Events Manager

Events and Marketing Manager

Membership Body

South Cambridgeshire/Hybrid

Basic Salary £35,000-£40,000 dependant on experience plus benefits

Permanent, Full Time,

Membership Events experience is desirable.

An excellent opportunity for an Events and Marketing Manager to join a thriving and highly respected Membership Body. Remote based with twice a week into the South Cambridgeshire office.

The position of Events and Marketing Manager is an exciting and high-profile new role that will combine:

• Event Management: Coordinating both physical and virtual member
• PR, Marketing Strategy & Content: Marketing strategy, analytics, social media content management (LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram) as well as website, email & print, and member satisfaction analysis.

The role is ideal for someone with a flair for marketing communication and member engagement, who also has a strong background in event management, particularly organising large conferences and webinars. The role is suited to flexible hybrid working, with the expectation that 1-2 days a week will be spent in the office. There will be an occasional requirement to work away from home for 2-3 days at a time when managing conference events

- approximately 3 times per year. This lively and varied post requires an enthusiastic self-starter who can multi- task, work to deadlines and take the initiative. The post involves a high level of interaction with members and stakeholders of all levels of seniority, so the post-holder must combine a professional approach with a friendly and welcoming manner. The post-holder would also benefit from a background or interest in science, technology, innovation, business support and R&D.

This role is primarily responsible for:

• Planning and coordinating logistics of physical national conferences with 150-200 delegates, 3 times per year
• Planning and coordinating logistics for regional group meetings
• Planning and coordinating logistics for webinars (Zoom)
• Setting up and management of online delegate registration systems (Eventbrite)
• Distributing invitations and handling RSVPs for events (Outlook/Mailchimp)
• Organising event logistics such as catering, AV, transportation, exhibition spaces, accommodation
• Production of event materials as required, including badges, programmes, banners, presentation slides
• Tracking event costs and income against budget (Excel)
• Collecting and analysing data on event attendees and other forms of physical engagement
• On-the-day events coordination at various member locations, ensuring they run to schedule, meeting and greeting delegates and anticipating and responding to issues with professionalism.

• Implementing PR and marketing strategy
• Collecting and analysing marketing analytics
• Measuring member Satisfaction (SurveyMonkey)
• Creating and managing social media content - posts, replies (LinkedIn, Twitter)
• Creating graphical and video content for Instagram, TikTok etc (Canva, Adobe)
• Curating social media presence and developing the Association's 'voice'
• Assisting with development of content for website, email and print - blog posts, newsletters & articles

• Assisting with CRM system data entry
• Providing organisational support to the UKSPA team
• Responding to calls and emails from staff, stakeholders and industry partners
• Assisting with other team projects as required

To apply to this role please send your CV

Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.

Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Membership Bespoke is the most experienced membership-focused recruitment firm in the UK, with 10+ years of experience delivering tailored permanent, temporary, interim, and Executive Search recruitment solutions to Trade Associations, Regulatory Bodies, Political Parties, and Professional Bodies.