Events Assistant - 6 month maternity cover
- Recruiter
- BIS Recruit Limited
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £20-25k
- Posted
- 21 Oct 2017
- Closes
- 18 Nov 2017
- Ref
- CR_EVENTS
- Job Title
- Events
- Industry Sector
- Events, Hospitality, Marketing
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
A renowned global knowledge and information sharing company is looking for an experienced Events Assistant to join their team on a 6 month maternity cover to start ASAP (so you must be available immediately). This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with proven events experience who is looking to work with a friendly and approachable team.
Working alongside the Events Producer, as Events Assistant it will be your role to execute successful London events to showcase the company to a tailored audience as part of its marketing strategy.
As Events Assistant your responsibilities will be as follows:
- Managing the administration of all events to include invitation and confirmation emails, chasing outstanding responses and keeping the database up-to-date
- Sourcing new suppliers to include new and unusual venues and conducting site visits
- Working with external venue search company to put together venue proposals for large-scale events
- Sourcing tickets for client entertainment and networking
- Getting sign-off on all associated contracts for each event
- Budget management for each event and benchmarking costs across events to ensure value for money
- Being the go-to person and managing all behind the scenes activity to ensure the smooth-running of each event
- Building a varied network of contacts and following up after each event
- Building and maintaining knowledge of best practice in relevant marketing and events outside of the organisation and using this information to enhance future events
- Working closely with the PAs within the company on global internal events
To be considered for this fantastic role, you must have proven experience in hospitality and both small and large-scale events, enjoy both the customer facing and administrative side of an Events Assistant role and have marketing automation/CRM experience.
If you’re available IMMEDIATELY, you have the above relevant experience and you’re happy to do a 6 month maternity contract, don’t delay, apply now!
(Please note that due to the large number of applications we receive, we are only able to get back to successful candidates on the status of their application).
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