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About the Role

We are looking for an outgoing, self-motivated, proactive, and passionate Event Assistant to help deliver exciting and impactful events for our private, corporate, and leading brand clients. You will join our close-knit team in London, supporting our Event Management team. The role involves all aspects of event assistance, sourcing venues/caterers/entertainment, helping to develop creative concepts and pitches, liaising with suppliers, and assisting on the event itself from start to finish. You will also work alongside our venue team to help run events in our own new event space.

Responsibilities

Assisting the venue & events team with a high number of events
Supporting the venue & event managers with logistical and administrative support
Accompanying event managers to external events
Assisting with creative decisions
Helping to develop briefs into pitch presentations
Research/source venues & suppliers that fit the budget & concept
Helping to produce detailed proposals/budgets for events (to include venues, catering, styling, production and staffing)
Attending all meetings to act as a second point of contact where required
Helping set up and dismantle events efficiently through to completion
Ensure excellent customer service quality is always delivered

Requirements

A great communicator with people of all levels, possessing excellent customer service skills.
A passion for events, a willingness to learn and a desire to succeed
Creative and the ability or desire to think outside the box
A do-er, a yes person, proactive by nature
Able to work in a calm and organised manner when under the pressure of tight deadlines and clients’ demands, with a desire to go the extra mile.
Well-organised, fast-paced, fun, creative, outgoing and happy to work as part of a small team and on your own and can use initiative.
The intellectual capability to help develop credible, client focused solutions to client briefs
Basic knowledge of production, including working with internal or external production teams is preferred, but not essential.
Good client facing skills and the ability to develop relationships.
Understanding or budget and project management skills.
Passion for styling and creative event design experience.
Computer savvy: confident in MS Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint are essential.
Outstanding written and spoken communication skills with an innate attention to detail.
Excellent organisational skills; Ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously and under pressure.
Problem solver and a keen head for logistics.
A can-do attitude with a desire to learn and grow in a supporting team.

Skills

MS Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
CAD
Sketch-up
Design package knowledge

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full time

Experience Level

1-year previous experience in events preferred
Entry level considered

Salary/Compensations

Expenses only

Benefits

Starting from 24 days holiday plus Bank Holidays per year
An extra day of annual leave for every year at the company past two years, up to 28
1 wellness/duvet day per year
Extra day off on your Birthday
Pension scheme
Discretionary company & personal performance bonus
Regular team socials
Bi-Annual team offsites/away-stay
Healthy office snacks
Supportive team in a creative environment

About the Company

We are a full-service creative events agency that’s fresh on style, big on impact.
We create, design and build, to deliver intriguing, impactful events, as effortlessly as possible for our clients.
We’re boldly individual, always original, and refreshingly easy-going.
Our vision, passion and ideas are matched with focus, expertise, and flair.