Events team project manager

Closing date: 4th April 2025

Salary band: £35,000 - £45,000 depending on experience and more senior positions at higher salaries may be available subject to applicant suitability.

Bring blockbuster films to life with your creativity and attention to detail as you manage multiple projects in the fast-paced world of event planning.

Premier is the UK’s leading specialist communications agency for entertainment, arts and culture. With over 20 years’ worth of specialist knowledge across film, television, publishing, gaming, classical music, performing arts, consumer brands and not for profit, Premier provides a complete creative communications solution.

We are looking for a passionate lover of events to join the Premier Events department; someone who can confidently lead on their own projects, work within a team, and successfully produce or help produce a large scale event from conception, budgeting, development to management onsite at the live event.

Key tasks

Projects

• Devise and deliver creative and detailed event ideas inspired by the films we are working on
• Help produce visual presentations (powerpoint, google slides, inDesign) to illustrate ideas.
  • Be confident briefing visualisers and graphic designers to bring your ideas to life
  • Feel comfortable and confident pitching and explaining ideas to clients - translating their brief into something you can tangibly produce in order to realise their objectives for the event or activation
• Manage all event logistics inc permits, cost negotiation & venue suggestions
  • Create line item accurate budgets to be signed off by clients and managed throughout the project including reconciliation post event
  • Raise POs for supplier invoicing and be responsible for billing clients post event in a timely fashion
  • Write detailed event timing structures and liaise with all stakeholders to ensure structures are adhered to
• Have strong & proven project management skills - ideally in an agency environment
  • Manage day-to-day running of multiple ongoing projects, aiming to fulfil the agreed client brief
  • Utilise excellent time management skills to ensure production deadlines are met and all aspects of the event are given due time and attention
  • Organise and manage all on site, in person and online meetings relating to your projects
  • Be able to proactively manage suppliers on site and run and event through its course.
• Work within a close knit team as well as independently
  • Offer input into other team members’ projects
  • Plan larger scale projects alongside other team members
  • Keep the department head informed of all project work and development.
• Possess excellent communication skills and act as both internal and external point of contact on assigned projects
  • Develop close supplier relations in order to understand and suggest services to clients
  • Work alongside and develop good relations with other agencies working on the same events & campaigns
• Possess and continue to develop excellent film, entertainment, venue, cultural and event knowledge.
• Seek out and monitor developments within events and entertainment in order to keep developing fresh ideas

Events team general

• Cover team members’ absences as appropriate
• Contribute to departmental brainstorms
• Support red carpet events the team are handling

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Event experience in an agency and/or entertainment field.
• Creative thought, mathematical aptitude and focused attention to detail.
• An ability to juggle multiple projects when under pressure and scrutiny
• A fast thinking ability to pivot when circumstances change
• An open attitude to working unusual hours during events

We operate hybrid office (dog friendly!)/remote working and can offer flexible hours.

The employer reserves the right to close the listing and stop accepting applications sooner than the original deadline. Therefore we strongly recommend applying at the earliest opportunity.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.