Senior Project Manager - Corporate Events
Senior Project Manager - Corporate Events
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Job Description
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FIRST is a leading global brand experience agency serving clients in various industries including financial services technology new & traditional media aerospace healthcare and professional services. FIRST has received numerous accolades including being listed among the 2025 Most Innovative Marketing Agencies of the Year by Chief Marketer named Top Agency of the Year 2024 by Event Marketer highlighted as a Global Agency of the Year over 100 Employees by C&IT and listed among the 200 Top Marketing Agencies in& 2022 by Chief Marketer.
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What You Would Get To Do
The Senior Project Manager (SPM) will consistently deliver exceptional service to our clients leading large multi-day multi-venue complex events in addition to supporting the client FIRST management and wider team on projects outside of delivery to drive best practices across the team and being an exemplary role model.
Your Contributions
- Reviewing the requirements of the project to ensure streamlined delivery mapping out roles and responsibilities - clearly communicating the expectations and objectives throughout. Mindfully delegate tasks in line with the experience and strengths of team members and manage escalations
- Creation and management of detailed project timelines and reporting to internal clients as required on progress key milestones and any client team deliverable deadlines
- End-to-end delivery of a wide range of events across all client divisions demonstrating a good understanding of the different ways they operate
- Act as a consultant and contribute to the creation and deepening of a knowledge bank of venues hotels destinations and services to ensure that the team are providing expert advice and recommendations to clients
- Oversee delegate experience including communication event data and reporting demonstrating a clear understanding of the role of the Event Technology Manager and how to cultivate a seamless working relationship
- Travel for site visits and on-site execution as necessary
- Utilise their expert knowledge of food and beverage requirements depending on the project
- Preparation of all detailed on-site event management documentation as well as verbal briefing of support staff venue and all suppliers directly responsible for delivering the event or conference
- Accurately deliver post-event budgets client operational debriefs and post event re-booking of venues for the following year where appropriate
- Develop and manage relationships with Global and Regional stakeholders across client teams and divisions
- Partner with our clients to advise and support their yearly event goals focusing on innovation and activation along with achieving your and FIRST annual goals
- Share knowledge and create best practices regarding new suppliers services and venues
- Take a consistently proactive approach to creating and delivering enhancements to project delivery and drafting best practices to support implementation
- Identify process inefficiencies and implement any changes in alignment with management
- Mentor train and support other team members as required taking on additional responsibility outside of event management to support efficiencies and enhance collaboration
- Escalates challenges which negatively affect productivity through appropriate channels as necessary
- Act as client liaison and work with the FIRST team to ensure adherence to client standards of operations
- Assistance with any ad-hoc work as necessary
What We Are Looking For
- Extensive event management experience preferably in the financial services industry
- Strong leadership skills together with extensive advanced project management experience of events and production management including but not limited to conferences C-level executive dinners cocktail receptions incentives and hospitality
- Ambitious proactive and highly organized with excellent writing and oral communication skills
- A calm and flexible approach to handling pressure and stress
- Client-centric approachable ability to adjust to client needs and style and deepen relationships in support of their business and programs; adapt to ever-changing demands and different client work styles
- Knowledge and understanding of audio-visual requirements internal and external speaker management collection and program order collation of all presentations
- Demonstrate excellent and consistent leadership and work intelligently
- Working knowledge of suppliers and delivering events across EMEA
- Experience in building excellent relations through positive precise clear verbal and written communications and deepening client relationships through increased service range innovation
- Ability to be a team player to recognize project team successes and give credit where needed. Understand the strengths aspirations and development areas of all project team members ability to build team member confidence
- Possesses strong self-awareness and empathy for each member of the project team
- Approachable to support all team members with day-to-day guidance and challenges
- Advanced knowledge and commercial focus on the Output Based Charging model
At FIRST we believe that our success is driven by the passion creativity and commitment of our teams. Thats why we offer a range of benefits and perks to support your personal and professional growth:
- Private Medical Insurance with BUPA from day one
- 28 Days Annual Leave PLUS Bank Holidays
- Personal Volunteer Day
- 20 Days of Sick Pay each Year
- Enhanced Parental Leave (Maternity & Paternity)
- Wellness Stipend
- Complimentary access to Headspace Rocket Lawyer & Maven
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Mobile Phone Allowance
- Pension Scheme Enhancements
- Discretionary Bonus Structure
- Global Opportunities: With a presence in 7 countries worldwide including headquarters in London New York and Singapore you may have the opportunity to work on exciting projects across different locations.
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FIRST is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. FIRST is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin sex (including pregnancy) age physical mental or sensory disability sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status past or present military service family medical history or genetic information family or parental status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We stand firm: FIRST will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. If any candidate feels that they are unable to meet the requirements of the role please get in touch to discuss adjustments or other suitable roles.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Contract
