Regional Event Manager (Producer)

Regional Event Manager (Producer)

Job Introduction

Are you looking for a new challenge that gives you the chance to use your experience in Events Management to take customer experience and Selfridges to the next level? Looking for a company that wants to help further your career as well as provide you with an exciting, inspiring, and fun place to work?

If the answer to all of these questions is ‘yes’ then you’re just the kind of person we’re looking for!

Role Responsibility

As the Regional Events Manager, you will support the Senior Events Manager – Regions to deliver “High Profile” events and special projects which maintain the wider Selfridges Strategy. You will deliver extraordinary and radical customer experiences that support our creative strategy and vision, delivering world class events that push boundaries and excite our customers.

You will also collaborate with the Senior Events Manager – Regions to plan the experiences and take on the responsibility for end to end production whilst working collaboratively with the wider events team in both the regional stores and centrally.

As the Regional Events Manager, you will:

• Manage and run a programme of events and special projects that curate, surprise, amaze and amuse our customers across all our Regional stores
• Manage budgets and reconciliation
• Communicate projects to the business, preparing briefing documents and post event reports alongside effective communication with senior stakeholder and ‘buy-in’ across the business
• Develop and maintain a robust network of strong working relationships across the business and externally including partners and suppliers.
• Work on own initiative  and is a driven self-starter who can run with a project, whilst being able to work collaboratively and bring everyone on the journey at all times

• Have extensive project management experience, across large format and scale events (potentially including festivals, roadshow activities nationally, agency work)
• Follow Events & company process, critical path and budgets
• Ensure Health and Safety legal, Selfridges process and compliance are always considered in every Event
• Collaborate with teams across the central and regional business, builds meaningful relationships and adopts an open-minded approach to concepts and ideas
• Be a detail and solution orientated induvial across all aspects of work
• Red flag any potential issues/threats and action with opportunities and solutions

The Ideal Candidate

• Extensive experience of solid delivery of events and brand experiences on a large scale
• Experience of working with a variety of budgets and able to pull together P&L’s with Finance Partners
• Ability to network, develop internal / external contacts and excellent working relationships across a diverse range of functions
• Work in a fast paced, everchanging environment
• Deliver to often demanding and tight deadlines
• Able to influence and gain the trust and respect of people at all levels in a variety of functions
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively across a range of stakeholders internally and externally
• Retail experience not a must, but an interest in culture, fashion and innovation is highly sought after
• Confident, determined, and resilient
• Able to work quickly and accurately whilst thinking on your feet / be reactive
• Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written and able to pull together creative proposals
• Strong administration skills
• Strong multi-tasking skills
• Strong operational skills
• Used to taking initiative 

About the Company

Our Creative Spirit 

We are more than a shop. We are a social space where culture and commerce collide to release an energy that we call the Selfridges spirit. We are here to make our world brighter, and everyone is welcome. 

Our Awards Cabinet 

We’re not ones to brag, but since you asked...Selfridges has won the award for The World’s Best Department Store an unprecedented four times at the IGDS awards, with an additional award for the Best Sustainability Campaign. We were also recognised as a ‘Best 25 Big Company to Work For 2020’ as awarded by The Sunday Times.

Our Future 

Since 1909 we have been at the forefront of retail and today our stores in London, Manchester and Birmingham – alongside selfridges.com and the Selfridges App – continue to redefine the way we shop and socialise. As a Selfridges team member, you will learn what it takes to consistently drive innovation, success and amazing customer experiences. 

Everyone is welcome

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive working culture, and we see this as key to our success and our working culture. Here at Selfridges, everyone is welcome - irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or disability, we stand by equal opportunities for all. We are diverse, we are inclusive, we are Selfridges.

The Fun Stuff  

There are lots of reasons to be excited about joining Team Selfridges – from our fantastic team member communities to volunteer days and behind-the-scenes Selfridges experiences throughout the year. 

Other benefits and rewards include:

• Generous bonus and/or commission scheme 
• Discounted gym memberships 
• Pension contributions  
• Annual travel pass and cycle to work schemes 
• Up to five paid volunteering days
• Access to a wide range of training programmes to help your career development

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