Senior Manager, Awards Events (Mat Cover)

Job title:

Senior Manager, Awards Events (Mat Cover)

Company

Haymarket Media Group

Job description

Job Description:OverviewContract: 9-month Full Time Fixed-Term Contract with the potential to extend (maternity cover)Start: Apr/May 2025Salary: £45,000+ (Depending on Experience)Haymarket is a successful international specialist media company with over 60 market-leading brands. The Awards & Forums team is responsible for delivering over 50 annual B2B events ranging from awards ceremonies, forums and networking events.We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Group Events Manager to work across our Awards & Forums portfolio. This mid-level managerial role involves overseeing and guiding a team of event professionals to successfully deliver 25-30 high-profile events. As a key player in the execution of these events, you will mentor, coach, and drive a culture of excellence across both project management and team development.The role will oversee 2-3 direct line reports consisting of senior event managers and their line reports along with event managers and event executives. The successful candidate is also personally responsible for one project of their own. The role will report directly to the Portfolio Director and work closely with both the Director of Events and Head of Awards & Forums.
Responsibilities

• Line Management: conduct weekly 1-1 meetings with line reports along with monthly event/brand meetings to ensure projects are being launched and completed in a timely fashion.
• Budget Oversight: manage the P&L across their teams portfolio, striving to meet financial targets and completing month end forecasting
• Team Strategy: work closely with events leadership team to ensure best practice, initiate new ideas, flag any issues, challenges or concerns
• Team Development: mentor and support junior team members, developing personal development plans and conducting team appraisals
• Achieving Revenue Targets: oversee call for entries and ticket sales ensuring both financial and volume targets are met
• Event Attendance: attend yours and your teams events to ensure they are delivered to the standard expected at Haymarket
• Stakeholder Management: maintain relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, suppliers, judges and speakers
• Sustainability: seek to drive continual improvement in live event sustainability performance and ensure line reports are adhering to SEMS processes.

Skills / Experience / Knowledge / Minimum CriteriaEssential:

• Minimum 8 years experience managing large-scale awards
• Minimum 3 years experience with proven track record leading and overseeing a team of event professionals
• Demonstrated ability to drive revenue growth to deliver successful events
• Strong written and spoken English, with a good eye for detail in reviewing and editing written documents
• Knowledge of events marketing strategies and best practice.
• Comprehensive understanding of the events industry, with established relationships with key suppliers
• Hands-on experience in venue management and a solid understanding of health and safety procedures
• Experience in budget management and P&L oversight, with a keen awareness of the financial impact on events

Desirable:

• A degree in Hospitality/Event Management or other relevant discipline
• Good understanding of Evessio (awards management software) or similar
• Sound negotiating and influencing skills

We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria.To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post. If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].Why work with us?Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. From paid content and subscription services; to integrated advertising and content marketing packages. We deliver market-leading branded experiences that inspire great decisions. From data and digital information solutions to live events, awards and professional education services.Our benefits include:25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ daysFlexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitmentsGenerous contributory pension schemeHealth Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and moreMore about working for HaymarketPutting social and environmental responsibility at the forefront of our business we have aligned our current sustainability goals with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 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 want to support our people to balance their personal and professional lives and we believe our range of benefits encourages this. Nothing beats face-time with our colleagues to promote creativity and collaboration, 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.Haymarket is 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.If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].Come and join us and see for yourself how Haymarket is a rewarding and exciting place to work.

Expected salary

£45000 per year

Location

London

Job date

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 07:45:55 GMT

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