Senior Event Project Manager

Live Recruitment; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 351,000 - 403,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading event production agency is seeking a Senior Event Project Manager to manage events in Riyadh. The ideal candidate has experience in UK/European agencies and exceptional client management skills. This role offers a tax-free salary, accommodation, and the chance to develop within a supportive environment. This is a great opportunity to work in a booming country with diverse career paths.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

Health insurance

Annual flight ticket to home country

Attractive bonus system

End of service gratuity

Qualifications

• Senior Event Project Manager experience in UK/European agencies.
• Exceptional client management skills.
• Understanding of all event disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from client brief to delivery.
• Act as key point of client contact throughout.
• Prepare and pitch full proposals.
• Full budget management and reconciliation.
• Supplier selection and management.

Skills

Client management skills

Event project management

Budget management

Proposal preparation

Team leadership

Job description

£70,000 - £80,000 - Tax free, 1 -2-month accommodation

Are you a senior level Senior Event Project Manager with a broad portfolio of events and looking to relocate to the Middle East?

• Flexible working schedule
• A corporate culture with very flat hierarchy and close relationships throughout all positions and departments
• A strong backbone of a 800+ staff agency group with all relevant communication disciplines in-house, operation in Europe, the US and the Middle East
• Workplace safety and health protection.
• Health Insurance
• Tax-free salary and annual flight ticket to your home country
• The opportunity to work in a booming country where the sky is the limit
• Growth opportunities and the opportunity to build a career within the agency
• Attractive bonus system based on successful business years
• End of service gratuity

THE COMPANY

Our client is one of the leading event production agencies based in the Middle East!As an agency they design and produce award winning events on a global scale for some of the country's biggest, well-known brands.

Collaboration, extensive resources, friendly and team focused are some of the words that could describe this agency, but then so could big budget, pitch winning, highly creative, technically innovative and a cut above...

This is a great, career defining opportunity for a Senior Event Project Manager!

THE ROLE

Due to continued business success, we are now seeking an experience Senior Event Project Manager to join this diverse and dynamic team.The role will be based in Riyadh, working in collaboration with the global agency teams.Experience of working for a UK based production agency in a MUST!

As a Senior Event Project Manager you will be responsible for planning, steering, managing and implementing events on behalf of the agency and their clients.You will be steering tenders and new business processes together with the creative, administrative and technical teams, which are based across their Middle East offices

Key responsibilities include :

• Managing projects from client brief through to delivery
• Acting as a key point of client contact throughout
• Preparing and pitching full proposals
• Full budget management and reconciliation
• Creating the project plan
• Supplier selection and management
• On site management
• Maintaining and growing existing clients and working on new business though producing (and winning!) pitches, proposals and bids
• Leading teams of internal as well as extended staff across multiple event productions

THE CANDIDATE

We are looking for a Senior Event Project Manager who come from a solid UK / European agency background working as a Senior Event Project Manager at a senior level.Any exposure to delivering events in the Middle East would be a huge bonus. Candidates must have exceptional client management skills as well as an understanding of all event disciplines within a live event project and happy to relocate to Saudi Arabia.

In return they offer the chance to join a fast growth agency where you will be able to carve out your own career path, all in a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment. As well as the career opportunities you'll also get to work on some of the best projects out there.

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.

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 : SP15668