Join Bright Network as our Senior Events Manager!
Are you a driven, high-performing events of project management professional looking for your next challenge? If so, we would love to talk to you!
Bright Network is a market leading data and technology platform that is building the workforce of tomorrow. Weve already signed up 1 million+ members, are working with 300+ of the worlds biggest companies, have launched into our second territory and raised £10M+ of venture of capital. We're now on the hunt for a brilliant Senior Events Manager to join us!
We believe that 'talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Our events team plays a core role in empowering the next generation with the insights, advice and guidance to connect them with leading employers like Amazon, Google, HSBC and many more.
More about the opportunity...
As a Senior Events Manager, you will take responsibility for end-to-end event management across a portfolio of Bright Networks events, such as Women in Leadership, Black Heritage Future Leaders, Proud to B and Internship Experience UK.
Youll be joining a collaborative and growing Events team whose aim is to connect our employer partners and students through exclusive and innovative networking opportunities. Our Events Managers balance strong project coordination and organisation skills with creativity to connect approximately 25,000 students with over 300 of our employer partners every year. Your work will genuinely help to create change for the younger generation, and provide them with the best opportunities possible to succeed!
Specifically, you will
- Deliver end-to-end event management, including but not limited to, preparation and coordination of our events, overseeing the smooth running of the day & overseeing relevant budget.
- Manage a portion of our current portfolio of event clients working closely with the Sales and Marketing teams to understand client needs and driving positive ROI.
- Build strong working relationships with clients and vendors, including onboarding & acting as first port of call for issues.
- Be the first point of contact for any student enquiries regarding events, from application through to post-event survey.
- Collaborate with the Marketing team to ensure events are promoted effectively, reviewing and proofing print and digital marketing materials.
- Collaborate with the Events Director and Head of Events Delivery to develop Bright Networks long-term Events Delivery strategy, ensuring it supports & enables the business growth plans
- Line management of a portion of the Events Delivery team, ensuring their continuous development & engagement, ultimately enabling them to exceed their objectives & achieve their potential
Does this sound like you?
- You're an experienced project management and/or events management professional with expertise delivering high quality events
- Youre keen to develop your expertise further as a key contributor to a high-performing events team in a fast-growth business happy to work flexibly and effectively with your team to get work done!
- Youre exceptionally organised with meticulous attention to detail able to maintain a calm demeanour under the pressure of competing deadlines.
- Youre a confident and articulate communicator with a natural ability to build strong & long-lasting relationships with client stakeholders, students & vendors.
- You embody our values of growth mindset, will to win and trusted to deliver, and feel passionately about our mission to build the workforce of tomorrow
If your experience looks a little different to that outlined, wed still be keen to hear from you if this is a role that excites you and one that you think you could really excel in!
What's in it for you, as our Senior Events Manager?
- With a recent £5m funding round, youll play a pivotal role in our exciting next phase of growth
- A product thats genuinely loved by its customers with an NPS of 74
- With a 10-year track record in the UK market, were now in our second year of expansion in Germany
- - we consistently score 4+ out of 5 in our team engagement surveys proving how much our team love working here
- including: unlimited holiday, flexible working & "work from anywhere" policy, £50 monthly wellbeing budget, enhanced Aviva pension, private healthcare with Bupa, enhanced parental leave, regular team socials and company events, & more!
- Our mission - upskilling the next generation of future talent and connecting members with opportunities they otherwise wouldnt have access to!
Key Details:
- Salary: £50-55,000 per annum
- Start Date: ASAP
- Location: London, Liverpool Street with hybrid working (at least 2 days per week in the office)
Application & interview process:
- Initial screening call: 30-minute initial screening call with our People team
- 1st round: 60-minute interview with our Head of Events Delivery
- 2nd round: Presentation and values interview
- Final round: 30-minute meeting with our CEO
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Commitment:
Equal opportunities for all is a core part of what we do at Bright Network. To this end, we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and endeavour to run a fair and equal hiring process at all times. We assess and recruit candidates based on competency and potential, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability status.
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