Senior Event Producer, The Drum
Global publisher for the marketing and media industries
Open for applications
Global publisher for the marketing and media industries
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help our 1 million plus readers prepare for what's next.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- This role is to organize, develop and deliver high quality events for The Drum and our customers, whilst achieving financial targets and KPIs
- To run and oversee all events in your portfolio, which could include festivals, awards, external client, and internal events
- A key part of this role is to help develop The Drum’s hybrid awards/festivals working with the event director and product head to take them to the next level
- To come up with ideas and plan the processes for these events
- To work with other members of the event production team and the wider company skills teams to deliver events and manage all event production aspects to look at ways we can achieve our goal to increase revenue, presence and reach in our target markets
- 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 platform 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
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Drum was founded in 1985 under the parent company Carnyx Limited and transformed what was once an independent publishing business into a leading British digital media and marketing platform.
Whilst Carnyx, named after an ancient Celtic woodwind instrument, focused on covering the creative industries, The Drum goes a step further in connecting marketing agencies and clients through its articles and consultancy services. The digitisation of The Drum has led to its opening offices in New York and Singapore, a sign of its international appeal.
Digitisation can have its teething problems for legacy creative companies like Carnyx, but it embraced the rapid changes by widening its services and client base. Through the noughties and 2010s, The Drum has gained big-name digital sponsors such as Facebook and the Financial Times.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Company benefits
- Hybrid & Remote Working
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Staff Social Events
- Charity Volunteering Days
- Early Finish on Fridays
- Learning & Development Fund
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Mentoring Program
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Diane Young
(Co-Founder & CEO)Currently Managing Director of Carnyx Group Limited. Previously Contracts and Planning Manager at Greater Glasgow Community & Mental Health NHS Trust.
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