Events Marketing Executive, Sponsorship Fulfilment (12 months Fixed-Term Contract)

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FT Live overview:

Financial Times Live (FT Live) is the conferences and events division of the Financial Times newspaper and its group publications. Our mission is to bring our global executive audiences the very latest in knowledge and opinion, and connect them to one another.

Chaired by senior FT journalists, the 200-plus core events, strategic forums and digital webinars organised by FT Live every year gather pre-eminent public and private sector decision-makers, visionaries and strategists from the world’s most important economies and industries for agenda-setting debates that cover the key issues of our time.

From unique experiences such as the FTWeekend Festival to our senior-level business summits such as the award winning Global Boardroom, FT Live has become one of the FT Group’s most successful and fastest-growing divisions, and is at the forefront of the FT’s accelerated development as an essential, interactive information source across numerous platforms.

The Role / Position Overview

Do you have passion and commitment for working in a fast-paced events environment? Are you an effective communicator with experience for building, nurturing and maintaining relationships? If the answer is yes, we have a role for you!

We are on the lookout for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Marketing Executive, Sponsorship Fulfilment to support the marketing team with the development and delivery of the sponsorship (commercial) fulfilment. This role will be a vital support to Marketing Managers across a variety of events and projects with key objectives of:

• Promoting and optimising FT Live events through our sponsors

• Executing mutually agreed (between FT Live and sponsors) marketing deliverables

• Day-to-day management and support of a wide variety of clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Work very closely with Marketing Managers and the Commercial Team to support the marketing execution of the sponsorship promotion

• Work closely with the commercial team to foster and maintain relationships with key clients

• Responsible for helping our sponsors get the most out of their relationships with FT Live

• Collaborate closely with the marketing team to plan, build and execute sponsor marketing campaigns

Support the day to day execution of the commercial deliverables, including but not limited to:

• Producing sponsor packs

• Creating and sharing sponsor promo registration links

• Monitoring and management of sponsors’ registrations

• Data management for sponsors

• Post-event reporting for sponsors

• Supporting sponsors with any ad-hoc requests and questions in the lead up to, during and after the event

• Logos and bios upload to event websites and making sure the sponsor page is correct and up to date at all times

Required Skills / Experience

• Two years of professional marketing / commercial / account management experience, ideally within the events background

• Strong copywriting and proofreading skills

• Excellent attention to detail, planning, organisational and time management skills

• The ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure

• Effective communicator with experience of building, nurturing and maintaining relationships across different seniority levels

• An element of basic sales skills (negotiating, strong telephone manner, confident presenter)

• Proactive, can-do attitude and a good sense of humour

• Organised, professional and resilient.

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact a member of our HR team who will be happy to help.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.

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