Senior Event Producer

The Drum; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative events company in the City of Westminster is seeking a Senior Events Producer to lead an ambitious programme of standout events. The ideal candidate will have 4-5 years of experience in event management, bringing creativity, leadership, and a strong understanding of the marcoms industry. Responsibilities include organizing events from start to finish, managing budgets, and working closely with various teams to ensure successful outcomes. The role offers a supportive team environment and a hybrid working arrangement.

Benefits

28 days holiday

Pension

Enhanced family leave package

2 paid volunteering days a year

Company social events

Dog friendly offices

Qualifications

• At least 4‑5 years event management or production experience.
• Can consistently meet and exceed KPIs and targets.
• Comfortable working with several internal teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for organising and attending a portfolio of Drum Awards.
• Train and work with other team members to ensure new procedures are followed.
• Manage budgets for events to ensure they come in on target.

Skills

Event management/production experience

Ability to multitask

Excellent time management

Strong understanding of the marcoms industry

Public speaking/presenting ability

Highly personable

Tools

Asana

Salesforce

Slack

Job description

Are you an experienced Event Producer ready to take the next step in your career? This is your opportunity to step into a Senior Producer role at The Drum, where you'll play a key part in delivering some truly standout events throughout the year. We're looking for a Senior Events Producer to bring creativity, leadership, and expertise to an ambitious events programme, working alongside a talented and supportive team. If you're ready to make an impact and shine on high-profile events, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for organising/attending a portfolio of Drum Awards from end to end of the event process to achieve the set financial targets and KPIs
• Working with senior management on ways to develop The Drum events - awards/festivals/hybrid and in‑person
• Working with senior management on ways to increase our presence in the US and grow our business through events
• Putting in place procedures and plans for running new aspects of events e.g., improvements to judging process
• Training and working with other members on the team to ensure new procedures are followed
• Responsible for managing budgets for events to ensure they come in on target
• Responsible for event production element of Drum festivals, client events and internal division events. This includes organising roundtables, webinars, panel sessions, co‑ordinating speakers, co‑ordinating content, requesting assets, booking in video producers, ensuring end product is to the highest standard
• Working with video production team to ensure the quality of the events is to the highest standard and always improving
• Working with Content Manager to recruit speakers/judges of the highest calibre and managing the relationships accordingly
• Working with marketing team to ensure the marketing of event is of the highest standard
• Working with the platforms manager to ensure relevant platforms have the correct functionality and content is up to date
• Network with guests, judges, speakers etc at in‑person events and represent the company in an appropriate manner
• Responsible for setting up and managing allocated projects through Asana
• To ensure that company processes/systems are followed (including Salesforce, Asana, Slack). To be aware of activities across the business and ensure cross‑working with other departments to assist both the events division and the other departments to achieve their goals
• Any other reasonable duties

Qualifications

• At least 4‑5 years event management/production experience
• Can consistently meet and exceed KPI's and targets
• Have a strong understanding of the marcoms industry
• Highly organised and able to work in a fast‑paced environment to tight deadlines
• Ability to come up with and present ideas of event development
• Ability to strain others in event processes
• Ability to multitask
• Excellent time management
• Be very organised and extremely accurate in tasks
• Can cope with stressful situations and find solutions
• Comfortable working with several internal teams/stakeholders
• Ability to public speak/present
• Highly personable
• Excellent ability to build rapport
• High level of customer service
• Willingness to travel if required
• An understanding of Asana project management tool, Slack, Salesforce prefeed although not essential
• Literate in English - verbal and written

At The Drum, we look after our team. We've done our best to create an equivalent benefit package for each of our locations. Your benefits will slightly vary depending on local needs; however, we offer the following to everyone on our team.

Benefits

• 28 days holiday
• Pension
• Enhanced family leave package
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Company‑wide mentoring programme
• Employee referral bonus
• Company social events
• Hybrid working
• Early finish on Fridays
• Dog friendly offices
• Eye care vouchers and contribution towards glasses
• Learning & Development fund/opportunities