DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Posted 06 February 2017
SalaryNegotiable
Job type Permanent
DisciplineEvent Recruitment Agency
Reference15157/003
Contact NameLive Recruitment

Job description

GB15157

Your chance to join a global event agency and lead a dedicated team across a portfolio of events.

THE COMPANY

Recognised in the industry for producing world-class events, this agency offers a list of in-house solutions including logistics, creative, production and marketing. Their dedicated teams work across a broad spectrum of sectors and are experts in understanding what each of their clients are looking to achieve, ensuring that this is possible. Their portfolio of events are equally as broad and range from conferences through to exhibitions based across the UK and overseas.

Now looking to expand their association team, there is now the opportunity for a Director of Operations to join, oversee and lead their specialist team.

This is a fantastic chance to join a leading events agency at a senior level and ensure operational success. In return you will be provided with clear career development and brilliant benefits to match!

THE ROLE

Client facing in your approach, you will work closely with senior members in providing strategic development across key areas of the business and providing end- end management on higher value events.

Additional responsibilities will include:

  • Account management across existing accounts

  • Providing strategic development across the business

  • Leading across proposals

  • Liaising across internals teams, suppliers and industry bodies

  • End- end logistics on higher valued events

  • Part of the leadership team, ensuring efficient operational delivery

  • Budget management

  • Team management

THE CANDIDATE

Candidates should be working at a similar level capacity ideally within an event agency or within an association and/ or PCO. As you will overseeing a dynamic team, candidates will need to have a proven background of clear team management. Alongside this, proven skills in account management are key as this role require candidates to be confident client facing, alongside the ability to provide end-end management across larger scale events.

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across marketing, creative and events.

If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit www.live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.