Global Strategic Events and Experiences Assistant Director - maternity cover

Ernst & Young; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in London is seeking an Assistant Director to join their Global Strategic Events & Experiences team. This 15-month role involves designing and delivering brand experiences for clients at EY Events, managing multiple complex event projects, and ensuring compliance across all events. The successful candidate will have significant experience in global event management, strong communication skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The position offers a hybrid work model, requiring 3 days in the office and involves significant travel.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple complex event projects at a global level.
• Delivering brand, marketing, and communications projects in global organizations.
• Outstanding communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver brand experiences at EY Events.
• Coordinate various workstreams involved in event delivery.
• Manage event-related technology and support external vendors.

Skills

Strategic brand expertise

Event management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Adaptability

Job description

A fabulous opportunity for an Assistant Director level to join the Global Strategic Events & Experiences team for 15 months. Your key responsibilities: this role designs and delivers the brand experience for clients attending EY Events and projects the best of the EY brand externally. Success in the role depends upon practical experience of changing external brand perceptions through an event‑and‑experience‑based strategy, the ability to navigate complex stakeholder management, create linkages across the business, and inspire a core team through leadership, relationships and clear direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the design and delivery of the event as the lynchpin and main point of coordination between all the various workstreams involved in the delivery of their allocated events.
• Create a consistent brand experience through all facets of the events, ensuring brand sign‑off processes are adhered to across the whole event.
• Mentor junior personnel on the strategic events and experiences team to ensure consistent and leading‑edge brand experience by capturing and deploying best practices as necessary.
• Manage and drive forward the design and delivery of event‑related technology, including complex and detailed registration sites and event apps, working closely with the event technology team.
• Form part of multi‑functional core teams to deliver events with a culture of high‑performance teaming, achieving market impact by managing the work‑plan, timeline and budget of all elements of the programme.
• Work closely with Legal, Procurement and Independence to ensure compliance for all events.
• Seek connections across all of BMC to bring the best of EY to life (including sector, service lines, regions and other BMC programmes such as World Entrepreneur of the Year, International Tax Conference, Young Tax Professional of the Year, as well as industry/third‑party sponsorship events).
• Provide onsite support to manage various external vendors and agencies to ensure consistent delivery for their own events and supporting their colleagues.

In this role, you will play an important part leading and working on some of EY's innovative global flagship events. Being able to work at a fast pace is critical to your success, and being able to respond to unforeseen circumstances with a flexible mindset and ability is key.

Amazing experience working across the globe delivering award‑winning events. Based in London with the team (hybrid – 3 days a week in the office) and significant travel will be necessary.

Skills and attributes for success

• A strong team player, comfortable working collaboratively, virtually and independently.
• Strategic brand, marketing and communications expertise, including global event design and delivery experience, third‑party event management and consultation (e.g., non‑proprietary, sponsored events).
• Ability to work in a high‑pace, agile environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, managing multiple stakeholders, time zones and priorities effectively.
• Ability to navigate through change and manage ambiguity including cultural awareness.

Requirements

• Experience in a cross‑border role, successfully managing multiple complex event projects at a global level.
• Considerable experience of delivering brand, marketing and communications projects in global organisations.
• Experience managing diverse teams.
• Outstanding communication skills.

Preferred qualifications

• High level of influencing and networking skills.
• Experience of delivering multiple events on a global basis.
• Experience of leading under pressure.
• Ability to travel.

We look for

We're looking for an experienced, high‑energy individual who embraces change and innovation to ensure we continue to deliver world‑class BMC events in an ever‑changing environment.