Senior Event Manager - Belgium
Due to company growth and expansion of our team, we are looking for you!
Are you client centric, ready to lead, laugh and drive results?
How much you’ll earn
We pay well. Curious?
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When you’ll be working
At least 4 days per week.
Where you’ll be working
A mixture between home and our lovely office in Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium. We’re flexible! You will also be working onsite at venues and may be asked to travel throughout Europe.
What you’ll be doing
- Deepening commercial relationships through creativity and decisive action
- Fearlessly brainstorming the best ways to create value for our clients
- Producing memorable, cross-platform experiences in a variety of European locations
About us
DDG Smart Marketing is an events marketing agency specializing in the production of bespoke events and marketing campaigns. We work on a local, national and European level. We’ve been innovating in this area for more than 25 years and we’re now growing faster than ever.
We love face to face but are also experts in hybrid and virtual events.
Why us?
We’re big enough to work with international B2B companies but we still feel like a family. We love what we do, we drive hard and we look after each other.
About you
- You’re a natural independent leader/ team builder with the talent to bind people to you – beneath your guiding hand, great ideas will become a reality
- You love to see a project through from inception to execution – to you organization and planning are like water and wine
- You’re highly flexible and stress resistant – you dance under pressure and you drink new challenges as if they were the elixir of life
- You’re pro-active, creative and highly driven – your ambition is to deliver the very strongest client outcomes in the most efficient manner. You’re able to surprise our clients every time!
- You have a sense of humor – we laugh a lot!
- You’re a natural extrovert – you have charm, eloquence and you pride yourself on your communication skills
- You’re a calming influence – you’re passionate for sure, but you bring tranquillity and level-headedness to the sometime chaotic process of production. You get the job done
- Quality comes first for you – high standards breathe through everything you do
- You’re deeply analytical – you can see solutions and possibilities where others can only see chaos
- You’re devastatingly accurate – you love detail and you always sweat the small stuff
Your experience
- Educated to bachelor’s level (or above) in event management/ marketing/ communications or hospitality
- Preferably more than 5 years of proven leadership experience in event production within the field of marketing or communications
- Experience in online Events is a surplus!
- Familiarity with MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint etc)
- Excellent spoken and written English and French / Dutch
- Important competences: team player, excellent written and verbal communication skills, a hands-on mentality, analytical, commercially aware, and not afraid to negotiate, stress-resistant, eye for detail, pro-active, independent
What you’ll be doing day to day
- Producing events – you’ll be in charge of receiving and interpreting the project brief to maximize client value, be it face to face, hybrid or virtual
- Building real relationships – as the account manager you’ll be an ever-smiling, consultative, problem-solving powerhouse for your clients
- Ensuring operational excellence. This means you’ll be:
· Creating event proposals (including creative concepts)
· Purchasing and planning
· Coordinating and communicating before, during and after the events
· Building project scripts, plans, debriefings and budgets
· Leading in the optimization of the business process through continual reflection and improvement
So what’s in it for you?
- A strong salary with generous holidays and working conditions
- Flexible working structure – homeworking in combination with office work
- Be part of a warm, open and internationally minded organization
- To work in an environment where you’ll be supported to grow
- A company car
- An iPhone and Macbook Air
Join us for your next adventure!
Interested? Great! Please send your resumé and cover letter with reference to 100723_Vacancy Senior Project Manager BE to Jolanda van Velsen
Dienstverband: Voltijds, Deeltijds
Parttime uren: 39 per week
Extralegale voordelen:
- Bedrijfscomputer
- Bedrijfswagen
- Een gsm voor professioneel gebruik
Rooster:
- Dagdienst
Werklocatie: Hybrid remote in 1702 Dilbeek
