Support the Product Marketing Director in planning, organising, and executing a wide range of events across all UK brands within the PEXA group, including trade events, hospitality, webinars, customer forums, regional events, and internal functions. Take ownership of the end-to-end event management process, from initial planning and vendor co-ordination to on-the-day execution and post-event reporting. Coordinate all logistics for events; including venue sourcing, booking, catering, travel arrangements, and equipment setup, ensuring smooth execution and attendee satisfaction. Manage the creation and distribution of event-related marketing materials; including invitations, promotional content, and post-event follow-up communications. Oversee the selection, ordering, and distribution of branded merchandise for events, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and event goals. Collaborate with internal stakeholders; including sales, product, and marketing teams, to align event objectives with broader business goals and campaign strategies. Track and manage event budgets, ensuring all expenses are recorded and aligned with overall marketing budgets. Monitor event attendance, feedback, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to provide insights and recommendations for future events. Maintain and update a calendar of events, ensuring all stakeholders are informed of upcoming activities and deadlines. Produce detailed post-event reports; including analysis of attendee engagement, ROI, and overall event success, offering recommendations for future improvements. Skills and Experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or a related field. Experience: Minimum of 3 years experience in event management and co-ordination roles. Event Planning Expertise: Proven experience in planning and executing a range of events, from large-scale trade shows to intimate customer forums, with a focus on both in-person and virtual events (e.g. webinars). Strong Organisational Skills: Ability to manage multiple events simultaneously, with excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving. Vendor and Stakeholder Management: Skilled in coordinating with external vendors (venues, caterers, suppliers) and internal stakeholders to ensure all event logistics are handled smoothly and efficiently. Budget Management: Experience tracking and managing event budgets, ensuring all costs are controlled and aligned with financial objectives. Creative Approach to Events: Ability to think creatively when planning events to ensure they stand out and deliver strong brand experiences for attendees. Data-Driven Reporting: Skilled in tracking event metrics, compiling post event reports, and providing insights and recommendations to inform future events and improve ROI. Merchandise Coordination: Experience managing the selection, ordering, and distribution of branded merchandise to enhance event visibility and attendee engagement. Key Attributes
Attention to Detail: Strong eye for detail, ensuring all design outputs are aligned with brand guidelines and deliver high-quality visual storytelling. Relationship Builder: Builds strong relationships externally, and also internally. The ability to effectively navigate and ultimately manage multiple stakeholders. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively. Collaborative Approach: Excellent collaboration skills with a proven ability to work cross-functionally with sales, account management and marketing to deliver engaging events that support wider business objectives by targeting clients and prospects. Project Management: Strong project management abilities with experience in handling multiple events simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered on time and within scope. Customer-Centric: Focus on understanding and meeting the needs of customers to drive satisfaction and loyalty. Results-Driven: Strong focus on achieving targets and driving business outcomes. Adaptability and Problem-Solving: Ability to remain calm under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances during event execution, while maintaining a solutions-focused mindset. Resilient: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage change effectively. Able to perform where there is ambiguity and shows a proactive and pragmatic mindset. In the spirit of reconciliation PEXA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. We accept the invitation to walk with First Nations Peoples to a better future for us all. For more information visit the Uluru Statement website.
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