Events Manager - Bristol

Job Introduction

DACBeachcroft has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Events Manager to join our Clients & Markets team on a full-time, permanent basis. The role will be based out of our Bristol office and will offer the flexibility of a hybrid working pattern.

Reporting to the Senior Manager (Marketing Team Leader), the Events Manager will plan and deliver events for DACBeachcroft at a regional, national and international level. Working as part of the central marketing team, this role supports all business sectors in a flexible resourcing environment.

We are a Disability Confident employer and guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long term health condition or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role.  If this applies to you and you feel you meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy as set out in this advert then please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the Recruitment team will be in touch.

Role Responsibility

• Develop and deliver the full events programme for the firm across in-person, digital and hybrid platforms; working closely with C&M colleagues, internal stakeholders and key suppliers.
• Drive development of digital events at DACB, using digital analytics and audience engagement statistics to inform progress and suggest approaches for improvements where needed.
• Manage overview of event data, including e-comms engagement rates, rsvp averages, attendance vs drop-out rates, etc. using this data to inform marketing managers as needed for campaign activities.
• Maintains CRM contact details resulting from invitation and RSVP process.
• Deliver the DACB brand promise by offering a consistent level of experience across all events, both internally and externally facing.
• Ensure the appropriate application of the firm’s visual identity both physically and digitally across all event opportunities.
• Work closely with the PG&R team to assess and manage the risk processes.
• Ensure all aspects of event production are efficiently delivered including: room/venue bookings, catering, collateral and presentation production, preparation of delegate packs, mailings, registration etc, with a focus on effective ROI.
• Work closely with marketing, and BD managers to develop target audience lists, and manage the client invitation process, as well as the post-event attendance review.
• Manages negotiations and relationships with venues, and external suppliers.
• Produce detailed event project and logistics plans, ensuring event planning platforms, and relevant stakeholders are kept up to date.
• Work closely with marketing outline key objectives for each event, advise on best practice to achieve campaign/event objectives.
• Draft engaging copy for event related communications.
• Deliver event activities within the budgets set and monitor required client-spend protocol.
• Completing qualitative and quantitative post-event analysis for complete ROI reporting, engaging with marketing and BD team to provide overview assessment of success criteria.
• Act as a coach to develop the team of coordinators to the highest standards.
• Identify appropriate training to support personal development through feedback, performance management, and continued assessment of training needs.
• Embrace innovation, and influence new ways of working by championing creativity, new technology, channels and engagement tactics.

The Ideal Candidate

• A desire to embrace and drive change; identifying market trends and supporting process improvements to demonstrate best practice.
• Demonstrable suitability to work in a management role and an ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop people
• Confident working at pace; with project planning and management skills.
• Possess a high degree of initiative and independent judgment with excellent troubleshooting, decision-making, and follow-through skills.
• A flexible mind-set focusing on the delivery of objectives rather than process-oriented.
• Strong relationship building skills
• Experience of marketing automation technology
• Good budgetary skills
• Strong negotiation skills with venues, suppliers and sponsors
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Passion for events, venues and hospitality
• Experience of managing a team

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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