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Reference: 59105

Date Added: 17 January 2017
Closing Date: 27 January 2017

Job Title: Events and Marketing Assistant

Working For: Dods Group plc

Location: London

Salary: £21,000 per year

Length of Contract:

Job Details

Dods is an unrivalled intelligence, media, events and training specialist. Organisations have been turning to Dods for pertinent information on what’s going on in government since we first published Dods Parliamentary Companion in 1832. Political neutrality is at the heart of everything we do.

This role will support the production and delivery of a wide portfolio of events organised by the Dods Events Team, both on its own behalf and for external clients.

Responsibilities include:

  • Support the production of all events organised within the Dods Events division; including conferences, roundtables, awards ceremonies, and drinks receptions, within the UK and EU.
  • Contribute to the delivery of Dods events programme at the Party Conferences and to attend each of those conferences.
  • To support the events team with external stakeholder management, to ensure the smooth running of the events from start to finish.
  • Assist in sending out invitations (email and hardcopy) to attend events and monitoring responses
  • To assist in the promotion, marketing and awareness of all events activity internally and externally through Dods Monitoring, PoliticsHome.com, The House magazine, TotalPolitics.com, Civil Service World & other company websites.
  • To manage the events team’s social media; Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
  • Help source quality and value for money venues, caterers, AV suppliers etc.
  • Undertake and manage the events team’s logistics, including, but not limited to travel, couriers, hotel bookings etc.
  • Administrative tasks associated with events delivered within the team.
  • Support at events for example with set up/pack down, delegate registration, speaker liaison etc.

The successful applicant will have:

  • Ability to multi-task and work on a range of events and projects at any one time.
  • Comfortable on the phone, talking with Parliamentarians and high-level stakeholders.
  • Confident in using social media such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
  • A team player attitude, with clear communication skills and approachable manner.
  • Available for evening events on occasion and at weekends. As well as out of London working at certain times.
  • Experience of working within an events atmosphere.
  • Understanding of the UK political system, desirable but not essential.

This is a fixed-term 6 month contract, with the possibility of becoming permanent.

Closing Date: 27 January 2017

Interview/Start Dates

Application Details

Please send your CV and a covering letter to daisy.crisp@dodsgroup.com explaining what you would bring to the role as an Events and Marketing Assistant.

Website: http://www.dodsgroup.com

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