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emap

Event Executive

5 days ago

Croydon

• Business: emap, • ___: Property Week, DFNI Magazine, Frontier Magazine, AV Magazine, Packaging News, Retail, Quality Food, Motor Trader Magazine, Quality Food Awards, • Base Location: Croydon, London, • Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent, Hybrid, • Salary: £25,000 + Bonus About the Company and the Brand: A business-to-business media company with a focused portfolio of market-leading events and brands. Across the company we create products our customers value to help drive their success, which in turn drives our own growth. Our product focus is around paid-for subscriptions, conferences, awards, digital insight, and bespoke marketing solutions. emap’s Emerald division consists of exciting B2B brands and over 30 events annually including the Frontier Awards, DFNI Cruise Conference & UK Quality Food Awards to name just a few. The events portfolio is made up of conferences, awards, and exhibitions taking place primarily in the UK & a few internationally. Overall Purpose of the Role: As an Event Executive you are part of an enthusiastic and busy event operations team, running B2B conferences, exhibitions, and award ceremonies. Your role is key to the successful execution of our events portfolio. You should have a love for events, provide outstanding customer service, be an enthusiastic professional and be able to build relationships with internal and external customers. You will have operational responsibility from concept to delivery, using creativity and a keen eye for detail along with the ability to multi-task to deliver industry-leading events. Key Responsibilities: • Working alongside the Event Manager and team in the overall planning, execution and commercial viability of a variety of annual events on behalf of emap’s B2B brands., • Researching suitable entertainment for events., • Working with the Event Manager and the brand to produce high-quality event collateral, including thorough checking of all copy, e.g. agendas, websites, booking forms, tickets, programmes, etc., • Liaising with the production/AV supplier in pre-production and assisting with all aspects of the staging requirements for the events., • Providing outstanding customer service with all external and internal stakeholders, via written and verbal communication., • Performing all the administrative tasks associated with events, including database management., • Building strong relationships with suppliers, including AV teams, venues, entertainers, etc, negotiating to ensure the best value is achieved and co-ordinating the production of all event signage with the appropriate logos/messages, etc., • Assisting in selecting menus, room layouts and table plans., • On-site event support – specific responsibilities are allocated by the Event Manager, including overseeing the production team, briefing and liaising with venue staff, co-ordination of sponsors, managing registration, ensuring table plans are correct and adhered to, etc., • Sharing best practice across the team., • Website & comms proofing Skills and Experience: • Educated to degree level or equivalent – preferred but not essential. Event Management Degree Desirable, • Experience of events/customer service, • Proficient use of the latest version of Microsoft Office, • Proven ability to handle multiple deadlines, • Excellent communication skills, • Experience in managing events websites – desirable, • Attention to detail Core Competencies: • A driven individual with excellent planning and organisational skills, • Proactive and confident, • Flexibility in working hours during events, • A team player, but secure working independently and on own initiative., • Able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards and meeting multiple deadlines, • Able to read and interpret data effectively, • Takes a creative approach to everyday challenges, • Enthusiasm and willingness to change and innovate processes, • Ability to multitask and prioritise workload effectively, • Represent the brand and business as a positive ambassador, whilst onsite at events and in communications Personal Attributes: • Able to use initiative and be proactive, • Calm and professional under pressure, • Deadline driven and results orientated, • Creative, • Punctual, • Positive and enthusiastic, • Team player, • Organised, tenacious and committed, • Passion for events What we offer Learning & Development: At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees. Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, events management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology. We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviours to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organizational objectives. To support our employees’ career development, we have designed specialized programs, as well as other stand-alone role-specific and generic courses, under the emap academy. Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group. Together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees. • 25 days of annual leave, with the option to buy or sell additional days. Pro-rata for part-time employees., • One additional day of leave per year- Celebration Day, • Health plan, • Life assurance, • Private virtual GP access, • Seasonal flu jabs available at the office, • Continuous learning & development opportunities, • In-house Excellence Awards and other innovation projects, • Cycle-to-work scheme, • Discounted gym memberships, • Retail discount vouchers, • Rail season ticket loans, • Pension scheme, • One paid volunteer day per year, • Annual Summer & Winter Celebrations, • Work from home during August, • Income protection and more Privacy: Metropolis Group respects the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. We comply with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation which regulates the processing of data and ensures that your data is processed fairly and lawfully, is kept secure and only that data necessary for any processing is kept. You can see our privacy policy at . Diversity and Inclusion: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status. How to apply: Please submit your CV and covering letter. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to give individual feedback at the application stage, however if you are successfully shortlisted you will be contacted within 10 working days of your application.

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