Senior F1 Experiential Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end execution of high-profile F1 hospitality and global events, coordinating cross-functional teams, maintaining tight client relationships, and ensuring delivery excellence across regions.

  • Lead event delivery and coordinate cross-discipline teams to meet schedules and budgets.
  • Guide partner agencies and establish trusted-advisor status with senior clients.
  • Manage the global events calendar with a strong focus on hospitality logistics and race activations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Show senior leadership throughout the account team and deliver to the highest standards on behalf of the agency and our client at events
  • Demonstrate a solutions-driven focus and think on your feet to prevent problems from occurring before they happen
  • Support the Account Director in leading and motivating the team to deliver successful Client hospitality programmes and race activations.
  • Liaise directly with senior client and quickly establish ‘trusted advisor’ status.
  • Manage, influence and maintain a productive partnership with the core client and regional/end market offices.
  • Lead key aspects of our client’s global events calendar across the year where required - the majority of your events work will be based around delivering F1 race hospitality programmes as part of a wider events team, so a strong understanding of and experience in hospitality logistics is essential.
  • Guide the client’s partner agencies to ensure consistency throughout their global events programme and local partnership activations
  • Coordinate and collaborate with cross-discipline team members to ensure that all parties are on track and kept up to date with project requirements, deadlines and schedules.
  • Prepare status reports by gathering, analysing and summarising relevant information.
  • Facilitate change requests whilst ensuring that all parties are informed of any impacts to schedules/budgets

Requirements

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English with impeccable attention to detail.
  • Professional experience and proven track record in full event delivery for major hospitality programmes in sport.
  • Strong budgeting/finance skills within a major events background.
  • Ability to work independently while delivering high-quality work on deadline.
  • Team player with a positive attitude and ability to lead and inspire a team.
  • International mindset with the ability to operate in global regions simultaneously.
  • Excellent organisation skills; confident in managing multiple work streams across various projects.
  • Enthusiasm, energy and an innovative approach to the role.
  • Confidence and professionalism to engage with clients at a senior level.
  • Line management experience.

Preferred

  • Familiar with/previous experience working within the F1 world, ideally within a hospitality/events context
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