# Event Director UK, EU + Asia - 12 Month Maternity Cover

**Company**: Soho House
**Location**: London, England
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Events & AV Production
**Industry**: Hospitality

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## Description

The Event Director is responsible for the strategy, delivery, and production of Soho House Primary Events in the UK, Europe, and Asia.

Main duties include:

- Event Strategy & Delivery: overseeing the production and delivery of multiple events happening concurrently across UK, EU & Asia

- Budget Management: managing budgets and making decisions to ensure costs are managed efficiently

- Project Team Management: leading and managing a cross-functional project team

- Event Production: producing events and experiences as required

- Diversity & Inclusion: delivering progress on the D&I pledge

- Current Trends: staying on top of trends in event curation and technologies

- ROI / Post-event Management: managing post-event evaluation and stakeholder communications

- Partnerships: working with the Events & Partnerships team to deliver sponsorship and ticketing revenues

Requirements and qualifications:

- 10+ years' experience in large-scale event production

- Solid understanding of budget creation, cost control, and expense reporting

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Experience in managing multiple projects and people simultaneously

- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

- Good understanding of Health & Safety requirements

- Experience of successfully managing a cross-functional project team

- Hospitality/F&B experience is a bonus

- Global experience producing events in multiple regions is a bonus

- Excellent network of talent, venues, producers, agencies, and supplier contacts

Benefits include:

- Competitive compensation package

- Annual Every House Membership

- 50% off Food & Drink

- Staff Room Rates

- Private Health and Dental Care

- Weekly Pay

- Life Assurance

- Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home

- In Office Dog Policy on Fridays

- Season Ticket Loan

- Christmas Office Closure

- In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice

- Free Counselling Sessions

- Cookhouse & House Tonic: unique food and drink trainings, events, and opportunities

- Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally

- Exclusive access to benefits platform with hundreds of discounts

## Skills

### Required
- event production
- budget management
- project management
- communication
- team management
- health and safety
- hospitality
- event planning

### Nice to have
- global experience
- hospitality/F&B experience
- network of talent and suppliers

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