Gowling WLG
Senior Events Executive (6 month fixed term contract)
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About the role
We have a great opportunity for a Senior Events Executive to join our Corporate Communications team on a 6-month fixed term contract. This role is based in Birmingham and sits within our Business Development team.
As a Senior Events Executive, you will be responsible for developing and delivering events that help elevate our brand awareness amongst key clients.
- Embrace a dynamic role where you’ll oversee every stage, from planning to follow-up, ensuring seamless execution.
- By evaluating results and driving enhancements, you’ll pave the way for event excellence.
About you
We are looking for a skilled professional with a proven track record in delivering events within a business-to-business environment, ideally with experience in professional services. You are a confident communicator who builds strong relationships and provides effective guidance across all levels.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented, you excel at managing multiple tasks and priorities.
- Your proactive and flexible mindset allows you to adapt to change with ease, staying calm and focused under pressure while meeting tight deadlines.
- Collaboration stands out as one of your key strengths, showcasing your ability to build strong connections and foster excellent rapport, particularly when working with partners and senior executives.
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You are proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. You can confidently run both webinars and in-person events, and experience with CRM systems and marketing automation platforms would be desirable.
What We Can Offer You
- The opportunity to work within a strong and supportive BD function and with dynamic partners and lawyers in high profile areas of the firm.
- Gowling WLG has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.
Excellent benefits, including:
- A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
- 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave.
- Free private medical insurance, and the option to add family members.
- A generous pension allowance.
- Life assurance covering four times your annual salary.
- The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years.
- Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave schemes.
- A range of health and wellbeing programmes.
- Offices in Birmingham city centre with an onsite restaurant.
- Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.
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Equal Opportunities
Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender reassignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity, and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.
If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description, please contact Meg Astley at meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com
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