Event Manager

Job description / Role

- Researching markets to identify opportunities for events;
- Liaising with clients to ascertain their precise event requirements;
- Producing detailed proposals for events (e.g. timelines, venues, suppliers, legal obligations, staffing and budgets);
- Agreeing to and managing a budget;
- Securing and booking a suitable venue or location;
- Ensuring insurance, legal, health and safety obligations are adhered to;
- Coordinating venue management, caterers, stand designers, contractors and equipment hire;
- Organizing facilities for car parking, traffic control, security, first aid, hospitality and the media;
- Identifying and securing speakers or special guests;
- Planning room layouts and the entertainment program, scheduling workshops and demonstrations;
- Coordinating staffing requirements and staff briefings;
- Selling sponsorship/stand/exhibition space to potential exhibitors/partners;
- Preparing delegate packs and papers;
- Liaising with marketing and PR colleagues to promote the event;
- Liaising with clients and designers to create a brand for the event and organizing the production of tickets, posters, catalogues and sales brochures;
- Coordinating suppliers, handling client queries and troubleshooting on the day of the event to ensure that all runs smoothly;
- Overseeing the dismantling and removal of the event and clearing the venue efficiently;
- Post-event evaluation (including data entry and analysis and producing reports for event stakeholders).

Requirements

- Excellent communication skill in ENGLISH and ARABIC is a must
- At least 3 years of event management experience
- Experience in production of events from conception through to completion
- Should have excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Must work well under pressure, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of all the events
- Exposure to Automotive sector and event production such as Road Show, Test Drive, Motor Show, Sport Marketing Activation, Conferences and launching events

About the Company

Kingston Stanley is the leading specialist marketing recruitment agency in the Middle East, working exclusively with clients and candidates across the full spectrum of the marketing sector since early 2011. We will help you find, screen and select the ideal candidate for your marketing jobs, and we have the largest, most current and qualified network of suitable candidates, ready to start immediately. Whether you have a role that urgently needs to be filled, or a killer portfolio, you’ll find what you’re looking for here. Strong ethics, honest hard work, integrity and marketing recruitment are the four pillars of our business and brand.