At Lockton, we’re passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We’re active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here.
About the position
We're now looking for an Events Assistant to join the Lockton Marketing team! The successful individual will be responsible for the support and delivery of a diverse range of external and internal events, partnering with stakeholders across our business.
Key responsibilities
- Assisting the Marketing team with a high number of events, ranging from small meetings to award ceremonies
- Accompanying the Senior Events Manager to both internal and external events
- Supporting with events on the day, including directing event set-up, ensuring all facilities/equipment are in place and effective, welcoming guests, organising vendors, ensuring events run to schedule and any trouble shooting if required
- Promoting events across all social media platforms
Supporting the Senior Events Manager with logistical and administrative support for all events, (but not limited to):
- venue selection, invitations, seating/space planning, logistics, décor, catering and entertainment, audio and visual equipment, supplier management and feedback
- Maintaining records of all bookings e.g. venue and catering and taking payments where necessary
- Assisting with creative decisions
- Attending meetings to act as a second point of contact Helping set up and dismantle events efficiently through to completion
- Ensuring all branded items are to a high standard and arrive on time and budget for events.
- Collaborating with our internal Comms team, in-house creative team (and external suppliers when needed), and marketing team to develop high-quality event content internally and externally
- Deliver continuous improvement, providing recommendations to improve future events based on feedback and evaluation
- Working with the Senior Events Manager to deliver all events within budget and in a cost-effective way
Qualifications
Essential
- Event planning experience or a keen interest in event planning
- Excellent organisational skills
- Effective time management
- Attention to detail
- Calm under pressure
- Shows initiative
- Highly flexible
- Relationship management
- Project management
- Budget and cost tracking
Equal opportunity statement
Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone an equal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.
At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learns from, celebrates and thrives because of our breadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.
About lockton
Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. As such, our 10,000+ Associates doing business in over 100 countries are empowered to do what’s right every day.
At Lockton, we believe in the power of all people. You belong at Lockton.
