Senior Events Manager EMEA FTC

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the development and implementation of the events strategy for all proprietary, joint-venture and third-party events across EMEA and Latin America, ensuring activity is aligned with business objectives.
• Be responsible for the development and implementation of the webcast strategy across EMEA and Latin America, ensuring activity is aligned with business objectives, priority products and market trends.
• Lead, manage and execute first class coordinated physical, hybrid and virtual events and webcasts, from concept through to completion and post event evaluation, working closely with global partners for global consistently where applicable.
• Lead and develop the webcast strategy, working closely with internal teams including product, content, sales and marketing teams to produce engaging and high-quality content.
• Work closely with the heads of channel marketing and the channel marketing managers to agree and implement the events strategy by region based on allocated budget. Manage individual event budgets and seek to make economies of scale if appropriate.
• With event team support, lead, manage and execute our key flagship events in various regions across Europe, as well as our Pan-European virtual series.
• Work with third-party events agencies, other fund groups and distributors, to project manage successful events.
• Liaise with internal clients to identify key success metrics and monitor success of events against these.
• Maintain a calendar of all events and webcasts that align our sales objectives with planned events.
• Develop dedicated events microsites, email communications, advertising, and bespoke styling for events in-keeping with brand guidelines.
• Build strategic partnerships across the firm, maintaining good relationships with key business and marketing stakeholders.
• Work closely with regional sales teams across EMEA and Latin America, to fully understand their regional strategies and how events can best support them.
• Work closely with fund managers and wider investment teams, discussing event ideas, requirements, and coordinating all logistics accordingly.
• Work closely with Events and Marketing teams in North America and Asia Pacific, to align strategic goals and produce global events / webcasts where applicable.
• Manage, maintain, and ensure the continual improvement of event processes, working closely with compliance, legal, data privacy, business management, IT and digital teams, to adapt and align with changing policy.
• Regularly meet and chair meetings with teams in brand, content, presentations, multimedia, product, compliance to discuss upcoming events, support required and ensure objectives can be met.
• Deliver quarterly, monthly, and ad hoc reports and presentations as requested by Wholesale and Institutional Channel Heads, Channel Marketers and Sales.
• Put the client at the heart of all activity, ensuring the client experience is seamless, engaging, and informative.
• Ensure familiarity with product offering, financial promotions/literature principles and processes, as well as guidance from compliance. Ensure appropriate checks and sign off procedures are always adhered to.
• Travel across UK, Europe and North America
• Line management of a team of two event professionals, including team development, project delegation and supervision, workflow oversight and evaluation.

The role requires:

• Good knowledge of financial services marketing and events
• Excellent knowledge of event management, including developing, implementing and managing events and event related activities, using internal resources and external event organisers.
• Educated to degree level or similar preferable
• Sound influencing skills, measured, diplomatic and assertive
• Sound people management and development skills as the role will require interaction with numerous internal and external resources
• Experience using virtual event platforms and video conferencing software
• Computer literate, with good skills in Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Experience working in Asset Management preferred
• 7+ years relevant experience
• Experience using Pardot / Salesforce preferred
• Second European language would be advantageous