Key Account Assistance- Exhibition Stands

Disrupt Talent; Northampton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Disrupt Talent in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced exhibitions coordinator to drive the end-to-end management of a flagship account with multiple stands per year. You will oversee briefs, quotations, design approvals, fabrication and handover, while coordinating with the client’s marketing and events teams in the UK and US.

The role requires 2–3+ years of coordination or project management in live events, strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, and excellent written English.

Qualifications

• 2 to 3+ years' coordination or project management experience in exhibitions, live events, or an event agency.
• Experience with stand specs, finishes, rigging, and exhibition builds.
• Advanced Excel: formulas and budgets; strong PowerPoint skills.
• Excellent written English with zero typos or numerical errors.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day of a key exhibition account across eight stands per year.
• Take projects from brief through quotations, design approval, fabrication, installation and handover.
• Join weekly calls with client teams in the UK and US.
• Coordinate project managers, suppliers and contractors; track stand approvals and service orders.
• Maintain budgets, pipelines and scope changes in Excel; polish proposals and decks.

Skills

Coordination

Project management

Written English

Client-focused

Organisational skills

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Northamptonshire (office based, Monday to Friday, occasional UK and international travel)

Up to £45,000

What You'll Be Doing

You'll be the day-to-day engine behind a key account that runs around eight major exhibition stands a year. A typical stand is around $250k, and some go well over $1 million. You'll work alongside the Account Director and take each project from the first brief through quotations, design approval, fabrication, installation and handover. You'll join weekly calls with the client's marketing and events teams in the UK and US. You'll also coordinate project managers, suppliers and contractors, and keep stand approvals, service orders and H&S paperwork on track with the ops team. Routine calls on artwork, specs and approvals are yours to make. Pricing and big commercial decisions stay with the Account Director.

Behind the scenes, you'll keep budgets, pipelines and scope changes spot on in Excel. You'll also polish pitch decks, proofread proposals and research trade show activity. The role is office based, Monday to Friday, with around five trips a year to exhibitions in the UK and abroad. Over time there's real scope to take on more key accounts and eventually run your own.

What You'll Bring

• 2 to 3+ years' coordination or project management experience in exhibitions, live events, exhibition design and build, or an event agency or organiser
• A working knowledge of stand specs, finishes, rigging and venues, and how an exhibition build comes together
• Advanced Excel: formulas, budgets and dense data kept clean
• Strong PowerPoint skills with a good eye for layout
• Excellent written English and zero tolerance for typos or numerical errors
• A calm, organised and client-focused approach, and a real desire to look after clients brilliantly

What's in it for you

• Up to £45,000
• A flagship global account and high-profile exhibitions and live events projects
• International travel to shows in Dubai, Singapore, Europe and the UK
• Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
• Clear progression towards managing your own key accounts
• A small, supportive, values-led team that takes pride in doing things properly