Specialist - Events | Emirati Talent

Majid Al Futtaim; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Majid Al Futtaim seeks a Specialist - Events to deliver high-quality live, hybrid and virtual experiences across the Group and manage events end-to-end. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and agencies, handle vendors and budgets, track data, and push improvements based on insights.

The role requires 4+ years of event delivery experience, strong stakeholder influence, and a data-locentric approach to measuring success while ensuring brand, safety, privacy and sustainability standards

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in events, experiences, communications, marketing, or related field.
• Proven ability to deliver live, hybrid and virtual events to a high standard.
• Strong experience managing vendors, attendee data, production budgets and post-event measurement end-to-end.
• Strong stakeholder management and project/workflow management across internal teams and external partners.
• Good data literacy and digital/AI awareness to measure performance and improve outcomes.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, Design, Media or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality live, hybrid and virtual events and experiences across the Group.
• Manage event vendors and external partners, ensuring delivery meets approved briefs and standards.
• Manage production budgets, attendee data and event delivery end-to-end.
• Drive audience engagement and attendee experience, delivering measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, leadership, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Risk, Technology and agencies.
• Ensure events meet brand, accessibility, privacy, consent, copyright, safety and sustainability requirements.
• Track attendance, audience experience, vendor performance, budgets and post-event results, recommending improvements.
• Bring 4+ years of relevant experience with strong project management and accountability.

Skills

Event management

Vendor management

Budget management

Data literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, Design, Media or a relevant discipline

Job description

The Specialist - Events delivers high-quality live, hybrid and virtual experiences across the Group, managing events end-to-end including vendors, production budgets, attendee data, audience engagement and post-event measurement. The role partners with internal stakeholders and agencies to ensure events are delivered on time, on budget and in line with brand, safety, accessibility, privacy and sustainability standards.

ROLE PROFILE

• Deliver high-quality live, hybrid and virtual events and experiences across the Group.
• Manage event vendors and external partners, ensuring delivery meets approved briefs and standards.
• Manage production budgets, attendee data and event delivery end-to-end.
• Drive audience engagement and attendee experience, delivering measurable stakeholder, reputation or commercial outcomes.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, leadership, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Risk, Technology and agencies.
• Ensure events meet brand, accessibility, privacy, consent, copyright, safety and sustainability requirements.
• Track attendance, audience experience, vendor performance, budgets and post-event results, recommending improvements based on data.
• Bring 4+ years of relevant experience with strong project management, stakeholder influence, collaboration, accountability, data literacy and event-delivery discipline.

REQUIREMENTS

• 4+ years of relevant experience in events, experiences, communications, marketing, or a related field.
• Proven ability to deliver live, hybrid and virtual events/experiences to a high standard.
• Strong experience managing vendors, attendee data, production budgets and post-event measurement end-to-end.
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration and project/workflow management skills across internal teams and external partners.
• Good data literacy and digital/AI awareness, with the ability to measure event performance and make evidence-based improvements.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, Design, Media or a relevant discipline, or equivalent demonstrable professional expertise.