Associate/ Senior Associate – Events

Job title: Associate/Senior Associate – Events Management (Maternity Contract)

Salary: £40,000 – £52,000 Hybrid flexible working

Location: London

Start date: November 2025 – Immediate Interviews

Our client is seeking an enthusiastic candidate keen to work within Events to join their team to cover a Maternity Contract. Reporting to the Head of Events Content & Marcomms, and working with internal and external stakeholders, the successful candidate will support the planning and delivery of range of proprietary events, as well as third-party and joint events, including flagship conferences and regional briefings across Europe Middle East and Africa. You will be driven, self motivated and flexible teamplayer.

Responsibilities

Support the delivery of the company’s annual European and Post Trade conferences.
Organise and deliver a series of company only and joint events, including regional briefings, webinars and ad-hoc events.
Working closely with internal and external stakeholders, this may include, but not necessarily be limited to, planning meetings’ coordination, minutes and actions, venue and AV, event-specific branding and relevant assets, speaker management (obtaining profiles and on-going liaison, preparation calls, co-chair notes), presentations slides and test polls, and on-site logistics (including ‘run of the show’, corporate merchandise, banners), post-event analysis (including surveys, delivery and results).
Management of the sponsorship and delegate registration processes (including menus, negotiations, contracts, and forms).
Working closely with internal and external stakeholders (including the Marcomms team) to co-ordinate and prioritise the publication of specific event-related communications.
Regular progress updates to relevant stakeholders and event hosts, including ad-hoc requests (delegate profiles, analytics, lists).
Adding and maintaining event content on website and mobile event application, including branding and imagery, agenda details.
Maintaining the Events’ folders, as well as managing the Events inbox, including timely responses to relevant enquiries regarding company Events.
Tracking and monitoring external industry events, national holidays to ensure no significant overlap with company Events, and notifying the wider team of upcoming and future events through regular updates.
Assisting with Board and Management reports as required, including budget.
Managing stock levels of corporate merchandise, including event banners.

Skills, Experience & Personal Qualities

Proven track record and experience in supporting the delivery of small and large-scale external virtual, hybrid and in-person events, preferably within financial services or markets, notably securities lending, financing, or repo and/or for a member-led Association or similar.
Sales, marketing and negotiation skills to promote events and attract and sell sponsorship (where relevant).
Excellent organisational and project management skills – ability to work on multiple deliverables, understand prioritisation and deadlines, and provide regular progress updates to key stakeholders.
Strong communication skills, together with the ability to effectively manage stakeholder relationships.
Good attention to detail.
Self-motivation and enthusiasm.
Creativity with the ability to contribute new ideas and solutions to processes and elevate existing outputs.
A strong customer/member focus.
A commitment to results; a flexible, proactive, and can-do attitude and approach, with an emphasis on accountability.
Ability to work in a small team/company environment with the willingness to support others when required, adapting working practices effectively to changing needs and priorities.

You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience required for this role, then please apply to Evolve Recruitment, Kingston upon Thames for more information.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.