Company Name: Thomson Reuters
Location: London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
Type: Full Time
Salary: NA
Job Description:
We’re looking for a collaborative, confident and ambitious Event Manager to join the Operations Team at Reuters Events in London and help us organise a busy portfolio of virtual and physical international events.
Reuters Events brings together Reuters globally trusted brand, scale and editorial excellence aligned with domain expertise. We provide content-led conferences for professionals in highly specialized industry sectors to complement our extensive, in-depth content. Reuters Events exists to deliver the intelligence and foster the relationships that shape strategy and safeguard success at leading companies worldwide.
About The Role
As an Event Manager you will:
- Successfully plan and manage the end-to-end logistics for a high volume of annual conferences and events in a variety of formats (in-person, hybrid & virtual).
- Research and source venues, suppliers, and contractors.
- Plan and book travel and accommodation arrangements then.
- Play an instrumental role in the negotiation of budgets and contracts to ensure we’re delivering a great quality service whilst keeping costs to a minimum.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to bring the events to life and ensure their commercial success.
- Travel to and supervise the on the day running of the events.
About You
To be our Event Manager you will likely have:
- Demonstrable experience of managing B2B conferences and exhibitions.
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent attention to detail and meticulous planning skills
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively, work efficiently and juggle competing priorities.
- Experience of managing budgets and reporting on event expenditure
- Excellent communication skills, with the professionalism and confidence to liaise with senior level industry contacts.
As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
