Events Co-ordinator - Bedfordshire - £20k-£25k

Macildowie Associates ,
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £20,000 per annum

Overview

Events Coordinator - Bedfordshire - £20,000-£25,000 Are you looking to build a career in events management? Perhaps you have some events planning experience under your belt and you are looking to build on this in a specialist role? Working for a business which specialises in the events sector, you will be working with a like-minded team who have a passion for putting on world-class service for their clients with innovative and memorable campaigns. You will be responsible for sourcing and booking venues for events nationwide, negotiating with suppliers and building relationships. You'll create a portfolio of venues, focusing on building an expert market knowledge and working closely with external parties and suppliers. To succeed in this role you'll have to be hugely organised and enjoy running a tight ship. When booking venues, you'll need to keep records of contracts, documentation, event data, rates agreements etc. You'll also keep a strict diary with calls and meetings with prospects and occasional travel to venues. You will have confidence, enthusiasm and sound negotiation skills when dealing with venues and will be able to manage several projects at once. A background in events / conferences / venue booking is desirable although not essential. This is a great role for anyone looking to branch out into events and build a long term career in that sector of marketing/PR. You'll have full responsibility and accountability from day one and the chance to progress through the ranks based on your own hard work. With a team full of events-obsessed colleagues there is nothing you wont be able to learn about the industry at the start of your career. If interested, apply through the link to arrange a call back Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at http://www.macildowie.com. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. After applying for this role you'll be sent a request for your consent to hold your data on our systems. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.