Events Executive

Events Executive - Walton on Thames - £20,000 to £22,000

An opporunity to join an international marketing organisation within their Events team. This role has massive growth potential and is within a friendly, bubbly team environment.

The Role

• Supporting the Event Manager(s) with the day-to-day management including the ability to deliver a highly proactive, reactive and responsive account support.
• Project support, assisting the Event Manager(s) on client briefs, preparing proposals, constructing budgets and timelines, and supporting event documentation.  Working closely with creative teams, copywriters, printers, mailing agencies, external venues and other 3rd party suppliers to ensure projects are executed professionally, on time, and within budget and client expectations.
• Logistical management of live B2B events on an international basis. The ideal candidate would be a key support to the Event Manager and be strongly involved with writing event proposals, venue searching/site visits, liaising with 3rd party suppliers, constructing budgets and timelines, pre and onsite event management.

Essential Requirements

• Educated to Degree level or at least a years experience within a marketing/business environment.
• Ability to travel throughout the UK and EMEA, and on occasion further afield at short notice to manage live daytime and evening events. A driving licence is essential.
• Strong organisational skills - be able to juggle multiple tasks smoothly, be very organised, have good time management and be in control.
• Good attention to detail & writing skills - can input information quickly, accurately and thoroughly. Comfortable with proof reading and basic copywriting.
• Able to produce client facing budgets and closely track campaign costs.
• Team player  - happy to take instructions, but work independently and proactively when required
• Confident and positive attitude - this is a client facing role that needs a happy, enthusiastic and professional person that understands how to liaise and present themselves in front of clients and suppliers within a working environment.
• Self-motivated and driven - they must be committed to what the role entails, can embrace the challenges and be hungry to learn.
• Calm under pressure - our working environment gets extremely busy and stressful. The ability to be able to work independently when needed, be forward thinking and use initiative.
• Excel, Word and PowerPoint experience - a good understanding and experience in working with spreadsheets and producing proposals both in Word and PowerPoint.