Assistant Manager - Events - Luxury Publishing House

Asst Manager Events - with a luxury publishing house

- A luxury publishing house is looking for an energetic, confident and independent individual to join their Events Team.

- The Assistant Manager's role will have a dual focus,40% of the role will be related to the development of the event proposal and 60% of the role will be operational and involve the execution of the event.

- The Assistant Manager will report directly to the Head of Events and will ensure that all events are delivered to a high quality of a nature appropriate to the brand, on time and within budget.

- Once the event proposal has been developed, the Assistant Manager will need to translate the concept into specific actions. Excellent planning, organizational and project management skills are key

- The ideal candidate should also be able to propose and implement sound marketing & business development initiatives

Skills :

- Versatile individual who is adept in both event design and implementation of on-ground events with an eye for detail

- Ability to work closely with brand & editorial teams on developing strong brand properties

- Create event concepts, bringing new and different ideas to the team

- Excellent communication and negotiation skills. Includes coordinating with external agencies & liaising with internal departments across brands

- Proven hands-on, problem-solving record to successfully address unforeseen situations during project execution.

- Excellent project management and problem solving skills. Includes maintaining event data, budgets and P&L- s

- Excellent Excel, Power Point and project management software knowledge

- Ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines and to handle multiple projects simultaneously

- Execute events from start to finish independently with attention to detail

- Minimum of 3-4 years event agency experience handling both large & small scale events in India

- Candidates with additional international event management experience as well as knowledge of sponsorship relations will be preferred.