Events and Experience Executive

Vita Group; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multi-brand company in Stockport seeks an Events & Experience Executive to develop and deliver market-leading events. Responsibilities include collaboration with teams, maintaining partner relationships, and creating promotional content. Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of marketing experience and strong organizational skills. This role offers a permanent contract and competitive salary with various employee benefits including flexible working hours and career development opportunities.

Benefits

22 days paid holiday

Flexible working hours

Free on-site parking

Free on-site restaurant

Free on-site Padel court

Perkbox account access

Royal London Pension

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a marketing environment.
• Attention to detail and eye for trends.
• Proficient in IT and online web-based tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to deliver and develop events.
• Liaise with partners to maintain relationships.
• Produce promotional assets for events.

Skills

Creative

Planning

Organizational skills

Customer-focused

Communication

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Overview

Events & Experience Executive, Alderley Edge, Cheshire

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £26-29,000 per annum

Hours Per Week: Full-time. 40 hours per week

Working Patterns: Monday – Friday working 4 days in the office and 1 day from home if desired. The role may require flexibility in working hours, including occasional weekends and be onsite during peak operational periods.

Our next-level apartment design offers a variety of studios to suit our students lives with the privacy of living alone or the laughter of living together. We offer style, luxury & comfort to our residents, surrounded by premium amenities and a vibrant city life. We are seeking a dynamic and organised Events & Experience Executive to join our Marketing team to ensure that we’re demonstrating those standards through some of our key touchpoints to existing and new customers.

Our Events & Experience Executive

Collaborate with the Events & Partnerships Manager, Operations team and Creative team to deliver and develop our market-leading events and experience programme, including arranging, organising, scheduling and briefing out the programme of activities, promoting the events alongside the residence team, attending events at least once per month and ensuring that the best content is captured from the programme to use as part of the wider marketing strategy.

• Work closely with the Events & Partnerships Manager to create, schedule and deliver a surprise and delight programme for our residents, with a particular focus on celebrating the diverse cultural community in our buildings.
• Liaise & support with partnership activity across a range of partners within beauty, food & beverage, fashion, fitness, travel and more. This will involve supporting with the building and maintaining of relationships with luxury brands at the apex of their industry.
• Identify opportunities to maximise the value of our partnerships through content and reach via other marketing channels.
• Work with marketing colleagues to gather and create content to demonstrate the value of the events programme to customers across our marketing channels, before they even decide to live with us.
• Produce regular promotional assets to drive the programme including in-building events, board copy and digital TV screens.
• Maintain website event listings with event details, copy and imagery.
• Create assets to promote events through digital and physical touchpoints across printed promotions, digital screens, email and social media.
• Deliver supporting events documents including briefings, risk assessments and allergens.
• Work alongside colleagues to track and audit the events programme performance.
• Assist with the delivery of the Social Media Share2Win Competition prize programme – logistics, packing and courier booking.
• Finance and administration – Raise purchase orders, updating budget tracking documents and processing invoices with event suppliers.

Assisting marketing colleagues with other ad hoc tasks such as:

• Writing marketing content.
• Contributing to social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Twitter.
• Analysis and reporting on marketing effectiveness.
• Editing and sharing content with other internal teams.
• Visibility and communication internally on project progress.
• Ability to maintain good relationships with key stakeholders within and outside of the business.

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a marketing environment and demonstrate a diligent and enthusiastic approach to their work, with an understanding of consumer needs and trends.

Professional Experience / Attributes

• Creative and proactive individual with a desire to play an active role in a growing team within a dynamic and fast-paced working environment.
• Possess excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Attention to detail and an eye for the “latest thing”.
• Customer-focused background, with a confident and articulate communication style, demonstrating professionalism and clarity in an office settings.
• Proficient in IT and online web-based tools, with intermediate skills in Microsoft 365, particularly Outlook and Excel.
• Strong prioritisation and organisational skills, and a responsible approach to handling confidential information.

Personal Characteristics

• Have a high standard of English (written and oral).
• Be flexible and adaptable when plans or policies change, often at short notice.
• A strong sense of ownership, emotional intelligence, and a determination to turn challenges into results.
• Have strong risk-awareness and intuition.
• Emotional intelligence — able to read tone, context, and non-verbal cues to guide conversations and decisions.
• Enthusiasm, a flexible approach to working, and a willingness to go the extra mile when required.
• An excellent listener and all-round brilliant communicator.
• Passionate about connecting with and understanding current or prospective customers.
• Resilient, organised, with a can-do attitude.

Other brands across the group

Vita Group; Union; Uhaus; House of Social Food Hall; Dough Religion

Why work for us

Vita Group’s nurturing environment encourages colleagues to develop, perform and excel at what they do and provide plenty of opportunities for career progression. We support our people with a positive and collaborative working environment, fair and competitive rewards, and a culture where they can do their best work and thrive.

Holidays – 22 days paid holiday, rising each year up to 25 days.

Flexible Working Hours – Flexible start/finish times between 08:30 - 18:00. Typically with an option to work 1 day per week from home.

Bank Holidays – 8 paid holidays (England & Wales Bank Holidays).

Free on-site Parking - Free parking on-site. If you don\'t drive, we are within a 5 minute walk to both train and bus stops.

Free on-Site Restaurant – Discretionary free breakfast & lunch served 5 days a week at our premium on-site restaurant.

Free on-site Padel Court - Cancel that gym membership, and enjoy the fun of padel; providing a full-body workout that boosts cardiovascular health, improves coordination, agility, and strength, while burning calories and bonding with colleagues!

Free Stockport County Football Club Tickets – Free football tickets for employees, to be accompanied by friends or family.

Perkbox – All employees are given access to a Perkbox account, enabling them to choose lifestyle perks that matter by giving points to spend on a wide range of products, services & experiences, such as; cinema tickets, supermarket savings, discounted days out, a daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone!

Royal London Pension – Vita Group contribute a financial value of 3% of salary to your pension pot in addition to 5% employee contribution to help prepare for the future.

Parties & Events – We expect high standards from our people and like to reward demanding work by hosting parties and events each year, encouraging colleagues to let their hair down, have a great time and celebrate success together.

Career Development – Whether your Vita Group career is a medium or long-term venture; we onboard all employees by means of a thorough induction, delivering professional progression.

24/7 Employee Assistance – The wellbeing of our colleagues is of vital importance to Vita Group. All employees have access to a confidential service; offering support and guidance for personal or work-related issues that may be impacting wellbeing.

Important

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Right to Work Sponsorship. Therefore, if you do require a company to sponsor your Right to Work in the UK, we will not be able to progress your application further.

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks which will include Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks.