Events Assistant
- Recruiter
- FIX Trading Community
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £25,000 to £30,000
- Posted
- 19 Jun 2019
- Closes
- 17 Jul 2019
- Job Title
- Events
- Industry Sector
- Events
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The candidate will complement its small but focused team and should have excellent event management skills with 2-3 years event management experience within the financial services sector.
The role will include (but not exclusively):
- Management of event project plans ensuring deadlines are met
- Negotiations and venue /supplier engagement
- Creation of budget and management, ensuring events prove financially viable
- Production of event marketing materials including direct mailings, email communications, social media communications, online and in-print advertisements and the management and development of the event websites
- Coordination of committee meetings with local market experts to formulate the event agendas and speaker selection
- Organisation of Delegates and Speakers
- Management of overall event registration process
- Development of sponsor, exhibitor and media partnership packages and handling sponsor and exhibitor contract negotiations
- Promotion and sale of exhibitor / sponsor packages as well as delegate passes to existing and prospective members
- Creation of all on the day materials including the event delegate guide, signage, delegate badges
- Manage and ensure successful on the day event execution
- Collation of post-event feedback and the preparation of post event reports
- Update the (Salesforce) CRM with events related information/contacts
- Additional administration and event related tasks as required
Skills and Experience:
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability and nature to work within a dynamic, high-profile environment, often working on own initiative to deliver against targets and time-driven objectives
- Strong team player – flexible and adaptable, willing to pitch in all tasks as necessary
- Experience in planning and operating medium - large scale events (100+ attendees)
- Aptitude at effectively communicating with senior level people leading group discussions during agenda setting meetings
- Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritise
- Experience in sponsorship sales
- Proficient at using social networking tools for marketing purposes
Technical Skills
- Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher
- Experience of using the following systems would be beneficial: Salesforce (CRM), Eventbrite, Mailchimp and SurveyMonkey
A University Degree is desirable (B.A., B.Sc.)
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