Events Executive, LondonPURPOSE OF THE ROLETHE TEAM This role sits within the Marketing and Business Development team, whose focus in on helping our expert Partners and other lawyers to win business and deliver an excellent client service. We are ambitious to demonstrate the firm's premium quality and imaginative approach, and so are investing in our marketing activities. That has brought with it new opportunities for brilliant marketing talent.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE The following list is not exhaustive but gives a flavour of the duties:
- Responsible for the running of in-person events at our offices and external venues. This will vary based on size and type of event. To include: liaising with venues and/or our reservations team, liaising with internal clients on details, attending site visits, producing invites and collateral, arranging merchandise and branding in line with our brand guidelines, supporting the event on the day.
- Responsible for the management of live webinars, including setting up webinars, running rehearsals, approval of event registrants, running polls and surveys during events, helping presenters with running slide shows during events, feeding questions from the audience through to event speakers, and circulation of registration and attendee reports to internal team. You will not be required to be on screen during live events, but you will need to provide behind-the-scenes support to event organisers, hosts and presenters.
- Post-event data management for online and in person events, in accordance with GDPR.
- Collation of post-event feedback; including evaluation and analysis of what worked well and what didn't, both for webinars and other events.
- Responsible for the day-to-day administration of the events team inbox and maintaining and updating the firm's internal and external events calendar.
- Highlighting to the firm's Management team if we have scheduling conflicts with our events, or if we are running too many events in a short space of time.
- Keeping internal clients informed of progress in terms of event planning and delivery.
- Promote best practice for events both online and in person.
- Escalate complex event requests or technical problems to the firm's the manager.
- Creating and sending invitations via our e-marketing platform.
YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLWDGE AND EXPERTISE You will receive technical skills training on all aspects of Addleshaw Goddard's events technologies and processes. However, we would expect successful candidates to have the following skills, experience, competencies and approach:
- Must have a minimum of one to two years' experience working in events, preferably in a professional services environment.
- Must be highly organised, approachable, have a very high attention to detail and be highly organised.
- Must have the ability to communicate with senior clients and colleagues in a calm, professional and friendly manner.
- Highly computer literate with a proven ability to pick up and use new systems or software, ideally including experience of Microsoft Office software.
- Previous experience of having used webinar technology or email marketing platforms would be advantageous, as would a basic working knowledge of social media and websites. InterAction, Zoom and Vuture are our key platforms.
- An ability to manage conflicting requests or concurrent multiple projects, and cope with a steady stream of work.
- We work hard, but love what we do and like to have fun in our team. If you feel that way too and are an enthusiastic, can-do team player with a positive attitude, we'd love to meet you.
Our FIRM Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.
We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.
Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.
OUR APPROACH:IMAGINE THE BESTYOU CAN BE
Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.
Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.
Are you up for the challenge?