​UKI Field Marketing Events

We are looking for an experienced event manager to detailer an array of customer events in the UK and Ireland for this leading technology company. You will have experience of delivering customer lead events and 3rd party trade shows. From Field events, dinners trade shows, round tables, and speakers. Events or as we like to call them brand experiences, have played a key role in the growth and we continue to inspire and excite audiences through our brand experiences. You’ll be joining the Strategic Brand Experiences & Audience Engagement Team for UK and Ireland. This team is part of the wider UK and Ireland Marketing Team.

We brought strategic event audience generation and strategic event delivery together, which has meant we are now able to follow and influence the journey of our strategic event attendees from the very first touch point, to the actual event experience on the day, all the way through to the follow up. We measure everything we do, learn from each experience and innovate along the way. We are a small but mighty team, we are curious, we ask questions, and we collaborate locally and internationally.

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE

You enjoy teamwork, are curious and have exceptional project management skills. You have experience in in-person, virtual, and hybrid event delivery. This event role plays a pivotal part in the success of the overall UK&I business, by supporting our larger strategic events as well as taking ownership of our run rate events which include hospitality, customer and prospect networking events and dinners, and 3rd party industry conferences/trade shows. As a member of Strategic Brand Experiences & Audience Engagement Team for UK and Ireland, you will work collaboratively with the wider UK and Ireland Marketing Team, Sales Teams, Creative Team, and EMEA Marketing Team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Work with local and occasionally EMEA marketing teams to deliver high quality events to help raise brand and product awareness amongst targeted audiences
* Manage and execute in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, including participation in 3rd party conferences
* Build and manage detailed project plans and timelines to ensure project is on track and goals are successfully met
* Coordinate all project deliverables, ensuring deadlines are communicated effectively, understood and successfully met by all internal and external stakeholders
* Liaise and manage agencies, vendors and stakeholders during the event planning process
* Taking the learnings from previous events to further streamline project management, bringing efficiency and innovation into our planning processes
* Manage annual events calendar documentation for the team & researching new event opportunities

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Proven practical experience in a similar role, e.g. event-coordinator, event executive, event planner
* Experience managing and successfully completing mid-large size event projects as the event lead
* Understanding of different event models (virtual, hybrid, in-person) and experience in their delivery
* Experience of owning & managing budgets
* Excellent organisational skills, enthusiastic & flexible working attitude
* Ability to thrive both in an in-person team environment & when working remotely
* Ability to work against tight deadlines and goals in a fast-paced environment whilst keeping a keen eye on detail and accuracy
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
* Occasional travel and out-of-hours work may be required (event days / event set-up)