Senior Event Lead - Melbourne, Australia - The Monday Group

Description

Event Management (Marketing & Communications)

Our client is an event management company specialising in end-to-end event management, production, and creative services. They live and breathe events and aim to wow their corporate clients with creative event strategies that align with their brand message. They are looking for an experienced Senior Event Project Lead to manage their Melbourne based event project delivery team, as well as overseeing and delivering world-class events domestically and internationally.

The role:

• Inspire, lead and mentor your live events team, ensuring their personal and professional development and growth
• Contribute to the business's commercial success through strategic business development and growth via account management and new sales leads
• Exceptional stakeholder management - working closely with the client and relevant internal departments to deliver seamless, high-touch experiences with world-class customer service
• Overall accountability for project pitches; development, content, and presentation of customer proposals
• Fully accountable for the projects under your direction, collaborate with the Events Leader, Sales Team, and the client to ensure that event briefs and budgets are fully understood and managed to deliver creative and logistically sound solutions
• Responsible for all elements of project management- including critical path, budget, resourcing, execution, briefing, supplier and venue contracts, reconciliation and reporting

Candidate profile:

• You must have a minimum 5-8 years' experience as a Senior/Exec Producer in an agency environment
• Proven event/project management operational experience in both domestic and international locations
• You will be driven to do what's necessary to deliver above and beyond the client's expectations
• Proven commercial acumen, business planning, and management of large budgets
• Experience managing a team of direct reports and developing them to their full potential
• You will be customer centric with superior attention to detail
• Confident in managing corporate clients/stakeholders and able to create strong working relationships quickly
• You will have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Be team orientated and results driven
• You will possess the resilience to handle a fast-paced working environment, be able to work autonomously, with a passion for excellence
• Experienced in event software- EventsAIR including OnAir (essential), Microsoft Office, Wrike, Procim, and other virtual event platforms as required
• Available for both domestic and international travel

Salary & benefits:

• $130K-140K plus super including generous full-time employee entitlements
• Vibrant team culture and flexible work environment
• Working on a diverse range of events both domestically and internationally

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THE MONDAY GROUP is a specialist recruitment agency and executive search firm for the events, experiential marketing, hotel & hospitality industries.

Working with clients Australia wide, we are a team of modern recruiters who value relationships and possess deep industry networks.

Harnessing savvy recruitment sourcing techniques and cutting-edge recruitment technology, we specialise in placing mid to senior-level professionals in Event Management, Experiential Marketing, Hotel Management and Executive Hospitality Management roles.

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