Responsibilities

• Planning, coordinating and delivering Retail Insight's commercial events, including major industry events, conferences, client roundtables and dinners.
• Managing end-to-end event logistics, including venues, suppliers, attendees, run-of-show planning and on-the-day delivery.
• Managing event plans, timelines and key milestones to keep delivery on track and stakeholders informed.
• Working directly with venues, event organisers and suppliers to manage requirements, costs and deliverables.
• Coordinating attendee communications, including invitations, confirmations, joining information and post-event follow-up.
• Coordinating Retail Insight's presence at external industry events, including stands, collateral, promotional materials and team logistics.
• Tracking event budgets and costs, raising purchase orders, processing invoices and flagging any risks or overspend.
• Coordinating marketing campaigns and activities with the Commercial team across relevant channels.
• Managing event promotion across social media, email and other marketing channels to drive awareness and attendance.
• Capturing activity and content from our events and turning it into engaging social, marketing and post-event communications.

Requirements

• Previous experience in events, marketing or a similar role, with hands-on experience coordinating and delivering events.
• Experience managing event logistics and working with multiple stakeholders, venues and suppliers.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and pride in delivering work to a high standard.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with external suppliers, venues or agencies and confidence managing budgets and deliverables.
• Confidence using digital tools and social media, with an appetite to learn new platforms and systems.
• A proactive, practical approach – you're comfortable taking ownership, solving problems and knowing when to escalate.
• Someone who enjoys collaborating across teams while being confident independently owning their areas of delivery.

Preferred

• Experience delivering larger-scale corporate or industry events.
• Experience within B2B marketing.
• Experience working with external PR or agency partners.
• Experience using marketing, CRM, social media or event management platforms.
• An interest in retail, grocery, data, analytics or technology.

Benefits

• Flexible Working – Enjoy a hybrid work model (typically 2 days in the office) with flexibility based on business needs, plus a work from anywhere policy to give you freedom to explore.
• Time Off – 25 days annual leave (+ bank holidays), increasing with length of service, plus an extra day off for your birthday! We also operate summer hours so you can make the most of the sunshine.
• Learning & Development – Access a vast range of courses through our learning platform and benefit from structured career progression plans to support your growth.
• Health & Wellbeing – Private Medical Insurance, a healthcare cash plan, and mental health support via Help@Hand. Plus, we'll ensure you have a safe and productive home setup with a workspace assessment.
• Giving Back – Take paid volunteer days to support your local community, donate to your chosen charity through salary sacrifice (we'll match it!), and make a difference with Give as You Earn.
• Extra Perks – A car purchase scheme to make buying a new car easier, plus access to additional benefits through our online platform, including gym and tech discounts.
• Plus much more!