Events Manager

Job Category: hospitality
Job Type: Permenant
Job Location: Daventry
Posted By: Admin
Company: Rocket Staffing

Position: Event Manager 

Start times: Monday to Friday 08:30-18:00 (additional hours when required due to events)

Location: Southam & Daventry

Salary: £30,000 – £35,000 Plus commissions: OTE £65,000

Duties will include:

  • Full accountability of a 52 week events programme
  • Ability to promote the venue day and night
  • Must respond to all customer enquiries
  • Submitting quotes to prospect customers
  • Grow existing customers and building pipeline forecast
  • Contact lapsed clients  
  • Ability to obtain sponsorship  
  • Ability to plan and arrange multiple events
  • Briefing all staff with clear plan on events
  • Attending networking events & Black-tie dinners
  • Build events pipeline  
  • Develop event sales
  • Up selling business services  
  • Advising on food & drink orders (prior to events)
  • Ability to follow customers specific special requests.
  • Ensure correct numbers of staff; support event (discussed with Management Team) 
  • Ensure that event payments are made (working with Finance Manager) 
  • Ensure all administrative documentation has been completed.

The ideal candidate:

  1. Extremely well organised
  2. Experience within a fast passed environment
  3. Excellent computer skills
  4. Familiar with Microsoft packages (desired photoshop)
  5. Happy to sell face to face
  6. Happy to sell via phone and emails
  7. Friendly & Fun  
  8. Passionate “with a can do attitude”
  9. Ready for fast-paced environment
  10. Customer Focused  
  11. Customer obsessed approach to daily activities

What we can offer you:

  • A dream job!
  • Daily venue meals
  • Quarterly bonus
  • Onsite car parking  

For further information and detail regarding the role apply.

Ready to apply?

Ready to unveil your exceptional talents? Take the leap and submit your application now, and our team of exceptionally friendly rocket staff will be in touch if you meet the criteria for the role.

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