25 Oct
Grant Thornton UK
Birmingham
More than you expected
Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 73,000 people in over 150 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton.
Job Description:
NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.
Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.
We are looking for an events professional to run our established central digital events programme.
Working in partnership with the central marketing team, you’ll deliver a comprehensive programme of digital events, from briefing and managing guestlists to ROI analysis and follow-ups. This is a great opportunity for a self-driven and ambitious digital events professional to develop their career within a supportive and dynamic business environment.
We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.
A look into the role
As Events Assistant Manager within our central marketing team, you will:
- Lead on delivery of firmwide event programme supporting our service lines, regions and sectors to go to market including planning, planning operational delivery including speaker briefings, reporting and debrief.
- Manage brand risk by bringing together events community across the firm to share best practices, identify common challenges opportunities for collaboration.
- Manage the events SharePoint page where all events guidance, best practice,
templates and supporting documents are held.
- Oversee event calendar and reporting on all firmwide events.
- Stay on top of our event technology, recommending new features to deploy in a managed environment and facilitating access to training for all event teams.
- Maintain relationship with ethics team and facilitate quarterly reminders to markets and clients team on ethics process.
Knowing you’re right for us
Joining us as a Events Assistant Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is experience of delivering a digital events service. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.
- Experience of working in a regulated industry would he highly beneficial.
- Experience of working across marketing teams to encourage collaboration and drive best practice.
- Experience of assisting in the evolution of digital events and marketing plans.
Knowing we’re right for you
Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.
Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them.
That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.
Beyond the job
Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.
The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven,
actively curious and candid but kind.
We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.
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