EVENT TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER – VENUE
WEST MIDLANDS
FROM £40,000 - £50,000
Office based role - Are you looking for a fantastic step in your events career, joining some of the Midlands’ most iconic venues? Are you ready to take the lead on delivering high-impact events in a dynamic and creative environment?
• The opportunity to work on high-profile events
• Fantastic career progression
• Creative and collaborative work environment
• Exposure to cutting-edge AV and event tech
THE COMPANY
This iconic venue hosts a varied range of large-scale events such as conferences, dinners, weddings and meetings – with the opportunity to make events as bespoke as possible for both private and corporate clients.
Continually growing their portfolio, they have a broad base of interesting clients. The multi-purpose venue offers a versatile backdrop for a wide range of business, as well as having an exciting in-house event programme!
THE ROLE
With a growing number of events and clients, there is now the opportunity for an Events Technical Project Manager to come onboard and be responsible for managing all technical aspects of the conferences & events business, as well as managing & leading a team to deliver the technical aspects of the business.
This Events Technical Project Manager position is a broad role that includes:
• Manage the delivery of all technical requirements and instructions as dictated by an events brief.
• Manage third party technical service providers to deliver technical support for events with a high technical demand.
• Manage freelance agreements, contracts and invoices.
• Up-selling technical services to event organisers to drive profitability.
• Manage and coordinate technical bookable resources within Events500.
• For all events ensure all risk assessments are generated, circulated and stored.
• Support all aspects of set up, fit-ups, de-rigs and get-outs to include preparation of lighting, production and AV equipment prior to events.
• Support the operation of equipment, including the lighting control desks, stage electrics, sound desk etc. during events if required in the absence of staff.
• Plan the set up and delivery of various events within the venue’s portfolio.
• Managing an inventory of technical equipment.
• Forward planning and coordination of all resources required to deliver technical elements of all events.
• Liaise with partners regarding the physical and technical specifications of their events.
THE CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate for the Events Technical Project Manager role will ideally have previous experience of working within an events venue or similar from a technical delivery and management perspective. You must be proficient across all technical AV elements including lighting, graphics and sound.
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.
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Vacancy reference: KS16285