Job description
£70,000 - £80,000 - Tax free, 1 -2-month accommodation
Are you a senior level Senior Event Project Manager with a broad portfolio of events and looking to relocate to the Middle East?
- Flexible working schedule
- A corporate culture with very flat hierarchy and close relationships throughout all positions and departments
- A strong backbone of a 800+ staff agency group with all relevant communication disciplines in-house, operation in Europe, the US and the Middle East
- Workplace safety and health protection.
- Health Insurance
- Tax-free salary and annual flight ticket to your home country
- The opportunity to work in a booming country where the sky is the limit
- Growth opportunities and the opportunity to build a career within the agency
- Attractive bonus system based on successful business years
- End of service gratuity
THE COMPANY
Our client is one of the leading event production agencies based in the Middle East! As an agency they design and produce award winning events on a global scale for some of the country's biggest, well-known brands.
Collaboration, extensive resources, friendly and team focused are some of the words that could describe this agency, but then so could big budget, pitch winning, highly creative, technically innovative and a cut above...
This is a great, career defining opportunity for a Senior Event Project Manager!
THE ROLE
Due to continued business success, we are now seeking an experience Senior Event Project Manager to join this diverse and dynamic team. The role will be based in Riyadh, working in collaboration with the global agency teams. Experience of working for a UK based production agency in a MUST!
As a Senior Event Project Manager you will be responsible for planning, steering, managing and implementing events on behalf of the agency and their clients. You will be steering tenders and new business processes together with the creative, administrative and technical teams, which are based across their Middle East offices
Key responsibilities include:
Managing projects from client brief through to delivery
Acting as a key point of client contact throughout
Preparing and pitching full proposals
Full budget management and reconciliation
Creating the project plan
Supplier selection and management
On site management
Maintaining and growing existing clients and working on new business though producing (and winning!) pitches, proposals and bids
Leading teams of internal as well as extended staff across multiple event productions
THE CANDIDATE
We are looking for a Senior Event Project Manager who come from a solid UK / European agency background working as a Senior Event Project Manager at a senior level. Any exposure to delivering events in the Middle East would be a huge bonus. Candidates must have exceptional client management skills as well as an understanding of all event disciplines within a live event project and happy to relocate to Saudi Arabia.
In return they offer the chance to join a fast growth agency where you will be able to carve out your own career path, all in a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment. As well as the career opportunities you'll also get to work on some of the best projects out there.
Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.
As a specialist events recruitment agency we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity.
We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.
Vacancy Ref: SP15668