Senior Event Project Manager

Live-Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern

Job summary

Live-Recruitment is recruiting a Senior Event Project Manager in London to take ownership of multiple complex events from brief to onsite delivery. You will lead internal teams and freelancers, nurture key client relationships, and manage budgets with a focus on delivering standout experiential projects for blue‑chip brands.

The role requires a proven track record in delivering end-to-end events, strong supplier management, and the ability to drive cost efficiencies across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex, multi-workstream events or experiential projects end-to-end.
• Ability to own client relationships and budgets.
• Background in agency, experiential, or corporate events is relevant.
• Track record of driving process improvement and cost efficiency is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop client relationships, prioritising a key strategic account.
• Lead project teams, including freelancers, across all delivery elements.
• Build and manage project budgets, ensuring accuracy and reconciliation.
• Drive preplanning and onsite execution across all allocated projects.
• Engage and manage suppliers including venues, production and talent.
• Lead pitches and tender responses for new and retained business.
• Identify cost and process efficiencies across the project portfolio.
• Perform line management responsibilities for designated direct reports.

Skills

Client relationships

Budget management

Multi-workstream leadership

Team leadership

Job description

Hybrid working: 3 days in office

Household-name global brands, a full-service agency where events sit alongside content, film and campaigns, and a Senior Event Project Manager role with full account ownership from pitch through delivery. Blue-chip clients across financial services, technology and consumer sectors, real budget authority, and a hybrid working pattern.

• Blue-chip client portfolio across multiple sectors
• Full strategic account ownership from pitch through delivery
• Full-service creative agency: events, content, campaigns, film and more
• Hybrid working: 3 days in office, 2 from home
• Line management responsibility with room to build your team

The Company

This is a full-service London creative agency delivering meaningful experiences across events, content production, creative campaigns, film and podcasts. The breadth of output under one roof means genuine collaboration with specialists across disciplines, and a Senior Event Project Manager here works across a client base that spans household-name global brands in financial services, technology and consumer sectors.

The Role

As Senior Event Project Manager, you will take ownership of multiple complex projects simultaneously, leading internal teams and freelancers from brief through to onsite delivery, while holding and developing key client relationships with some of the agency's most important accounts.

• Own and develop client relationships, prioritising a key strategic account
• Lead project teams, including freelancers, across all delivery elements
• Build and manage project budgets, ensuring accuracy and reconciliation
• Drive preplanning and onsite execution across all allocated projects
• Engage and manage suppliers including venues, production and talent
• Lead pitches and tender responses for new and retained business
• Identify cost and process efficiencies across the project portfolio
• Perform line management responsibilities for designated direct reports

The Candidate

The right Senior Event Project Manager will have delivered complex, multi-workstream events or experiential projects from end to end and owned client relationships, not just serviced them. You will be comfortable holding full budget responsibility and leading mixed teams of staff and freelancers across concurrent projects.

Experience leading pitches or tender responses and a strong grasp of supplier management across venues, production and talent are beneficial but not essential. Backgrounds in agency, experiential or corporate events are all relevant, and any track record of driving process improvement and cost efficiency will strengthen your application.

Proper account ownership, a portfolio of work that carries genuine weight on a CV, and a hybrid pattern that actually delivers flexibility. This is what a Senior Event Project Manager role at this level should look like.

As a specialist events recruitment agency we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity. We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Vacancy Ref: SP18772