Senior Events Manager
EF Education First
Administration
London, UK · United Kingdom
Posted on Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Job position: Senior Events Manager (1 year maternity cover contract)
Office location: Chelsea, London (hybrid)
Who are we?
Hult EF Corporate Education (Hult EF)’s purpose is to release human power to change the world through learning. We help corporates and governments across the globe to unlock the change-makers in their organizations and societies through our practical, experiential, and immersive approach to corporate education. We design and deliver language and communication, coaching and leadership development programs drawing on the expertise from one of the world’s leading private education company, EF Education First and internationally acclaimed and triple-accredited business school, Hult International Business School.
As much as we help our clients to be change-makers, we also empower our people to drive positive change. We believe nothing is impossible, especially if we work as a team. We combine commitment and drive with empathy, an entrepreneurial fast-paced approach, and a passion for quality. We are curious, creative, and positive.
The Opportunity
Our marketing team are looking for a creative and organised senior events manager to lead our global marketing events program to generate leads from new and existing customer and build brand awareness. From planning, through design and to ultimate delivery, you will be responsible for making every event a success. This is a one-year contract covering a maternity break.
The job requires persistence, strategic acumen, and creativity. A successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and is eager to build a career in a multinational, rapidly growing and innovative education company.
Why work for us?
- Developing our talent regardless of contract length, is core to our values. We provide access to self-development platforms, real ownership, supportive feedback and career experience.
- Opportunities to lead projects in an interesting international environment, producing meaningful work that makes a difference to people’s lives.
- A lively international office culture in the heart of Chelsea with regular social activities with a large network of talented global colleagues
- Hybrid working arrangements potential
- An attractive salary and benefits package (see below)
Key responsibilities:
- Plan, design and deliver complex B2B marketing events with C-level stakeholders
- End-to-end event management including agreeing objectives and attendance lists with stakeholders, negotiating with suppliers, coordinating logistics and working with faculty and others to design high quality event content.
- Keep internal stakeholders up to date and provide detailed briefing documents for event speakers and attendees.
- Ensure maximum awareness is generated from events, and develop engaging communications for the event including invitation, reminder and follow up emails for guest and social media posts
- Perform post event analysis and follow up to understand impact, ROR and comparison to goals for continued improvement.
The skills & experience we look for:
- At least 5 years’ experience of all aspects of running b2b events in complex organizations
- Strong relational skills, influencing skills and presence with senior executives
- Exceptional communication skills
- A bias towards action, you enjoy acting with urgency, able to identify and remove barriers, you are focused on results
- You are highly creative and equally analytical – success comes from the combination.
- A Bachelor degree is preferred
- Experience working in education and/or with HR stakeholders is a plus
- Knowledge of Salesforce, Pardot and Marketing Cloud is a plus
To thrive at Hult EF, you will:
- Have strong personal drive and energy
- Possess an entrepreneurial spirit with a nothing is impossible mindset
- Excited by having ownership and autonomy
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced results-driven environment
- Be passionate about learning, language and being a change-maker
About us:
With campuses and offices in over 50 countries, including the beautiful Ashridge House outside London, we offer a truly global and collaborative environment.
Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and want you to bring that to work every day.
UK Staff Benefits
- Office gym & yoga studio
- Cycle scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Private pension scheme managed by Aviva
- Loan for annual travel passes
- Employee Assistance Programme
HULT EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique.
Find out more: www.hultef.com