Senior Event Coordinator

Haymarket is a fast-growing, international specialist media company. We have over 60 market-leading brands in the consumer and B2B markets across the UK, US, Asia, India and Germany, connecting people and communities across digital, print, festivals, awards, conferences, and exhibitions.

As a global business operating in diverse markets, we are inherently multicultural and we are committed to attracting, developing and retaining talent who reflect the communities we serve. We equally recognise our broader responsibility to society as a whole and use our power and influence to drive diversity, equity and inclusion within our markets.

A new opportunity has opened up to support the delivery of our portfolio of conferences and exhibitions which we run for our professional association clients. These are market leading events with strong brand equity with considerable potential for growth.

Reporting into the Head of Event Operations, the Senior Event Coordinator will be responsible for the end-to-end management and delivery of a number of live, virtual and hybrid events. The role includes budget management, event planning and logistics, event timelines, all related administration and digital filing.

Key accountabilities:

Event operations/Logistics management

• Ensure best customer experience from pre-event to post-event
  
• Produce and maintain a timeline for each event ensuring that the event runs to schedule and deadlines are met
  
• Ensure compliance to all sustainability policies and procedures.
  
• Source appropriate suppliers for each event to secure the best products and services available at a competitive price whilst complying with Haymarket's procurement policies
  
• Source and liaise with the venues to ensure that all set up, catering and numbers are as required and in line with the budget spend
  
• Manage speakers from production handover, sending out relevant speaker information and ensuring speaker timelines are met
  
• Design and produce event collateral including the event APP, signage, floor plan, badge templates
  
• Manage all aspects of abstract submission process, review and delivery including presenter liaison
  
• Overall responsibility of onsite management and delivery of the event
  
• Regular reporting and attendance at meetings as required
  
• Be the point of contact for event sponsors, exhibitors and speakers regarding their involvement in any event and ensuring timelines are met
  
• Post-event wrap up - overall responsible for collating delegate feedback, final delegate communication and budget reconciliation
  
• Carry out additional tasks as requested to support the growth of client events
  

Communication

• Maintaining effective working relationships with internal teams, external suppliers and client stakeholders
  
• Ensure best practice is shared and efficiencies are communicated across the entire events team
  
• Ability to communicate across all levels internally and externally
  

Financial management

• Monitor and control operational costs in line with defined budget
  
• Manage payment schedules to ensure that suppliers/venues are paid correctly and on time
  

• Raise purchase orders, process invoices and payments in line with payment terms
  

Skills and experience

• Experience of delivering B2B events
  
• Knowledge and experience of online platforms and live streaming technologies
  
• Budgeting experience
  
• Experience on venue search and contract negotiation
  
• Excellent planning and time management - ability to work under pressure and prioritise workloads whilst maintaining attention to detail and meeting agreed deadlines
  

• Ability to travel
  

The above job description is intended as a guide to the main responsibilities of the position and is not an exhaustive list of duties and tasks.

Why work with us?

People are our greatest asset here at Haymarket Media Group. Haymarket is a media, information and data business, we use our expertise in media and information to inspire, inform and empower our clients, audiences and communities. We are a socially and environmentally responsible business. As we serve our audiences, clients and communities, we are committed to driving the meaningful change necessary to build a better world. The principles of diversity, inclusion, respect, responsibility and sustainability are at the heart of our business.

We're hard-wired to produce remarkable content for our audiences, with over 16,000 companies around the globe turning to us to help their businesses grow. Join us and you will work on market-leading brands to help create powerful and lasting relationships that deliver real results, all while developing your own career.

Our conveniently located Twickenham HQ is home to around 600 employees with a vast array of careers from journalism, video, marketing, sales and events to technology, digital development and product management.

As well as being the home of English rugby, Twickenham has the benefit of being less than 30 minutes from central London but also enjoying its riverside location, proximity to Richmond Park and a buzzing social scene.

With flexible hours, great brands, and a modern open plan environment, we attract great people. There's time for you to get involved in our extra-curricular activities too; from volunteering with our charity partners, going for a lunch-time riverside run, cycling around Richmond Park or after work fun!

Our team culture is friendly, vibrant and sociable. We nurture, support and reward our talent. We offer a market-leading benefits programme, tailored to individual needs and preferences. The range of benefits are vast and include a generous pension plan, life assurance, up to 30 days holiday and a fabulous income protection policy. Oh, and our annual employee party is pretty special too!

Our benefits include:

• Competitive salary
  
• Comprehensive training and career development programme
  
• 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
  
• Flexible working schedule (core hours from 11-3)
  
• Generous contributory pension scheme
  
• Access to Perkbox
  
• Health Cash Plan
  
• Family friendly policies
  
• Cycle to Work scheme
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Season ticket loan
  
• Regular individual and team rewards and incentives for outstanding performance
  

We want to support our people to balance their personal and professional lives and we believe our range of benefits encourages this. We feel that nothing beats face-time with our colleagues and we've therefore adopted a blended working model where full time employees can expect to spend 3 days of their week in the office and the other 2 working at a location of their choice.

As a global business operating in diverse markets, Haymarket is inherently multicultural. Globally we are committed to attracting, developing and retaining talent who reflect the communities we serve. We equally recognise our broader responsibility to society as a whole. We will use our power and influence to drive diversity, equity and inclusion within our markets.

As such, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

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Come and join us and see for yourself how Haymarket is a rewarding and exciting place to work.