Event Project Assistant - no degree required

Reilly People; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading B2B conference company in the UK is seeking an Event Project Assistant to support the project management team. This role involves coordinating schedules, managing resources, and assisting with both digital and live events. Ideal candidates are organised, detail-oriented, and possess strong communication skills. The company offers comprehensive training and clear career-development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Preferred subjects are academic, essay-based Arts subjects.
• Experience in organising events or similar activities is valuable.
• Tech-savvy with a willingness to learn digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Support booking resources and suppliers for projects.
• Project manage internal stakeholders for digital marketing campaigns.
• General admin support including website updates and document creation.

Skills

Organisational skills

Written communication

Attention to detail

Customer service skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Three Bs at A Level (preferred subjects: English, History, Geography, etc.)

Tools

Salesforce

SurveyMonkey

Job description

An established and very successful B2B conference company that produces events across UK and Europe, is looking to train an Event Project Assistant. As an assistant to the project management team, you’ll play an integral part in supporting its delivery of client-led projects and large-scale events. At the moment, these are all digital but, restrictions permitting, live events will return soon. Candidates applying for this role must be organised and diligent, with excellent attention to detail.

Event Project Assistant - Roles & responsibilities

• Support Head of Events to ensure booking schedules are up-to-date and accurate
• Support booking of resources and suppliers for all projects
• Support researching of new suppliers or resources such as venues, moderators, writers
• Project Manage internal stakeholders for digital marketing campaigns, prepare data and post-project engagement reports, and report to clients
• Support project managers in exporting and reporting of client leads
• Collect project assets from internal stakeholders such as logos
• Create design lists for all digital and in-person projects
• Project managing design for all digital and in-person projects
• Input and export surveys on SurveyMonkey + analysing data
• General admin support for project managers including:
  • Website updates
  • Keeping Salesforce up-to-date and creating Salesforce events
  • Creating briefing documents

Event Project Assistant - Requirements

• No degree required but at least three Bs at A Level. We are not looking for Event Management training, we can teach you that; writing skills are important so our preferred subjects are academic, essay-based Arts subjects such as: English, History, Geography, Philosophy, Politics, Theology etc
• Evidence of organisational skills is an advantage so if you’ve organised a charity appeal, a ski-season, a sports event, a long period of travelling or similar, please make that clear on your application.
• IT Skills - generallyTech-savvy with a willingness to learn and adapt quickly - especially with digital administration
• Excellent written and spoken English and high attention to detail, so make sure your CV has no spelling or grammar errors.
• Communication skills: Event Assistants need the ability to step up to a Coordinator role talking to clients, listening to their needs and present ideas and solutions. They work with suppliers, contractors, employees, venue staff and many other parties at the same time.
• Customer service and interpersonal skills are required.

This demanding role is one that calls for high attention to detail but one you’ll find very rewarding. As well as first-class training, there are clear career-development opportunities in Event Project Management.

If this is you and you want to take advantage of this career-start opportunity, please send a CV without spelling or grammar errors NOW!

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