Event Executive

Career Legal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Event Executive to join their dynamic team in London. In this pivotal role, you will support the management of client events, ensuring a seamless experience from planning through execution. You will collaborate with various teams to organize and deliver a variety of events, including roundtables, conferences, and networking events. This position requires a confident and well-organized individual with a keen eye for detail and strong communication skills. If you are passionate about event management and thrive in a professional environment, this is an exciting opportunity to make your mark in the legal sector.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in events, preferably in a professional services firm.
• Strong IT skills and excellent communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of event project management from proposal to completion.
• Deliver seamless in-person, virtual, and hybrid events on time and within budget.

Skills

Event Management

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

IT Skills (MS Office)

Organizational Skills

Tools

MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Job description

This range is provided by Career Legal. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

A leading law firm is currently looking for an Event Executive to join their team. Within the team, you will support the firm in managing client events and you will manage the pipeline and logistics for all internal, external, virtual, and hybrid firm events.

This role will work within the Marketing and Business Development (MBD) team, liaising with external teams to source, organise, execute, and drive follow-up for the firm’s events, wherever they may take place. This includes roundtables, conferences, sponsorships, receptions, networking events, and social events. This role will be based in London.

Responsibilities include:

• All event project management - meeting with Partners and BD Managers to discuss events briefs and provide ideas
• Delivering professional and seamless in-person, virtual and hybrid events from proposal to completion, on time and within budget
• Assisting with the delivery of larger events
• Managing timelines and communicating to the wider team the priorities for every event
• Working closely with Business Development Managers on event organisation
• Responsible for the smooth running of events on the day, in-person or virtually
• Assisting with the design of, coordinating and issuing invitations
• Managing client responses
• Pre and post-event evaluation

Key skills and requirements:

• Previous experience in Events, preferably gained whilst working in a professional services firm
• You will be confident and pragmatic with an enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Well-organised with strong attention to detail and able to deliver to a consistently high standard
• Strong attention to detail and goal oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong IT skills, particularly with MS Office (Outlook, Word and Excel)
• Be able to work collaboratively with a supportive and inclusive approach
• The ability to work effectively with, and influence, partners and other key stakeholders

If this sounds like you then please get in touch, I would love to hear from you.

Seniority level

Executive

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Marketing, Business Development, and Legal

Industries

Legal Services, Law Practice, and Advertising Services