Senior Events Lead – High-Volume, Hybrid & AI-Enabled

Brennan; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Brennan is seeking an experienced Events Manager to lead the planning and delivery of in-person and virtual events across customer roundtables, conferences, internal events and webinars. You will manage a busy calendar, ensuring delivery is on-brand, on-budget and relationship-building.

You’ll thrive in a high-volume environment, coordinating with Marketing, Sales and stakeholders to drive attendance, brand experience and business growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience planning and delivering high-volume in-person and virtual events.
• A resourceful, proactive approach, with the ability to turn an event brief into a clear and accurate plan quickly.
• Strong organisation and multitasking skills, with confidence managing multiple events and priorities at once.
• Strong stakeholder management, interpersonal, communication skills.
• Experience sourcing and managing venues and suppliers, including contract negotiation, budgets and ongoing relationships.
• Experience working with a high-performing Sales team to support attendance and business outcomes.
• Confidence using AI tools to improve event planning, content development and post-event reporting.
• Proficiency across Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint and Word, as well as Canva and a project management platform such as Asana.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise and deliver Brennan’s face-to-face and virtual events, from webinars, company all-hands and conferences to roundtables, lunches, dinners, sporting and experience-based events.
• Own the Brennan events calendar, making sure activity is planned, prioritised and aligned to the go-to-market strategy.
• Work with stakeholders to turn event briefs into clear plans, timelines and actions that keep delivery moving.
• Own timelines and logistics from start to finish, keeping every event on track, on brand and on budget.
• Source venues, merchandise, giveaways and gifts that suit the audience, event type and Brennan brand.
• Manage suppliers, negotiate contracts and maintain the supplier and venue directory so Brennan gets the best outcome.
• Work with the Customer Team to coordinate invites, drive RSVPs and support audience attendance targets.
• Manage internal stakeholders, including pre-event briefings, presenter coordination and supporting event communications.
• Support state-based event activity to ensure they are delivered professionally and consistently across locations.
• Work with the marketing Manager to produce event communications that are clear, timely and suited to the audience.
• Make sure every event reflects Brennan’s brand, from the customer experience through to presentation, merchandise and follow-up.
• Manage the events mailbox and keep event-related communication organised and responsive.
• Report on event performance, including attendance, engagement, lead capture and key learnings.
• Turn post-event insights into practical recommendations that improve future event planning and delivery.
• Keep across event and conference trends and bring relevant ideas into how Brennan shows up in market.
• Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to speed up event planning, research, content drafting and post-event reporting.
• Apply AI responsibly to improve efficiency without compromising accuracy, brand quality or the human detail needed for great events.

Skills

Event planning

High-volume events

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

AI tools

Team collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Canva

Asana

Job description

Brennan is seeking an experienced Events Manager to lead the planning and delivery of in-person and virtual events across customer roundtables, conferences, internal events and webinars. You will manage a busy calendar, ensuring delivery is on-brand, on-budget and relationship-building.

You’ll thrive in a high-volume environment, coordinating with Marketing, Sales and stakeholders to drive attendance, brand experience and business growth.