Senior Event Project Manager

Live Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading events agency in the UK is searching for a Senior Project Manager to oversee the delivery of a wide range of high-profile events. The successful candidate will have proven event agency experience, manage client relationships, and coordinate logistics for projects with budgets up to £1 million. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on international events, providing great potential for career growth and development in a supportive company environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage events from brief through to onsite delivery.
• Experience with client management and budget oversight.
• Exposure to mentoring or managing a small team.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop key relationships with clients.
• Manage timelines and overall project deliverables.
• Deliver high-profile events on-site internationally.

Skills

Event agency experience

Client liaison

Budget management

Project management

Job description

Flexible working - Are you looking for the next step in your events career and have proven history of delivering high profile events within an event agency setting?

The Company

With ongoing organic growth, this brilliant and highly regarded events agency is treading a successful path and has ambitious plans to continue to develop. Established by some of the best talent in the business, and with excellent customer service at the heart of the agency, they deliver high end global incentives, conferences and some exhibitions for a range of blue chip clients and SME's.

Nurturing a culture where the team looks out for one another, the atmosphere within the agency is focussed around positivity and support - personality fit is key for them and their clients.

The Role

The Senior Project Manager role will hold overall delivery responsibility for a broad variety of events. No two days will be the same, but broadly duties will include :

• Client liaison - building and developing key relationships
• Brief taking and pitch management
• Generating proposal ideas and costings
• Venue and 3rdparty supplier management
• Timeline scheduling and overall project management
• Delegate management and logistical organisation
• Budget management up to £1million
• On‑site event delivery internationally
• Line management of a small junior team

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will have event agency experience and a proven ability of managing events from brief through to onsite delivery, including client liaison and budget management. We are seeking experienced individuals with a proven event delivery background at this level and exposure to mentoring or management of a small team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a global event agency where you will have exposure working across a huge variety of large scale and high‑profile events!

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.

Vacancy reference : LKS