Events Manager

Overview of role

Based in our Jersey Office, we are seeking a dynamic and strategic Events Manager to join the European Marketing, Business Development and Communications team to support our four European offices (Guernsey, Jersey, Ireland and London), which delivers over 100 firm events per annum. This role is pivotal in developing and delivering a strong programme of strategic events designed to build client relationships, profile the expertise of the Walkers team, and build our firm's profile with our target market.

This is an exciting role for an experienced events professional who combines creative flair with operational excellence and brings a proven track record of delivering exceptional events that engage senior audiences and elevates brand presence. It will also provide opportunities for professional growth and European exposure.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the strategic planning, execution, and continuous improvement of our event portfolio. This role ensures all events reflect our brand standards, deliver measurable impact, and conrtibute to our business objectives. This role will develop best-in-class event processes, oversee the event calendar, manage budgets, and foster a high-performing team both internally, and with external agency stakeholders.

Duties, Responsibilities & Person Specification

• Manage event planning and measurement frameworks, ensuring every event has clear objectives, KPI's, and post-event eveluation processes.
• Develop, implement, and maintain event standards that align with the brand, ensuring consistency and excellence across all corporate and sector-specific events.
• Drive continuous improvemennt, innovation, effciencies and value for money in delivery of the firm's events programme.
• Create and manage a centralised annual events calendar, optimising for business impact and resource efficiency.
• Oversee end-to-end event planning and execution, ensuring high-quality delivery, seamless logisitics, and impactful attendee experiences.
• Manage contractor relationships, negotiating contract and ensuring service excellence.
• Develop and oversee vendor partnerships to optimise spend and maximise impact the markerting budget.
• Ensure all events are on-brand, meeting business objectives whilke delivering engaging impactful experiences.
• Act as a key liaison with internal stakeholders, ensuring events support commercial goals and create valuable engagement opportunities. 
• Train, mentor, and build the events team, ensuring they have the skills, tools, and processes to succeed.
• Management of marketing budgets, including challenging costs, preparing budgets, processing invoices and reporting on actual versus budgeted activity, ensuring cost efficiency and strategic allocation of resources.
• Keep up to date with best-in-class industry and external event and marketing offerings, including use of technology and other leading-edge event experiential practices.
• Work with the global Marketing, Business Development and Communications team to opimise all aspects of the events management process and align with wider marketing campaign activity in line with commercial objectives.

Education, Skills & Experience

• Proven leadership experience in event management, working with large scale corporates, B2B environment, or event agency background.
• Expert in event planning and logistics, with a track record of delivering high-quality experiences.
• Excellent communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the abilty to align multiple teams and priorities.
• Strong analytical mindset, with experience in event measurement and ROI tracking.
• Comfortable managing budgets, contracts, and extenal vendors.
• Degree qualified; additional qualifications in event management, marketing, law, or business are advantageous.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suites. Experience with Adobe Suite or other design software is disirable but not essential.
• Able and willing to work outside normal working hours/days when required and travel occasionally

This role is ideal for a strategic, detail-oriented, and experienced event leader who thrives in a fast-paced, high-performance enviroment. If you're passionate about creating impactful event experiences and leading a telented team, we'd love to hear from you.

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