Event Manager

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

4/15/2025

Salary £36-38,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Closing Date 16 May 2025, 12pm

The main purpose of the Event Manager role is to deliver events and activities across Factory International’s programmes of work including commercial events, brand activations, large scale concerts and our wide-ranging public programme. We are looking for someone to bring organisation and creativity to the development and delivery of events, liaising with external partners to deliver memorable projects

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This role sits within the Producing and Programme Department who are the team responsible for the scheduling, planning and delivery of all our activity as an oragnisatio

n.
The scope of the role is broad, and from week to week you could be delivering conferences by major corporate clients or large scale concerts by international artists; high profile product launches in the expanse of the Warehouse or activation events such as skate parks in the public realm. The role is varied and you will be working across multiple parts of the building to deliver exciting and innovative work for our partners and audienc

es.
EVENT MANAGER RESPONSIBILI

• TIESResponsible for the day-to-day planning and on-the-ground delivery of assigned events across the commercial programmes at Factory Internati
• onalUndertaking professional and timely communications with partners delivering an excellent level of customer service including taking concise and accurate briefs and offering creative and technical input, ensuring our partners wish to return to us time and a
• gainEnsuring that project plans, timetables, schedules are formulated for each event based on the event briefs, and that all event reports and event debriefs are accurately mainta
• inedEffectively monitoring and forecasting event budgets, ensuring that events are delivered to requirements, within allocated budget; maximising opportunities for added value to events to increase profitability; and managing post-event budget reconciliation and raising contra invo
• icesSupporting the negotiating and drafting contracts by the sales and programming t
• eamsEnsuring a clear flow of information across internal teams using internal systems as appropriate in order for departments to plan effecti

vely
EVENT MANAGER PERSON SPECIFIC

ATION
ESS

• ENTIALExperience of event and/or project management with an ability to manage multiple activities along with an understanding of what it takes to deliver a high-quality
• eventStrong organizational skills with the ability to manage a busy and complex workload whilst remaining calm under pr
• essureFinancial literacy, including experience of putting together costings and quotes and effectively managing b
• udgetsExcellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders who range from corporate clients, promoters and brand pa
• rtnersThe ability to both work on own initiative and to lead a project team, to assess complicated situations quickly and to identify ways forward crea
• tivelyAbility to engage with and use IT systems appropriate to the organi
• zationCommitment to championing representation and inclusion at every level of the organisation with a proven ability to work with people from a wide range of backg

rounds
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• SIRABLE
  Experience of working with commercial and corporate clients and majo
• r brandsExperience of creatively developing and iterating events with
• partnersExperience of event management systems and processes including Artifax and
• SpektrixExperience of working in a wide range of venu
• es/sitesEnthusiasm for training, mentoring and support of emergin

g talent