- Excellent project management skills, including balancing multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to remain calm and positive under pressure, when faced with challenges and tight deadlines
- A strong sense of customer-focus and proven skills in developing strong supplier and stakeholder relationships
- Active interest in sustainability initiatives
- Flexibility and willingness to attend events outside normal office hours
- Highly presentable with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- 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. Based in a fantastic location in Covent Garden, you will also have access to numerous retail discounts!
We also offer a range of benefits including:
- A rewarding environment where success is recognised
- Excellent training and development programmes
- Hybrid/remote working
- 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
- Savings on items from Currys via our SmartTech Scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- 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 different by supporting our 4 charities
Plus a number of flexible salary sacrifice benefits…
All souls are welcome at Incisive Media
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As an equal opportunity employer we hire, develop and retain the best people regardless of their social background, age, sex, ethnicity, religion/belief or disability and to make use of their talents.*
At Incisive Media we value everyone as an individual. We recognise that everyone is different and have created a work environment where we treat everyone fairly and in a consistent way and promote a culture of respect and dignity, to create a company that’s the right fit for every person inside of it.
Job Type: Permanent
