the Design Museum
Executive - Commercial Hire and Events
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Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £30,390 per annum
Hours: 35 hours / 5 days per week
Location: the Design Museum, Kensington (hybrid: 60% on site, 40% remote)
Deadline: 24/08/2026 23:59
Overview
The Design Museum is the world’s leading museum devoted to contemporary design. Based in our iconic Kensington building, the Commercial Hire & Events team delivers a wide range of events, from conferences and product launches to award ceremonies, receptions, weddings and corporate functions.
We are now seeking a Commercial Hire & Events Executive to support the planning and delivery of commercial and internal events, helping to maximise revenue opportunities while ensuring an exceptional experience for clients, guests and colleagues.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your event management career in a unique venue, working across a varied programme of events and supporting the successful delivery of income-generating activity for the museum.
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About the role
The Commercial Hire & Events Executive supports the delivery of commercial hire activity and internal events, with a focus on event planning, client management and operational delivery.
Working closely with the Commercial Hire & Events Managers and colleagues across the museum, you will help deliver events to a consistently high standard, ensuring excellent customer service, smooth event operations and strong commercial outcomes.
Key areas of focus include:
- Planning and delivering a range of small to medium-scale commercial and internal events, while supporting larger projects and venue hires.
- Managing client relationships, site visits and enquiries to maximise sales opportunities and encourage repeat business.
- Coordinating event logistics, suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure successful event delivery.
- Supporting event administration, including CRM updates, contracts, booking processes and financial records.
- Contributing to income targets, event reporting and the effective management of museum event spaces and resources.
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The complete job description (including the person specification) is available to download on the Careers Portal Vacancy Listing.
Closing Date:
Monday 24 August 2026 (midnight)
Interviews:
Tuesday 08 September & Thursday 10 September
Application process
For all the latest job vacancies at the Design Museum, please visit our Careers page to apply via our online portal: https://careers.designmuseum.org/vacancies
If you encounter any issues while completing your application, please email peopleteam@designmuseum.org before the vacancy closing date. We will be in touch as soon as possible; (please note the inbox is monitored Monday-Friday).
Please note we are not able to accept other forms of application for our job roles.
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