Freelance Event Host - Coventry, UK

Visit.org, Inc.; Coventry; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a passionate Freelance Event Host in Coventry to lead engaging social impact experiences. This role is perfect for someone with stage experience who thrives in front of a crowd. You'll be the energetic face of events that make a difference, welcoming participants and ensuring they have a memorable experience. If you're a charismatic individual with a knack for public speaking and group facilitation, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful community initiatives while working in a dynamic, start-up environment.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English and based in Coventry, UK.
• Experience with group facilitation and managing group dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Host engaging social impact activities and events.
• Welcome and inspire participants while supporting nonprofits.

Skills

Public Speaking

Group Facilitation

Customer Service

Engagement Skills

Problem Solving

Job description

Visit.orgis looking for a passionate and ambitious Freelance Event Host in Coventry, UK,to join our Events team on a contract basis. The Event Host will facilitate interactive social impact experiences for our corporate partner on location for in-person event(s). This is an opportunity for an individual with stage experience who finds comfort in front of a crowd and wants to contribute their skills to positively impact local communities around the world. The right candidate will be based in Coventry, UK,and have corporate event experience, entrepreneurial spirit, extreme passion for our mission, and the energy and discipline to come in and be a builder in a start-up tech environment.

What Motivates Us

There is room for everyone! We empower each other to innovate and create processes that use technology to generate meaningful, lasting change. We enjoy the challenge of finding solutions to problems that are not a way around it but through it. We’re driven by the opportunity to help enterprises and their employees around the world to contribute to their communities.

Who are we?

Visit.org helps companies discover & book thousands of carefully curated social impact team experiences, led by and benefitting local nonprofits. With its proprietary library of team-based experiences across 90+ countries, Visit.org provides HR, DEI, CSR, and Meetings & Events leaders highly scalable, culturally appropriate content for purpose-driven employee and client engagement. Some of our customers include Colgate, Paramount, Visa, Ancestry, Tommy Bahama, and more.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Be the host for a fun, engaging, team building, social impact activities, experiences and events that support a great cause

• Welcome, engage, and inspire participants while supporting nonprofits in facilitating the in-person event

Qualifications:

• Fluent in English

• Based in Coventry, UK

• Availability to work on a contract per event basis

• Comfortable interacting with groups of people as well as one on one as they keep the events flowing and the participants engaged

• Easy conversationalists with lots of energy, charismatic personality, and a sense of fun

• Background in acting, comedy, improv or similar profession that requires engaging and interacting with an audience is a bonus and not required

• Experience with group facilitation and managing group dynamics

• High energy and a positive attitude

• Quick thinker—sometimes during events, things go wrong; you can problem-solve on the fly

• Extremely comfortable with and enjoys public speaking

• Excellent customer service and presentation skills

What we offer:

This is an on location, in person , per event contract rolein Coventry, UK. This role is open only to those candidates already based inCoventry, UK. No relocation packages are offered at this time.