Strategic Events Manager at Oaken Events

As a Strategic Manager (Events) with Oaken Events Limited, you will work closely with the CEO to transform our approach to events, ensuring that the outputs are cohered and contribute to our organizational objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Work with the CEO to develop and deliver Events Strategies that takes a holistic approach to how Oaken Events Limited engages with key audiences across all our work
• Lead and support the wider organization to ensure every event is delivered to a high quality and offers an excellent experience for attendees/guests.
• Develop more innovative ways to utilize digital to deliver events
• Deliver a growing and diverse portfolio of events through testing new ideas. Other area of responsibilities Events and income generation:
• Ensure all events are planned thoroughly, spotting opportunities to realize our strategic ambitions, achieve their objectives, and hit income and contribution targets whilst offering a great experience. • With direction from the CEO, adopt a human-centric approach to designing all content and events for external audiences, supporting colleagues to deepen their understanding of this approach
• Ensure all events are audience-driven and journeys are fully mapped-out
• Identify opportunities to seek out new collaborations • Ensure that Oaken Events Limited’s internal Events toolkit is up to date and utilized by all departments to ensure the safe, impactful and strong ROI on delivery of events.

Person specification:

• 5+ years experience of successfully executing large corporate and high profile events.
• Experience in managing six/seven figure sums events
• Experience in managing a diverse workload, with multiple deadlines, stakeholders and deliverables
• Experience in developing and delivering new event concepts
• Technical know how in designing mood boards and floor plans for large capacity events (2000 to 30,000 capacity venues)

Education:

• Minimum: University Degree
• Event Management and/or Project Management Certification is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including relationship building, influencing and negotiating with a wide range of people, using tact and diplomacy
• Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of specialized Event Management Software is a plus.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage and take responsibility for own workload, handle multiple priorities and, to w independently.