Executive or Senior Executive - Internal Events (0655)

Mills & Reeve; Norwich; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Mills & Reeve is seeking an Executive or Senior Executive in Events to join our national Marketing team. You will lead delivery of high-profile firmwide events, from partnership days to alumni events, often based from a regional office, with flexibility across locations.

You’ll collaborate with senior stakeholders, manage budgets and vendors, and drive exceptional experiences while maintaining high standards across the firm’s events portfolio.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience in an events/project management role.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Confidence to work with senior stakeholders.
• Background within legal or professional services is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of internal events from concept to completion.
• Advise stakeholders on event strategy, feasibility and best practice.
• Attend and facilitate events, supporting senior leaders and ensuring seamless delivery.
• Build strong relationships with leadership teams, venues and external partners.
• Manage budgets, timelines, venues, suppliers and logistics.
• Negotiate with suppliers to secure the best value and service.
• Coordinate invitations and communications using CRM and email marketing systems.
• Measure event success, gather feedback and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Event management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Negotiation

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Legal services background

CRM

Email marketing

Tools

CRM

Email marketing

Job description

We are hiring an Executive or Senior Executive with a background in Events to join our national Marketing team.

The role

Love bringing people together and creating memorable experiences? Join Mills & Reeve as an Executive or Senior Executive (depending on your level) within our Events team and play a key role in delivering high profile firmwide events, from partnership days and leadership conferences to away days and alumni events.

You’ll work with senior stakeholders across the business, providing expert advice and ensuring every event achieves its objectives, delivers value and reflects the high standards of our firm.

Our preference is for someone to be based out of one of our regional offices however, we are open to considering candidates across any of our office locations.

The person

You’ll be an organised, proactive events professional with experience managing projects or events in a fast-paced environment. You will have a minimum of 2 years experience in an events/project management role, having developed excellent communication and negotiation skills, strong attention to detail and the confidence to work with senior stakeholders. A background within legal or professional services is essential.

We’re looking for someone who thrives on collaboration, enjoys taking ownership and is motivated by delivering exceptional experiences.

At Mills & Reeve, you’ll join a supportive national marketing team where people genuinely work together.

The activities

• Lead the planning and delivery of internal events from concept to completion.
• Advise stakeholders on event strategy, feasibility and best practice.
• Attend and facilitate events, supporting senior leaders and ensuring seamless delivery.
• Build strong relationships with leadership teams, colleagues, venues and external partners.
• Manage budgets, timelines, venues, suppliers and logistics.
• Negotiate with suppliers to secure the best value and service.
• Coordinate invitations and communications using CRM and email marketing systems.
• Measure event success, gather feedback and drive continuous improvement.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The Benefits

As you’d expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

Pre employment screening

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

Use of AI during the recruitment process

Technology is changing rapidly and we are all increasingly using AI software in our day to day lives, as well as using it to support our learning and professional development.

Here at Mills & Reeve, we embrace the use of technology and AI and we recognise that candidates may use AI tools to support their applications. As a regulated industry, we expect candidates to use such tools responsibly, honestly and in a manner that allows us to make a fair and accurate assessment of their individual skills, experience and suitability for the role.

The firm

At Mills & Reeve, our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieve more together. It's a state of mind in every client relationship we start and every choice we make. And it's what clients consistently say distinguishes us from your average law firm.

You can expect a close and attentive working relationship with a team that's responsive when you need them. You’ll receive advice tailored to your individual needs. Wherever in the world you or your business needs support, we’ll draw on our network to give recommendations.

We're driven by our values – we're ambitious, we're open, we care and we collaborate. We embrace new ideas, communicate honestly and are easy to work with. We're committed to you, our planet, our communities and each other.

We've been listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list as one of the best big organisations, and we've recently been reaccredited Platinum Investors in People status – a standard achieved by only 8% of assessed organisations.

And finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.