Events Coordinator

• Learn about Butternut's story, mission and wider team org structure (and where your role fits within this)
• Start to form strong relationships and build trust across other teams in the business including direct sales, events and logistics
• Embed yourself into the culture of the direct sales team, and then start to add to it as well
• Learn a lot about our ways of working and deliverables from your peers
• Start taking ownership of your first events with the support of the wider events team
• Learn how we track targets and measure cost per acquisition and start to practice these processes yourself using Google Sheets
• Spend time in our London office with our other Events Coordinators and wider Sales team

• You are comfortable with planning ahead and carefully coordinating your events to ensure they run smoothly from start to finish. This includes negotiating with event organisers on things like price and location of pitch, building relationships with our brand ambassadors and supporting on wider events projects (like sponsorships)
• You are confident in finding and booking accommodation for the team and liaising with accommodation hosts
• You do all your own reporting, analysis and visualising on key KPI's to the team and wider business
• You are able to identify any new events that we should be going to as a business & take proactive steps to help us break into them
• You understand our customer base and the competitive events landscape surrounding it
• You have built strong, cross departmental relationships

• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Able to commit to occasional travel around the UK and weekend work (this is a hybrid role with working days split between the office, working from home and sometimes in the field at top events)
• Be a huge dog lover of course!

A bit about us.

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That's why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions. #LI-Hybrid

As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We've come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us.

A bit about what we offer.

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service
• £500 personal learning & development budget
• Butternut Box employee discount
• Enhanced parental leave
• Co-working office space. Flexible working hours and work from home options
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with NEST
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality
• Lots of office dogs (Ajax, Brio, Luna, Basil, Peggy, Pip, Rudi, Indi, Gnocco and many more….)

❗️A few things to note:

• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
• We are not looking for external agency support with this role.

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