Exhibition Director - Growth & P&L Ownership

Agriconnect; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Matched pension up to 6%

Life Assurance x4 salary

Employee assistance programme

Employee Discount site

Job summary

Arc Network seeks an ambitious Exhibition Manager to own HR Tech Europe and drive revenue, audience growth and profitability. You will collaborate with sales, marketing, operations, editorial and finance to deliver an exceptional customer experience and achieve targets.

The role requires leading cross-functional teams, managing supplier relationships and ensuring the event's success from planning to post-event analysis.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing a B2B event, conference, exhibition or similar commercial product.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience working with revenue targets, budgets and/or P&L.
• Experience collaborating with sales and marketing to drive event growth.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own the event P&L, revenue targets, budgets and profitability.
• Develop and execute the commercial strategy with the sales team.
• Identify opportunities to grow exhibition, sponsorship, delegate and other revenue streams.
• Collaborate with Sales to develop propositions, packages and opportunities.
• Monitor performance against budget and forecast; take corrective action as needed.
• Lead the onsite event team and act as senior escalation point.

Skills

Exhibition management

B2B events

P&L / budgets

Stakeholder management

Project management

Job description

Arc Network seeks an ambitious Exhibition Manager to own HR Tech Europe and drive revenue, audience growth and profitability. You will collaborate with sales, marketing, operations, editorial and finance to deliver an exceptional customer experience and achieve targets.

The role requires leading cross-functional teams, managing supplier relationships and ensuring the event's success from planning to post-event analysis.