Register Your Interest - Events Placement 2027 - Porsche Experience Centre

Porsche Cars Great Britain; Reading; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental health champions

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Job summary

Porsche Cars Great Britain invites a placement-year student to join the Events team at the Reading site. You will support the delivery of Porsche Experience Centre events, including tours, client proposals, budgets and on-site coordination.

You will work closely with internal teams, suppliers and customers to ensure smooth event execution. The role involves heavy collaboration, regular meetings with the Event Manager, and involvement in the centre's social media and scheduling systems.

Qualifications

• Studying Events Management at undergraduate level.
• Basic PC literacy including MS-Office, Excel and Word.
• Strong English (spoken and written).
• Full UK driving license and own vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Conduct facility tours where necessary and when required.
• Prepare client proposals and initial budgets.
• Assist in producing working documents for each event.
• Be the key contact for clients during on-site events.
• Assist with logistics and delivery of incentive and conference events.
• Maintain event systems and liaise with external suppliers.
• Perform daily venue checks and room set-ups.
• Input to Porsche Cars GB systems, including CAP.
• Coordinate meetings with other departments and update calendars.
• Assist in social media usage for Experience Centres.
• Liaise with internal departments and manage training bookings.
• Participate in the Intern Project and training at head office.

Skills

Events management degree

English proficiency

Driving license

Education

Events Management Undergraduate Degree

Tools

MS-Office

Excel

Word

Job description

Responsible for all elements of Event delivery within the Porsche Experience Centre, and to work with internal teams to assist in the management and delivery of all events.

This is a Placement Year position for a candidate currently studying an Undergraduate degree at university, seeking a placement for their third year.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct facility tours where necessary and when required.
• Prepare client proposals.
• Prepare initial client budgets.
• Assisting in production of working documents for each event, distribution throughout the team ensuring accuracy and understanding from each party.
• Key point of contact for clients during on-site events.
• Assisting with logistics and delivery of incentive and conference events.
• Assistance with event systems and procedures.
• Liaison with external suppliers with joint event responsibility.
• Daily venue checks and room set-ups.
• Input to PCGB systems, including CAP.
• Liaison with PCGB departments.
• Regular updates in Porsche Experience centre calendars and booking systems, detailing provisional and confirmed events.
• Assisting in the Experience Centres use of social media.
• Keeping check of stock (pens, paper, notepads, lanyards, cards, brochures etc.)
• Customer facing responsibility – building relationships with customers on events & general visitors to PEC, communicating face to face to develop this.
• Regular meetings with Event Manager to update on progress with each event, ensuring that all information is captured and relayed to the Porsche Experience Centre Team where relevant (car bookings, restaurant bookings, driving consultant bookings etc.)
• To keep regularly updated on potential competitors and offers available.
• To be solely responsible for all internal bookings & training booked through Porsche Cars GB Ltd.
• Regular meetings at head office (Reading) to meet with other departments & training.
• To be active participant in the Intern Project.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications

• Studying and Events Management Undergraduate Degree.
• Basic level of PC literacy, including MS-Office, Excel and Word.
• Highly proficient in both spoken and written English.
• Full UK Driving License and own vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interest in automotive industry and Porsche brand.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to multitask.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.

Porsche is committed to promote a culture that champions diversity and equal opportunities. Our strong family embodies the values of freedom, respect and tolerance.

To fulfil this mission, Porsche is devoted to celebrating our diverse voices and cultivating an environment that reflects the varied communities we touch. This is our commitment, and we invite you to share in this vision.

• Highly Competitive salary.
• Fixed hours each week - 5 days per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm.
• Preferential rates on several products and services, including high street brands, restaurants, gyms and Porsche products.
• Life Assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme - support and advice on issues impacting your wellbeing.
• Dedicated mental health champions.
• Opportunity to visit the Porsche Experience Centre in Silverstone and drive the full Porsche vehicle range.

Location:

Porsche Cars GB Ltd and Porsche Retail Head Office is located conveniently by junction 12 of the M4, adjacent to a retail park, gym, and well-known fast-food restaurants. It is within walking distance of Theale's main line train station and a bus stop which operate regular services to Reading Town Centre.

Deadline: Ongoing

Job Type:

Placement (10 Months+)

Job Roles:

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Locations:

Reading

Porsche is committed to promote a culture that champions diversity and equal opportunities. Our strong family, compromising over 80 nationalities, embodies the values of freedom, respect and tolerance.

This score is based on honest feedback written by students who’ve worked at Porsche Cars Great Britain.