Event Project Director

2 days in office, 3 days from home - Are you looking to join an innovative and creative event agency in a pivotal position?

• Flexible, hybrid working
• Employee-owned business
• A whole host of amazing benefits
• Bonus scheme

THE COMPANY

This creative events agency are curators of live experiences and film. They build the strategy, create compelling content and deliver exceptional live events that outshine expectations.

Events are focussed on the experience of their clients and their audiences. Client range across and array of exciting sectors and project include conferences, awards ceremonies, brand experiences, incentive travel and product launches.

Offering an excellent working environment, strong team ethos, competitive salaries and fantastic career opportunities, this is a leading agency to be a part of!

THE ROLE

A fantastic position has now become available for an Event Project Director to be responsible for the overall successful delivery of all events. With new clients coming on board and established accounts ever-growing this is an opportunity not to be missed!

This is a broad Event Project Director role that includes:

• Own end-to-end delivery of live event projects from brief to execution.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams
• Define project scopes, timelines, budgets, and delivery strategies while enabling team autonomy and clear accountability.
• Oversee supplier sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and relationship management
• Ensure compliance, risk management, sustainability, and operational standards are met across all projects.
• Develop trusted relationships with clients at a senior level, understanding their strategic goals and shaping work that drives impact.
• Lead and contribute to pitches with clarity, storytelling, and creative thinking.
• Identify opportunities to deepen client relationships and support long-term growth.
• Confidently present ideas, proposals, and project updates balancing strategic insight with operational pragmatism.
• Bring curiosity and strategic thinking to briefs, challenging assumptions and exploring new ideas.
• Work closely with creative and leadership teams to shape concepts, narratives, and experiences that cut through and inspire.
• Encourage innovation across processes, partnerships and project methodologies.
• Foster a collaborative, open, and supportive team culture where everyone feels ownership and agency.
• Mentor colleagues across disciplines, helping them grow and thrive.

THE CANDIDATE

Candidates applying for the Event Project Director role should have similar experience gained from working within a creative event agency. We are looking for someone to take a senior, hands-on role in shaping, delivering, and elevating live event projects. Managing a team of Project Managers and Producers, the role needs someone with experience of delivering large and complex conferences, events and exhibitions internationally, the ability to drive creativity, a passion for making a positive impact in the world, confident client leadership and a calm control of operations leadership.

In return this agency is giving the new Event Project Director the chance to take your career to the next level, working with an employee-owned business in an open and friendly working environment, that offer flexible working, excellent creative capabilities and a discretionary bonus scheme.

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.

As a specialist events recruitment agency, we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity. We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations, please let us know.

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Vacancy reference: MM17464