Events Coordinator

OVERVIEW:

At Gymshark, our mission is to Unite the Conditioning Community. We do this by bringing together the Gymshark family – whether it be through a love of conditioning, wearing our product, following our Athletes or viewing content across our various social platforms. 

In October 2022, the 10th year of our existence, we opened our very first Retail Store - a Flagship on London’s prestigious Regent St.  

Working in our Regent St store you’ll play a pivotal part in bringing Gymshark to life, in real life. Our community and customers are our ‘family’, so we treat them as such. We don’t care if they buy, browse, or just hang out. What matters is providing a safe space where everyone belongs and feels welcome.

Belonging means everything to us. Events will bring to real life our values and hold diversity and inclusion at the heart.  

To thrive in this role, you must be passionate about the brand and our mission.  You must inspire, guide and encourage the team to create a great experience for all who visit. 

RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• The end to end creation and production of in-store events and daily event schedules - potentially planning events outside of the store to raise awareness of Gymshark Regent St
• Networking with local communities and bringing their audiences into the store
• The day to day running of events and brand activity in the store. Constantly thinking "what next" and bringing new ideas to the table
• Briefing creative assets to creative functions
• Building awareness of our Gymshark Regent St store through local marketing & engagement
• Tracking and reporting performance data from each event
• Contributing towards concepts for in-store activations, whilst being on the pulse of what's happening in your hyper local market, community building whenever possible 
• Identifying opportunities through collaboration and activations ensuring Gymshark Regent St remains culturally relevant globally, unlocking new diverse audiences
• Keeping up to date with competitor activations and trends to make sure we are keeping ahead and appeal to the right target audience
• Representing the Gymshark culture and values, be a natural brand ambassador in everything you do, and be passionate about the community and their experience of Gymshark
• Motivate, challenge and coach Junior Team Members
• You can commit to working when and where the retail team needs you on weekends and bank holidays

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Experience in coordinating events 
• Comfortable building and maintaining new connections
• People first mindset 
• Experience in a similar customer facing role
• Experience working in a fast paced, high volume, agile environment
• Comfortable shifting gears and spinning plates
• Highly effective communicator, written and verbal 

WHAT WE WOULD IDEALLY LIKE YOU TO HAVE:

• Experience in leading events
• Project management experience
• Some digital and social media experience
• Budget management
• Willing to challenge and be challenge
• Willingness to give and receive effective feedback

In this role you will be based from our Gymshark Regent Street Store.

In order to comply with PCI-DSS standards (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) which governs how we handle, store and access payment data, this position is subject to satisfactory results from necessary pre-employment checks, including a basic DBS check. This will be conducted at offer stage and covers unspent convictions only. In all cases we’ll always speak to you first and no offers will be automatically withdrawn. 

THE PERKS. 

At Gymshark we believe in the importance of investing in our employees through their physical, mental, and financial health along with being able to provide some fun and inclusive perks along the way. 

🏖 33 days holidays (including Bank Holidays) + your birthday  
💰 Employer pension contributions up to 7% 
🏋️‍♀️ Contribution to a gym membership  
🦈 50% Gymshark Discount 
🥇 Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support 
🤒 Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell 
🧸 Generous Family Leave package – we support you extending your family 
💰 Bonus potential 

BELONGING AT GYMSHARK. 
Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. We’re an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment please email [email protected]

OUR VALUES ARE INVALUABLE 
Sharing the same values and beliefs make us who we are – visionaries. You will be the type of person that always looks to be accessible, inclusive, and humble (Be Human). You are conscious of the world we live in, caring for those around us and are proactive to create positive change (Give a Shit). You are honest, trustworthy, and genuine (Do the Right Thing). You are ambitious, agile and have a disruptive approach (Find the Gymshark Way).  You understand that to go further, we go together (Put Family First)