Event Producer

The Drum; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent media business in London seeks an Event Producer to organize and deliver exceptional events. The role involves managing a diverse portfolio of events, achieving financial targets, and collaborating with various teams. This position offers a fast-paced environment with opportunities for skill development in event production across multiple regions.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus public holidays

Early finish every Friday!

Hybrid working model

Profit sharing

Mentoring scheme

Paid charity volunteering days

Enhanced sick pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Free eyecare vouchers

Enhanced family leave

Qualifications

• Entry level or a few years' experience within the industry.
• Demonstrates consistent achievement and surpassing of KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead production of various events including awards and conferences.
• Manage end-to-end event processes for Drum Awards.
• Conduct post-event analysis and reporting.

Skills

Organising

Multitasking

Time Management

Public Speaking

Customer Service

Education

Entry level experience

Tools

Asana

Salesforce

Slack

Job description

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Job title: Event Producer

Reporting to: Events Director

Hours: Full-time; 9-5.30pm Mon - Thurs, 9-4.30pm Fri (early finish)

Way of working: We work on a hybrid model. The team comes together in the London office (Shoreditch) every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday with the option of working remotely on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Overview

The Events Producer plays a crucial role in organising and delivering exceptional events for The Drum and our clients. This entails achieving financial targets and key performance indicators (KPIs) while overseeing a diverse portfolio of events, including festivals, awards ceremonies, external client events, and internal company events. Collaboration with the event production team and other teams within the company is essential to ensure seamless event execution and management.

This position offers a fast-paced environment with a range of events taking place in the UK, US, and APAC regions, providing an exciting opportunity to develop skills in event production.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the production of awards, conferences, client, industry, and internal events, including roundtables, webinars, and panel sessions. Responsibilities include securing venues, managing speakers, overseeing content, coordinating assets, booking video producers, and ensuring every event meets the highest standards.
• Manage the end-to-end event process for a portfolio of Drum Awards, including launch, entries, sponsors, judging, nominations, results and ceremony/announcement. Events can be in-person, virtual, or hybrid.
• Organise events to achieve predefined financial targets and KPIs.
• Attend award ceremonies, and events, both domestically and internationally as required.
• Ensure events adhere to predefined budgetary constraints and stay on target by managing suppliers and negotiating costs effectively.
• Work closely with award experts to chase entries and sell tickets/tables to ensure your events are financially successful.
• Work closely with the marketing team to deliver impactful and effective event promotion.
• Work closely with the content team to recruit high-calibre speakers and judges and manage relationships accordingly.
• Collaborate with the video production team to continually improve the quality of events.
• Provide excellent support and fulfilment for sponsor deliverables.
• Collaborate with the platforms manager to keep relevant websites up to date.
• Stay informed on other company products, fostering collaboration between the events team and other departments to support their goals.
• Network with guests, judges, speakers, etc., during in-person events, representing the company professionally.
• Conduct post-event analysis & reporting to include post-event debriefs, analysis of KPIs, and recommendations for future improvements.
• Adhere to company processes and systems, including Salesforce, Asana, and Slack.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required
  
  
  

Who We Are

The Drum is a leading independent media business with the mission of helping marketing professionals around the world to learn, make better decisions, make better marketing and be more successful.

Our vision is to create the leading destination for marketing insights in the world with a particular focus on brand decision-makers. We think of our audience first, use data intelligently, build on our innovative product range and love using the foundation of our industry - creativity.

With bases in London, Glasgow, and Miami, we inform and inspire readers with content on marketing, creativity, agencies, media, technology and sustainability.

We curate valuable insights:

• Via our team of journalists
• From the best-in-class work identified through our award shows
• From user-generated content
• Via content co-created with our clients
• Through the ratings we gather from marketing services buyers on The Drum Recommends.
  
  

Our excellent team delivers all this to our audience through multiple channels: articles and reports; TV; audio; live in person in Europe and America, at The Drum Labs; at industry events.

The Drum's hiring process

The deadline for applications is 8th April 2025. However, we may remove the job advert if we feel we have received a lot of applications so please submit your application as early as you can.

If you feel that you may not meet all of the requirements, we'd still like to hear from you. Never shy away from applying. We endeavor to reply to all candidates. For this role, there will be two interview stages, likely with a task.

Requirements

You will have:

• Entry level or a few years' experience within the industry
• Demonstrates consistent achievement and surpassing of KPIs and targets
• An understanding of the marcoms industry is preferable
• Highly adept at organising and thriving in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Exceptional multitasking skills
• Exemplary time management abilities
• Highly organised and meticulous in task execution
• Capable of effectively handling and resolving stressful situations
• Comfortable collaborating with multiple internal teams and stakeholders
• Proficient in public speaking and delivering presentations
• Highly personable with excellent rapport-building skills
• Exhibits a strong commitment to providing exceptional customer service
• Willingness to travel as required
• Familiarity with Asana project management tool, slack, and Salesforce preferred, but not mandatory.
  
  
  

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Early finish every Friday!
• Hybrid way of working - 3 days a week in our Shoreditch office, and then 2 optional from home or the office
• When we achieve our financial goals, we share the profits with the whole team.
• A mentoring Scheme to support your development
• Giving back to the community is essential so we offer 2x paid charity volunteering days each year
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Free Eyecare Vouchers
• Starting or adding to your family? We offer Enhanced Family Leave
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Cycle to work scheme

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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