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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