Events Executive - 5670

Job Title: Events Executive

Salary: £25,200-£31,800

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid (twice a week or more in the office)

Contract: Permanent/Full-time

Have you successfully delivered events that enhance relationships with customer communities?

Are you hyper-organised and ready to plan innovative events, create excellent customer experiences, and deliver demonstrable results?

If so, we have an exciting role in our team that we'd love to discuss with you. This position will focus on planning and delivering a programme of best-in-class events that meet our customer needs and business goals. You are a customer-focused events planner who understands the complexities and challenges of executing a diverse range of physical, virtual, and hybrid events that connect our content and colleagues with our customer communities. Your work will help position Cambridge as leaders in educational thought, teaching, learning, and assessment.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

As a vital part of our growing Events Marketing team, you will work closely with the Events Manager to plan and deliver event experiences that build and nurture customer relationships, gain recognition and generate leads. Central to this Events Executive role is the ability to co-ordinate a portfolio of global events simultaneously, so being able to multi-task effectively is key.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Executing a global marketing events programme, delivering on event marketing strategies and objectives.
• Collaborating with the wider marketing team on innovating the event experience to ensure that Cambridge develops a reputation for delivering modern, sustainable, and market-leading event experiences.
• Making all logistical and administrative arrangements for allocated in-person, hybrid, and virtual events, meeting all required deadlines and leading on the design and production of event assets.
• Establishing a clear customer journey for each event, ensuring key touchpoints and planned experiences are delivered.

About you

To excel in this role, you will:

• Have experience organising successful events, conferences, and webinar programmes.
• Have excellent project, budget, and organisational skills with a focus on delivering to time, budget, and quality standards.
• Collaborate with confidence, by building positive relationships with colleagues and sharing your knowledge and experience.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. For this role, we expect the successful candidate to spend twice a week or more of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Sunday 9th March 2025 and interviews are scheduled to take place on 17th & 18th March.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers, and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society, and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development, and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change, and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background, and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.