Event Manager
Booking Experts is expanding in Europe, and events play a key role in our commercial growth. Together with your direct event colleague, you will be responsible for our international event calendar of approximately 40 trade fairs and customer events per year in, among others, the Benelux, DACH, UK, France, Spain, and Denmark.
What you will do As Event Manager, you will take ownership of a portion of our international events. You will lead these projects from start to finish: from planning and budget to suppliers, internal coordination, and the final execution on location. In doing so, you will manage colleagues and external parties where necessary.
Together with the Head of Marketing & Sales, you will think about the priorities within the international event calendar. You will work closely with our Marketing and Sales teams in various countries and advise on event strategy and participation.
Our event season runs mainly from September through March. During this period, you will travel throughout Europe for various international events.
What you get
- Good salary matching your experience + 10% salary increase after 1 year of employment;
- MacBook + large screen and a modern sit-stand workstation;
- Hybrid working;
- Bicycle plan;
- A communal lunch with the team every day;
- 25 vacation days;
- Lots of responsibility and freedom to further develop our international event strategy;
- An international role in which you regularly travel through Europe and collaborate with colleagues, customers, and partners from different markets.
About Booking Experts Booking Experts is an international software platform that helps recreation companies automate and improve their entire business operations. With our products BEX PMS, CMS, and smart tools & integrations, we offer a complete cloud-based ecosystem that supports holiday parks, recreation companies, hotels, and rental organizations in their administrative, operational, and financial management.
Who you are You are an independent event professional who combines tight organization with strategic insight. You know not only how to set up an event, but also why we participate and how it contributes to our commercial objectives.
Furthermore, you bring the following:
- At least 2 years of experience organizing (international) B2B trade fairs and customer events, preferably within SaaS or tech;
- Strong skills in project and budget management: you monitor costs, manage suppliers, and effortlessly coordinate multiple projects simultaneously;
- Data- and result-oriented: you translate event goals into measurable results and use insights to improve future events;
- Excellent communication skills to easily switch between our international Sales and Marketing teams;
- Excellent command of the English language (knowledge of other European languages is a plus);
- Willingness to travel regularly through Europe during the event season (September through March).
The application process These are the steps to your new job:
- Apply: Click the button and leave your details.
- Response: Within 5 working days, you will hear if we invite you for an introduction.
- Interview: A first introduction to check the match.
- Follow-up: A second round where we go deeper into the content, your experience with international events, and your approach.
- Offer: We make you a proposal to become part of our team!