Events Assistant

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Events Assistant

  • Location:

    Rotherham

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £20000 to £30000

  • Contact:

    Heidi Wood

  • Contact email:

    heidiwood@firstchoice-uk.com

  • Contact phone:

    01924201155

  • Job ref:

    HW/EA/0622

  • Published:

    almost 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2022-07-16

  • Startdate:

    asap

Event Assistant

South Yorkshire

£20 - £30k dep on exp.

 

 

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate, motivated, and engaging Events Assistant to join a buoyant eCommerce global sporting goods business.We are looking for a talented and innovative Events professional to join the business and be an integral part of a new division.If you are looking for a career within an exciting and forward-thinking company, we would be very happy to hear from you.

 

Overview:

 

  • You must have an interest in Athletics, Cycling or Outdoor Sporting events and have a strong proven track record in bringing large events to life.

  • You will be assisting the Events manager establishing new events in a new arm of the business and be helping to bring these and other new and exciting events alive, this will see the events arm form a core part of the customer engagement strategy going forward.

 

  • You will have the opportunity to learn and grow with the company.

 

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate all these four main skill sets:

 

  • Event organisation: - Demonstrable experience in assisting with the organising of events from start to finish. Initiative, tenacity, and guile.  

 

  • Athlete communication: To "get it", a person who appreciates what it's like to enter an amateur race would be very desirable, whether that's a 10k race, Marathon, Triathlon, Bike race or obstacle course race.  

 

  • People administration; - Assisting with the organisation of venues, contractors, suppliers, competitors, and internal people. 

 

  • Event promotion and social media; - We have a marketing department that will do most of the event promotion but using social media to communicate the event will help the cause.  

 

 

For more information please call Heidi Wood or send your CV to heidiwood@firstchoice-uk.com