Project Director - event agency

Live Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established creative agency in Manchester is seeking a Project Director to lead and manage a dynamic team overseeing various client projects. With over 5 years experience, the ideal candidate will excel in managing creative events, ensuring financial viability, and fostering client relationships, all while working in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in an event agency.
• Personable and able to work with diverse clients.
• Experience in creative events from proposal to execution.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery for a range of clients and manage your own team.
• Be the main point of contact for key accounts.
• Ensure financial accuracy in project pitches and resource assignments.

Skills

Creative event management

Client-facing skills

Team leadership

Job description

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Project Director - event agency, Manchester

Client: Live Recruitment

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: d9bc833632c3

Job Views: 18

Posted: 18.06.2025

Expiry Date: 02.08.2025

Job Description:

Hybrid working - 3 days in the office - Do you have over 5 years' experience working within an event agency and feel it's time for something new? This could be the role for you - working with Manchester's most creative agency, successfully winning work with some of the UK's most established brands. You will have the opportunity to take the lead and grow with this forward-thinking agency!

The Company

This hugely experienced creative agency, known for being "the agency to work for" deliver truly unique events! With creativity at the heart of everything they do, they deliver flawless events across a range of industry sectors. From conferences, award ceremonies and incentives through to venue finding and team building events they are renowned for their expert execution and attention to detail!

Working with some of the best in the business, with an enthusiastic and passionate team, there has never been a better time to join this thriving agency!

The Role

Managing your own team, you'll be overseeing delivery for a wide range of clients, driving themes and ideas, making sure pitches are financially on point, helping the senior members of the team with planning and client facing where needed. The person people turn to for wise words, a calm head and lots previous experience delivering events.

- It's a broad role where you can focus on where you see the need.

- Working with and overseeing a team of senior to junior delivery experts

- Overseeing delivery across a wide range of accounts

- Main point of contact for one account

- Working on pitches from a project / finance / delivery viewpoint

- Ensuring correct resourcing across accounts / projects

- Stepping in as the "senior person" with key clients

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will come from an agency background and have a range of experience working on creative events from the initial proposal stage. They are ideally looking for someone personable that is able to work well with different types of clients

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.