At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our Senior Events Manager – Maternity Cover to start the next chapter in your career. 

We’re the UK’s leading premium publisher, and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Country Living. We’ve created a working environment that encourages everyone to pull together. We never stop looking for brave new ideas. We’ll always try to develop and improve, we trust each other to do our best, and we have fun as we build on our heritage to make history.

This is a key senior role within the Hearst Events Team, responsible delivering operational excellence through the end to end execution of a portfolio of physical events across multiple Hearst titles. 

We at Hearst passionately believe in the power of live experiences in our audience and clients lives. By bringing to life our brands we strive to create live experiences that enable, inspire and excite our valued audiences and clients so they can deeply engage with the Hearst brands and audiences. We create over 40 events a year for our iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Country Living.

ABOUT THE ROLE 

 

• Lead on delivering large-scale events in the Hearst Events portfolio
• Provide accurate costings for all event grids within SLA turnaround time
• Plan team resource, capacity management and freelance procurement 
• Execute supplier tenders for all costs over 30k presenting to the contract review board
• Provide regular updates to the MD on status of all events
• Project Management and client liaison for allocated events
• Responsible for overseeing the delivery of the event portfolio from conception to on-site delivery and post-event support
• Provide support and guidance to the Event Executives and freelance event managers 
• Budget management and reconciliation across all events including regular reporting to finance and Portfolio Directors 
• Support the sponsorship campaign via delivery of contracted event elements working collaboratively with marketing and sponsorship teams to ensure event achieves sponsor objectives
• Work in conjunction with select external support agencies including production, AV, PR and celebrity management
• Work collaboratively with other Hearst departments such as PR, CEO office and Editorial teams on event executions
• Issue detailed briefings to internal and external stakeholders in advance of the event and actively manage all stakeholders on site at events
• Work closely with Editorial to curate the content programme for the event and support in talent management pre-event and on site

ABOUT YOU

 

• Line management experience
• Knowledge of media industry and events industry
• Proven work experience in a similar field or executing similar profile of event
• Experience working on events with budgets of 500k
• Knowledge of production, staffing and talent costs
• Knowledge of industry talent
• Knowledge of UK venues with expert knowledge of London venues
• Ability to multi-task and remain calm under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy in work standard
• Ability to work as part of a team within office and event environment 
• Flexibility in work approach and time management
• Competent in using word, excel, power point, internet and e-mail systems

WHAT WE OFFER

At Hearst UK, you can choose from a huge range of perks and benefits that can help you learn well, work well and live well including:

• 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days) - pro rated for part-time or fixed-term employees
• Hybrid working – Three days per week in the office
• Discounted gym membership
• Healthcare cash plan
• Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause
• Life assurance and pension scheme
• Regular socials and more!

There’s more to your story than you imagine. And the next chapter begins right here. 

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in – one that respects, protects, represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people. As a business, we recognise the significant benefits of creativity, collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do, but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why we’re working to build a sense of true belonging w