William Reed Ltd
Senior Manager, Community
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Senior Manager, Community
Department: Event Operations
Location: Brighton
Description
As the Senior Manager, Community, your impact will be felt across the global hospitality community as you strengthen and grow meaningful relationships that support the long-term influence of 50 Best. Working closely with the Director of Community to represent 50 Best, you will play a key role in talent and community operations, helping to drive event programming delivery and represent 50 Best with confidence and credibility.
We are open to this role being based at our Brighton or London office.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Strengthening and growing the global community through nurturing long-term relationships with priority talent and industry stakeholders
- Driving strategic talent engagement across global programmes to support event and content credibility, identifying opportunities to deepen community loyalty and advocate for improvements
- Representing the brand with authority across industry events & platforms, including presenting and hosting in-person sessions at 50 Best events
- Shaping event content and programming to reflect global industry trends
- Supporting leadership of community operations to ensure operational excellence across community initiatives
- Assisting in Voting Academy Chair communications and engagement, and stepping in for the Director where required
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What You’ll Need
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- Strong experience within the global hospitality, food, drink or events industries, with demonstrable progression
- Proven ability to foster relationships with high-profile talent, partners or senior stakeholders
- Strong judgement and prioritisation skills in fast-moving environments with the ability to manage complex workstreams in parallel
- Credible, confident presence; comfortable representing a brand or organisation at a senior level and presenting publicly
- Driven by a passion for hospitality, gastronomy, and the global food community, with a keen eye for spotting news and trends and translating them into valuable insights for the content team
- Experience mentoring or managing junior team members would be advantageous
- Ability to speak additional languages is desirable
- Willingness to attend industry events and travel internationally
Benefits & Initiatives
- 6.6 weeks of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time). The equivalent to 25 days plus standard England and Wales bank holidays for full-time colleagues
- One additional day holiday per year after 6 years’ service, up to a maximum 7.6 weeks of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time). The equivalent to 30 days plus standard England and Wales bank holidays for full-time colleagues
- A holiday purchase scheme, allowing employees to purchase up to 3 additional days of annual leave and spread the cost over up to 6 months
- An additional day of paid leave, a ‘MeDay’, allowing you the flexibility to celebrate a cultural or religious event or your birthday. It recognises that everyone’s background is unique and gives you the freedom to mark what matters to you.
- One paid volunteering day per year to support a charity or community initiative of your choice
- Enhanced Pension Contributions, we offer employer pension contributions above the statutory minimum
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Group Income Protection
- Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
- Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Virtual GP service and access to health & wellbeing resources and tools
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, supported by employee-led networks and proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer
- Cycle to Work Scheme (subject to satisfactory completion of probationary period)
- Electric Car Scheme (subject to satisfactory completion of probationary period)
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