Events Manager

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About Us

Moneyfacts Group plc is the UK's leading provider of retail financial product data and has been pioneering financial comparison technology for over 35 years.

Moneyfacts data is used by virtually every bank and building society in the UK, the Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Ombudsman Service, HM Treasury, Prudential Regulatory Authority and UK Finance.

Our Events

Presented annually for product excellence and outstanding service, Moneyfacts Group's highly coveted, independent finance awards cover products from across the range of financial services.

Each of the award ceremonies attracts the cream of the industry to unrivalled events with the finest food, celebrity hosts, and parties that are the envy of the industry.

For further information, please see the Awards on our company website at: https://www.moneyfactsgroup.co.uk/awards-and-events/

The Role

We are looking to recruit an Events Manager with significant prior experience working in high level, revenue generating B2B events to work with our Events team to deliver best in class events to clients across the financial services and banking industry.

The successful applicant will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of key Moneyfacts events including large scale awards ceremonies and smaller client events. Working alongside the rest of the events team to ensure Moneyfacts events are best in class, whilst remaining independent and trustworthy.

This is an exceptional role that doesn't come up often. The role responsibilities include:

• Full event budget management,
• Ownership and monitoring of the full event marketing plan
• Coordinating entry processes
• Working with sales teams to optimise attendance at the awards ceremonies.
• Guest/attendee logistics, including managing table bookings
• Liaising with Sponsors
• Oversee the smooth running of each event
• Communicating with and assessing new suppliers
• Management of post-event communication
• Visiting venues
• Attending relevant events industry conferences

Attendance at the awards is a requirement of the role as well as visits to and from London and will therefore require overnight stays and out of hours work.

Skills and Experience Required:

Essential:

• Significant prior experience working in high level, revenue generating, B2B events, ideally with an awards element.
• Previous experience of using social media tools across multiple channels to support commercial marketing objectives
• Demonstrable skills in using Microsoft Excel for event planning purposes
• Ability to prioritise a busy workload, maximising use of time in between events
• Project management skills, ideally with experience of using project management tools
• Excellent customer service skills
• High level of attention to detail
• Ability to provide expertise and experience to inform future Moneyfacts events
• The ability to communicate clearly and effectively (both in written form and face-to-face).
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure.

Desirable:

• Previous experience of sponsor liaison
• Experience and knowledge of advanced ticketing systems
• Familiarity of third-party email systems would be beneficial, specifically Dotdigital.
• Familiar with using content management systems, ideally Umbraco.
• Experience in building mass participation surveys, analysing results and presenting them in a suitable format
• Knowledge of event specific health and safety requirements

Hours:

Full time 35 hours per week Monday-Friday

Fully office based

Some UK travel and overnight stays

Salary:

£35,000-£40,000 per annum depending on skills and experience

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus public holidays + up to 3 days Long Service entitlement

• Birthday day off
• Enhanced Workplace Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme - free access to wellbeing and support tools
• GP24 - free unlimited 24/7 access to a GP
• Free Annual Flu Vaccinations
• Group Life Insurance
• Training and development opportunities
• Free car parking for all staff, two private car parks
• Electric vehicle charging points
• Locker rooms with showers and hairdryers
• Fully air-conditioned offices
• Free football car parking on Norwich City FC match days
• Monday Motivation - Free treats on Mondays
• Access to discounted local bus travel