Details:
- Salary: £35,000 - 45,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: GU1 Guildford Surrey
- Date: 4 hours ago
Description:
Are you a creative, organised, and enthusiastic individual with a passion for delivering outstanding events?
Our client is looking for a talented Events Coordinator to join their team and play a key role in planning, coordinating, and delivering memorable events that leave a lasting impression. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys bringing ideas to life, and loves seeing a project come together.
3 days per week in head office in Guildford or on site, 2 days per week from home. Regular travel – predominantly UK based.
Company Benefits:
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 12.5%
* Contributory salary exchange pension scheme
* Life insurance
* Private medical insurance (voluntary scheme)
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Extensive health and wellbeing programme
* Hybrid and flexible working options considered
* Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
Key Responsibilities:
* Plan and deliver in-person and virtual events (e.g. exhibitions, seminars, charity days, internal celebrations, and hosted roundtables)
* Create and manage event timelines, budgets, and checklists
* Handle end-to-end logistics: venue sourcing, travel coordination, catering, branding materials, invites, name badges, hotels, AV/tech, photography, etc.
* Work with internal stakeholders to scope agendas, content, guest lists, and post-event follow-up
* Support our partnership and client teams with events at third-party sites or client facilities
* Ensure brand consistency across all event assets and experiences
* Build and maintain event templates, processes, and feedback forms
* Track and report event performance (attendance, engagement, feedback)
* Manage social media channels, manage photo shoots and film production, concept, draft and write content (website and social), support on content development, digital campaigns and KPI reporting
* Support on broader marketing strategy
Advantageous:
* Experience with graphic design or video editing, sustainability, clean tech or B2B sectors
* Familiarity with stakeholder-facing or government-related events
* A creative streak—comfortable pitching ideas for themes, gifts, décor, etc.
* Knowledge of metrics or evaluation methods for post-event impact, wider marketing mix, a flair for or interest in design
Experience and Skills Requirements
* 2–4 years experience in event coordination or management
* Strong project management and timekeeping skills
* Ability to manage multiple events at various stages simultaneously, high attention to detail, with an eye for design and presentation
* Excellent communication skills—written, verbal, and visual, a great solutions-focused personality, ability to flex and improvise with a strong focus on delivery
* Calm under pressure, resourceful, and solutions-focused, confident using Microsoft Office, and ideally some experience with event tools (like Eventbrite, Canva, Asana, etc.)
* Ability to network and engage with a range of stakeholders
If you have not been contacted within 5 working days, then unfortunately on this occasion your CV has not been shortlisted