Hybrid: 2 days per week in office

- High-profile global brand work for your portfolio

- Full process and team accountability ownership from day one

- Line management of a production team on international builds

- TOIL: one day back for every midweek on-site, half-day per weekend day worked

- Relaxed, non-micromanaged culture with genuine trusted autonomy

- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

The Company

This is a boutique experiential agency with a deep specialism in sports hospitality, brand activations and exhibition builds for some of the world's most recognised global brands. They have spent over a decade building a reputation in a niche very few agencies can credibly operate in, and they are growing. The Event Senior Project Manager/Director they are hiring into reflects that investment: leadership backing the people and roles needed to do the job properly.

The Role

This is a brand-new Event Senior Project Manager/Director position created to take operational ownership of a growing portfolio of international hospitality, experiential and brand activation projects for a major global account, working in close partnership with the senior account team.

- Oversee end-to-end delivery of international hospitality, brand activation and pop-up projects

- Line manage three direct reports across production and project coordination

- Own and improve internal processes, workflows and team accountability structures

- Monitor budgets, timelines and project progress across the full portfolio

- Act as the production escalation point for two Senior Account Managers

- Lead the team calmly through complex, multi-market international builds

The Candidate

The right person for this Event Senior Project Manager/Director role comes from a senior agency background in project management, production or event delivery, and has a track record of leading teams as well as delivering projects. You will have managed complex, large-scale experiential, sporting or hospitality builds end-to-end, with the production knowledge to oversee technical teams confidently and the process discipline to bring structure to a busy, growing account.

Experience in international event delivery, brand activations or sports sponsorship hospitality is beneficial but not essential. Familiarity with project planning tools such as Planner or Smartsheet is a plus. Backgrounds from across agency-side experiential, live events or sports production are all worth considering for this Event Senior Project Manager/Director opportunity, provided the team leadership and process ownership credentials are clearly evidenced.

The package includes 25 days holiday, a TOIL policy that genuinely pays back on-site time, and the kind of autonomy that is rare at this level. If the portfolio and the brief appeal, this Event Senior Project Manager/Director role will not wait around. Send your application now and we will be in touch.

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.

As a specialist events recruitment agency we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity. We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Vacancy Ref: DP19147