EMEA Events Marketing Strategist

SevenRooms, a DoorDash company - United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SevenRooms is seeking an Events Marketing Manager for the EMEA region to define and drive the event strategy across the UK, Central Europe, and the Middle East. You will own industry conferences, merchant events, consumer activations, and strategic partnerships to accelerate growth and deepen engagement.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage vendor negotiations, budgets, and contracts, and partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to deliver high-impact experiences.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading B2B and B2C events across multiple markets.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication with senior leaders.
• Track record delivering measurable ROI from events.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, planning, and end-to-end execution of the annual EMEA event portfolio across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.
• Lead vendor negotiation and contract management, budget tracking and reconciliation, and project management across every event.
• Develop creative briefs and concepts that produce differentiated, high-impact brand experiences, and brief and manage marketing agencies.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, Integrated Marketing, Legal, Content Marketing, and Strategy & Ops, and externally with agencies, customers, and hospitality organizations.
• Use CRM and event tech platforms (e.g. Splash, Bizzabo, Eventbrite) to manage event logistics, and lead data analysis and post-event reporting to demonstrate ROI.
• Leverage AI across the event lifecycle – ideation, content creation, localization, and project management – to improve efficiency.
• Be accountable for success metrics including pipeline, merchant engagement, brand awareness, partnerships, meetings, and event ROI.

Skills

Vendor negotiation

Contract management

Budget tracking

Project management

CRM

Event tech (Splash)

Event tech (Bizzabo)

Event tech (Eventbrite)

Data analysis

Post-event reporting

Agency briefings

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Splash

Bizzabo

Eventbrite

Job description

SevenRooms is seeking an Events Marketing Manager for the EMEA region to define and drive the event strategy across the UK, Central Europe, and the Middle East. You will own industry conferences, merchant events, consumer activations, and strategic partnerships to accelerate growth and deepen engagement.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage vendor negotiations, budgets, and contracts, and partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to deliver high-impact experiences.