Senior Event Manager

THE JOB / Role Title

The Senior Events Manager plays a critical role in delivering best-in-class events, brand activations and hospitality programmes across sport, entertainment, and culture. This is a hands-on role responsible for translating creative ideas into impactful live experiences, ensuring seamless execution from planning through to delivery.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, creative teams and vendors, you will lead event workstreams, manage client relationships, and oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex projects. You bring a balance of strategic thinking and operational excellence, with a strong eye for detail and a passion for creating meaningful audience experiences.

You will also mentor junior team members, contribute to new business opportunities, and ensure all work meets the highest creative and production standards.

THE WORK YOU’LL DO

Account Management

Day-to-Day account management

Maintain clear communication and alignment with clients on scope, project status, timelines, budgets, risks, and deliverables

Build strong relationships with clients, acting as a trusted day-to-day lead

Collaborate with internal teams and partner vendors to deliver integrated solutions

Liaison with rights-holders, if applicable

Management and delivery of client’s product integration with the property

Delivery, management and execution of big event activation and/or hospitality programs

Provide guidance on event execution, sponsorship leverage, and audience engagement

Proactively identify new business opportunities within the account and/or other brands

Event/Hospitality Planning, Production & Delivery

Lead end-to-end delivery of live events, brand activations and hospitality programmes

Translate client strategies into scalable, high-impact event and activation plans

Oversee all aspects of event production including logistics, vendor management, and on-site execution

Support creative and production teams to ensure the integrity of the creative concept is executed to a high standard

Manage run-of-show, production schedules, and operational workflows

Collaborate with legal and finance teams to ensure compliance with Octagon and client standards.

Manage HSSE planning and execution, including team safety and contingency planning

Lead relationships with third parties, including coordinating contractors and suppliers

Create presentation decks from pitch proposals to event

Handle client production budgets, find efficiencies, and manage third-party costs through project reconciliation.

Conduct regular team meetings and manage communications and roles between relevant parties, ensuring deadlines are met.

Additional projects as assigned, which may include sponsorship evaluations, competitive reviews, POVs, white papers, property research, etc.

Team Management:

Manage and mentor junior team members in event planning and delivery

Delegate effectively while maintaining oversight of key deliverables

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Knowledge and Experience:

Bachelor's degree with 6–8+ years’ experience in event management and/or experiential marketing with a brand, agency and/or team or sports or entertainment property

Proven experience delivering large-scale events and activations and/or hospitality programmes

Agency experience in a similar role is preferred

Experience working across sport, entertainment, and/or cultural events preferred

High level Power Point Skills, Excel, AI and Outlook and confidence to present internally and externally

Fluency in other languages is helpful

Staff management experience

Skills

You are a strategic thinker with a passion for sports and entertainment sponsorship marketing and a great knowledge of the landscape

You have strong project management and organisational skills with attention to detail

You are an excellent communicator with great presentation abilities to engage clients

Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously

Creative problem-solving with a proactive, solutions-driven mindset

You are a real team player and have previous experience of demonstrating strong leadership skills

Abilities

Thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, maintaining a calm, level-headed, and patient approach at all times.

Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution

Confident in managing clients, suppliers, and internal teams

Adaptable, resourceful, and able to think on your feet

Other

Passion for sport, entertainment, culture, and live experiences

Willingness to travel and work non-traditional hours, including weekends and holidays as required

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