Startup Jobs
Post a Job
Clarion Events

Sponsorship Activations Manager (JR102552)

London , United Kingdom
full-time

AI overview

Manage sponsored event features and activation processes, ensuring exceptional customer experiences while collaborating with clients and stakeholders.

At Clarion, our people are at the absolute heart of what we do. We’re proud that our core values of PASSION, CARE, IMAGINATION, and TRUST define the way we carry out our work across all of our exhibitions and conferences.

If you share our values and want to be a part of a successful, dynamic, and creative global business then we want to hear from you.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a creative and bold Sponsorship Activations Manager to join the team in our London office. The successful candidate will cover a variety of responsibilities such as designing and managing unique and engaging sponsored show floor features; creating inspiring sponsorship activations; and collaborating with customers and partner associations to fulfil their participation needs.

The Candidate:

We are looking for an exceptionally organised and proactive individual who can champion the fulfilment of a broad range of assigned duties. The successful candidate will have a methodical approach, have high attention to detail and be able to simultaneously manage a number of tasks. The role will mainly be flexi-office based however will require onsite work at live events. Therefore, any candidates applying should be willing to travel and be able to adapt to the onsite environment with all its unique pressures. Here’s who we are looking for:

  • You enjoy being organised and anticipating people’s needs
  • You love being creative; you dream big, adopt new ways of working and get a thrill from being innovative
  • You relish facing new challenges: you react, adapt and welcome change
  • You are obsessed with positive customer experiences and outcomes.
  • You want to develop your skillset by being exposed to a broad range of experiences and people
  • You like to challenge assumptions and make decisions based on customer insight

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, deliver and manage your sponsored event features/areas ensuring these are on brand and providing our customers the expected experience.
  • Design, deliver and manage the full sponsorship process from engagement right through to onsite activation.
  • Oversee a busy schedule of sponsored private meeting spaces; ensuring locations are allocated and that all their package needs are fulfilled.
  • Draft and place orders for all the relevant services including build, staffing, furniture, AV, catering, and signage and ensure these are correctly delivered onsite.
  • Closely manage your assigned budget numbers ensuring savings are maximised wherever possible.
  • Closely manage that we achieve the correct minimum yield on all activations.
  • Help identify new sponsorship opportunities within the range to enable the Sales team to drive additional revenue.
  • Liaise with customers, associations, and sponsors to ensure their package inclusions are successfully being realised. Respond quickly and calmly to requests, ensuring our fulfilment process is as frictionless as possible for them.
  • Liaise with internal stakeholders and ensure they are kept informed about everything you are planning.
  • Help foster a culture of Customer Success throughout the business. Drive consistency in internal processes and schedules across the portfolio so that we are better prepared to meet customer needs.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours:

  • Experience in the conference and exhibition industry or with a background in live events.
  • Proven Health and Safety experience.
  • Organised and methodical with the ability to multitask and manage time effectively.
  • Outstanding attention to detail.
  • Ability to see things through the lens of a customer.
  • Confident communicator – an ability to communicate verbally and/or in writing with a wide range of personalities and levels of seniority.
  • Experience in working to a budget.
  • Available to travel worldwide.
  • Focused, self-motivated, enthusiastic.
  • Able to meet deadlines and resolve problems under pressure.
  • Computer literate: proficient, versed, and working knowledge of various programmes and systems i.e. MS Office, Outlook. Experience with other web-based platforms like Salesforce, Pardot or Workday would be an advantage.

About Clarion Events

Clarion Events is one of the world’s leading event organisers, producing and delivering innovative and market-leading events since 1947. (https://clarionevents.com/welcome)

Clarion Events embrace diversity and equal opportunities in all that we do. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Clarion is private equity backed and owned by Blackstone. Blackstone is one of the world’s leading global investment funds, investing capital for the long term in order to build successful, resilient businesses. (https://www.blackstone.com/)

Our purpose is to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and experiences, by making every connection count.

Our vision is we want every one of our products to be a market leader in customer satisfaction and delight.

Benefits

    • 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
    • End of year wellbeing shutdown (closed for the last week of the year)
    • Celebration day off (e.g. birthday, Diwali, Eid, etc)
    • Summer Hours in August (3pm finish on Fridays)
    • Helping Our World (HOW) Days – one paid day per quarter to carry out charity work
    • Pension Scheme
    • Private Medical Insurance
    • Health Cash Plan
    • Wellbeing Library (MYNDUP)
    • Mentoring Programme
    • Subsidised Café
    • Season Ticket Loan
    • Cycle to Work Schemes
    • Free on-site gym and shower facilities
    • Free eyesight tests
    • Free flu vaccination – offered on site once a year for all employees
 Clarion Events

Our StoryHeadquartered in London, Clarion is a truly international business, with a portfolio of events and media brands across a range of vertical markets. We have employees based in offices worldwide who specialise in delivering first class marketing, networking and information solutions in high value sectors, both in mature and emerging geographies.We organise both live and digital events every year, attracting buyers with spending and decision-making power who are looking for solutions and innovations to help move their businesses forward. Putting them in contact with the providers of these solutions, and with each other, is our overriding objective, always.Our Vision & ValuesClarion strives to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and experiences. This means as our customers’ expectations and needs change, we will continue to evolve our products and services. Our vision is to be a leading industry partner and enabler connecting people, communities and opportunities. As the markets we serve evolve, are constantly looking for new ways to innovate and improve our live events and digital products, both in terms of how we produce them and how they are delivered.The unique culture and identity of Clarion comes from our people and our values of Passion, Care, Imagination and Trust. We hire and support committed and passionate people, and invest in developing and growing their careers in a positive, open environment of mutual respect.We believe that diversity, inclusion and equality are fundamental to making Clarion Events a successful and vibrant organisation. Clarion aims to put tolerance and inclusion at the heart of everything that we do and we need to work hard to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the diverse communities and markets in which we operate. We have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind.

Website LinkedIn
View all jobs
Ace your job interview

Understand the required skills and qualifications, anticipate the questions you may be asked, and study well-prepared answers using our sample responses.

Manager Q&A's
Report this job
Apply for this job