This is a rare opportunity where you will benefit from having several months hand over to learn the ropes from the retiring Project Manager. The role is to plan and organise the Graphics for Exhibitions for a Group of companies with several different businesses. You will be part of an established professional, fun team which is (effectively) an inhouse Design Agency with your role being the planning and delivery of the Graphics, Print and promotional material for c.15 to 20 UK and overseas Exhibitions per year.
You will need to be the sort of person who enjoys the pressure of deadlines, confident to organise the purchasing of Print, organising or even personally (if you have the eye for it) taking Photos, bringing together the stakeholders and the design team Project managing the Exhibition. As part of an established creative design team, this role does not require a creative input the key requirement will be your hands on experience of dealing with Exhibition Stand builders using your strong written and verbal skills to bring everything together on time and to the exacting standards of the group. In addition to liaising with suppliers and the specialists within your team you will also be dealing with Directors and the sales teams within the group companies within the UK and overseas. Whilst some overseas travel will be useful mostly you will be able to deal with meetings via video and phone calls.
Ideally you will come with experience of organising Exhibitions, Print, promotional purchasing and after training become confident to have an opinion on which suppliers to use based on quality and price. Most of the companies within the Group are in Engineering or Manufacturing of Precision, high value cutting edge products therefore it is important that the result portrays a quality image.
You will be part of a small team of 6 within the Graphics department, where everyone whether in Design, Marketing (and even the office Manager) all jump in to help each other pulling together for the end goal, it is a genuine team environment
In addition to Exhibitions experience (print, photography an advantage but not essential) you will need a full UK driving licence as whilst this is office based you will also need to drive to meet suppliers and of course some venue visits and happy to very occasionally help out on a stand too. Whilst the hours are 8.30 to 5pm Monday to Friday we need someone who takes pride in their work and happy to be flexible on hours when needed to get the job done.
This is a rare opportunity to join a fun professional team within a Stoke based Global Group of companies where you can build a secure career within an exciting, established yet still rapidly expanding Group. Please apply for more information or a confidential chat.