EVENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Senior Project Manager

Ref: RR10339

Our client has been running successful conferences, incentive travel and product launches for the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years from their Buckinghamshire offices.With a dedicated team of people, they are passionate about providing the best quality events to all of their clients whilst caring for their own people.

They are now seeking a Senior Project Manager to manage a small 2 person team and be involved in the management of the logistics and delivery of large events held in the UK and overseas, ensuring each event is delivered to the highest standards our client demands.The role also involves building and developing great relationships with your clients.

The ideal candidate must have a proven track record of working within the event management industry, with experience in the pharmaceutical world.

Our client is just lovely and offer excellent benefits and career development prospects.

Contact: Ruth; Email: ruth.r@live-recruitment.com

Location: Buckinghamshire

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000+ and pension and bonus

Fisher Set and Staging Admin assistant

We are looking for a Set and Staging admin assistant to work in the Set and Staging dept. The hours are 10am - 4pm Mon to Fri with overtime in the busy seasons. The successful candidate would be raising purchase orders, booking crew helping to produce quotes and generally helping with the smooth running of our dept. They would be required start immediately 16/07/07. If you have any further queries in regards to the position please contact me.

Contact: Bishen 02088711978; Email: Bishen@fisherproductions.co.uk

Location: London

Salary: £8.50 p/hr

Events and Travel Operations Manager

Ref: RR10311

Our client was established in 1999 and offer a wealth of experience to their clients across a range of services from conferences to incentive travel.Working with clients such as Vodafone, Canon and QinetiQ, they offer an unparalleled service.They are a creative bunch of folk, dedicated to providing a unique solution to their clients’ requirements to ensure a memorable event is produced.The majority of their business is focused on the incentive travel market with over 50 programmes per year all over the world.

A new position has now been created to head up the Travel and Incentives Division.Managing a crack team, they are looking for an individual with excellent conference and incentive travel experience who can grow and develop this division.

You will be a key player in the organisation and be responsible for:

-Managing and mentoring your team

-Developing your own clients and network across other client bases

-Able to project management multiple and complex conferences for over 200 people, incentives for up to 250 and live events for 700 guests

-Able to produce and adhere to strict budgets

-Confidentially dealing with clients at all levels

-Negotiating with venues and suppliers

To be in with a chance, the perfect candidate must have a great knowledge and personal experience of the incentive travel market, with a good network of venue, DMCs and supplier contacts.You must also have a strong personality, able to handle tricky clients and able to demand the respect of your team.Most importantly, you need a great sense of humour.

If you have 5 years agency experience, with strong man management skills, a proven background in the C&IT market and are looking for that next career move with an agency who can provide great development opportunities.Call us!

Contact: Ruth; Email: ruth.r@live-recruitment.com

Location: Glouchester

Salary: £35,000 + BONUS

A fantastic opportunity for students to put some of your theory into practice and gain experience of a large scale event in Spain!!

Teamlink Travel specialise in sports teams’ group trips and tours. One of our largest events of the year is CalellaFest, a student sports festival in Spain. It has been running for the last 7 years and as it sails into its 8th yr, this is a chance for students to gain some vital work experience.

Running the event is a senior management team, but after extensive recruitment and training days as held by us, a large proportion of the team is a group of representatives from all over the country. We employ a variety of people depending on experience, suitability and willingness to learn. We have two main roles to offer, the Calellafest rep, and the Head Rep.

The Roles and Responsibilities

Both Head Reps and CalellaFest Reps will be based at a nominated CalellaFest hotel and be responsible for the duties outlined in the information below. Spanish Speaking Reps are required to work with/aid the CalellaFest Management Team, festival staff and students throughout the event in various situations where the language barrier may be problematic.

The Head Rep – The Head representative works as part of a team to run a hotel, the Calellafest reps and all students in said hotel. They oversee the working schedule of all Calellafest reps in the hotel to ensure the effective operation of the CalellaFest team.

Specific tasks:

• Hotel preparation

• Liaising between hotel management and students

• Co-ordination of check-ins, departures, and deposits etc.

• Holding ‘Welcome’ and briefings for captains

• Ensuring smooth running of hotel

• Monitoring bar/nightclub areas

The CalellaFest rep – The Calellafest representatives help to ensure all areas of the event run smoothly. Specific role includes:

• Repping vehicles from UK to Calella

• Assisting Head reps within hotel with variety of tasks

• Liaising between head reps/management and students

• Escorting teams throughout resort bars/clubs/sporting events

• Hotel duties

Whats in it for you?

The ‘CalellaFest Rep’ is an unpaid position, however in return for your help and hard work the CalellaFest Team will provide all reps. with:

· 1 day’s event training prior to departure.

· Return travel from/to designated UK departure point - Calella

· Half board accommodation

· Wristband for unlimited beverages in the nightclubs

· Festival uniform

· Insurance

*In addition to the above Head Reps will also receive an extra night in resort after the festival to enjoy all it has to offer, an extended training programme and one night in resort pre event.

What Next?

For the above roles we have both recruitment screening and a training weekend aimed to empower the individuals and to help us gain the most appropriate candidates. These roles involve hard work, time management and most of all stamina! However, they are a lot of fun and provide an opportunity for the student to use their theory in a practical, but enjoyable setting.

Our training weekend will be held in March which MUST be attended by all successful applicants. If this does appeal, feel free to browse www.teamlink.co.uk or www.calellafest.com for more information.

To request an application form please visit our website: www.teamlink.co.uk or alternatively you can email us at: info@teamlink.co.uk

Account Co-ordinator – Venue Find

Ref: RR10306

Our client is one of the UK’s premier event management and venue finding agencies with offices in London, York and Europe.To continue offering a high quality service to their client they are now seeking an Account Co-ordinator to work at their York offices to handling enquiries for UK and Overseas conference venues.

Reporting to the UK and International Venue Find Manager, your duties will include:

-Taking UK & overseas briefs including client liaison

-Venue research dealing both in the UK and overseas

-Rate Negotiation and contracting with venues

-Preparation of venue quotations & costings

-Continuing to build your knowledge of venues by the attendance of FAM trips whenever possible

-Client and Supplier liaison

-General administration

The role involves working with other members of the team such as Sales and whilst mainly office based, there is chance for travel to keep your venue knowledge up to date.The successful candidate must have great client and supplier communication skills, be confident and able to negotiate rates.A language would be a great benefit.

Candidates must have a proven track record of working in either an PCO or agency environment and a great knowledge of venues.This is your chance to join one of the UK’s premier companies and develop your career.

Contact: Ruth; Email: ruth.r@live-recruitment.com

Location: York

Salary: £12-14,000 + BONUS