Events Manager – Castle Donington

We are a manufacturer of specialist hospital beds and manage over 25% of the UK’s acute bed and mattress fleet, working with more than 150 hospitals across the UK and Ireland.

Guided by our core values of Respect, Teamwork, Excellence, Commitment, Integrity and Trust, we believe that our people are what makes us great, which is why we offer a high level of support to ensure that employees are able to succeed. Our teams work closely together to support each other internally as well as providing a trusted service and partnership to our customers.

We are now looking for a confident and experienced Events Manager to join the team based at our Head Office in Castle Donington.

Your Role:

As our Events Manager, you will be responsible for all event co-ordination both internally and externally, inclusive of exhibitions, customer events, sales meetings, and internal celebratory days.

You will be expected to ensure that the whole process is managed effectively with cross-departmental involvement.

Duties will include:

– Management of the Medstrom Academy facility
– Assume control of the marketing administration activities
– Provide support to the marketing team to assist with executing marketing campaigns
– Co-ordination, organisation and execution of exhibitions and external events in collaboration with the Marketing team
– Co-ordination, organisation and execution of internal events
– Marketing budget administration
– Management of the marketing giveaway and consumables stock
– Working with digital platforms such as Microsoft Forms, WordPress, and Eventbrite

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday – Friday approx. 8.30am – 5pm.

Experience Required:

To join us as an Events Manager, you will need to be:

– Educated to degree level in Events Management (or a related discipline), or relevant, demonstrable, and up-to-date experience in managing events/ project management
– Capable of working in a busy, fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritise workload
– An excellent communicator and have experience of liaising with different stakeholders
– Extremely organised, with a can-do attitude
– Confidential and discreet when handling sensitive projects
– Self-motivated, working well as part of a team, but also independently
– Attentive to detail and have a good understanding of marketing and promotion
– Experienced using Microsoft Forms, WordPress, and Eventbrite (desirable)

In addition to the salary and related benefits, you will join a company that has grown extensively within the last five years and, through our unique ownership model, is continuing to grow, whilst offering great career opportunities for those who are keen to progress.

Medstrom are an equal opportunities employer, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business, and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

Medstrom operates a zero-tolerance policy to any harassment, of any kind, towards our colleagues.

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