# Event Manager

**Company**: FWD Group
**Location**: Hong Kong
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Events & AV Production
**Industry**: Insurance

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Event Manager to lead the planning and delivery of a portfolio of regional and global events. As an Event Manager at FWD Group, you will provide strategic event guidance and ensure successful outcomes through effective stakeholder, vendor, and project management.

**Key Accountabilities:**

- Lead and manage the planning and delivery of a portfolio of regional and global events

- Provide strategic event guidance while overseeing project management, logistics, stakeholder engagement, and operational execution

- Partner with stakeholders to define event objectives, recommend event formats and engagement strategies, and manage project timelines, deliverables, resources, and event outcomes

- Influence stakeholders and provide recommendations that align with event objectives and broader organisational priorities

- Manage the full event lifecycle for multiple events, overseeing planning, communications, delegate registration, logistics, budgets, timelines, and on-site execution

**Operational Responsibilities:**

- Manage relationships with venues, suppliers, caterers while coordinating event planning meetings and contributing to venue selection, logistics, and technology requirements

- Adhere to event policies and standard operating procedures

- Manage VIPs, including coordinating executive and Board-level meetings and events

- Oversee venue bookings, executive calendars, and meeting logistics

- Coordinate delegate travel arrangements, including flights, accommodation, and ground transportation

**Requirements:**

- 7-11 years of experience in event management

- Proven track record of planning and delivering corporate events

- Experience supporting virtual and hybrid events

- Strong organisational, project management, and multitasking skills

- Highly detail-oriented, proactive, and customer-focused

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Fluency in English and Cantonese

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint

- Experience using event management platforms and advanced technology solutions

**Nice to Have:**

- Previous experience in a similar role for a financial institution

- Specific experience in managing both internal and external client events

- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment across demanding and challenging events

## Skills

### Required
- event management
- project management
- stakeholder management
- logistics management
- budgeting
- Microsoft Office
- event management platforms
- Cantonese

### Nice to have
- virtual events
- hybrid events
- event technology
- AI tools
- Cvent
- Swoogo
- Zoom

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