Are you looking to develop your career within Events?
Come and support our Brand team here at Markel !
What part will you play? If you're looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you've found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you'll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We're always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!
The opportunity:
The brand engagement and communications team manage the Markel brand, both internally and externally. The department is responsible for internal and external communications through employee communications and engagement initiatives, media relations, digital presence including social media channels and sponsorship. The department is responsible for the strategic direction and governance of the corporate brand in partnership with the corporate marketing and communications team.
What you'll be doing:
- Work closely with the Events & Sponsorship Manager to support all large scale and high-profile events (ranging from corporate hospitality, sponsorship, thought leadership seminars, breakfasts/lunches, through to a 750-person formal event)
- Lead end-to-end planning and execution of events, ensuring all aspects align with Markel's company objectives and values
- Event research, planning, and implementation on time and within budget
- Develop and manage event budgets, maintaining project plans for all events and sponsorship activities
- Manage the invite process, creating copy, co-ordinating and issuing invitations, post-event reporting and generating feedback using our e-marketing tool, Dotdigital
- Create event packs, proposals, and any other event literature/documentation where required
- Liaise with the design team to build collateral required for events. e.g. Adverts for sponsored events
- Event governance, implementing protocols and process guides
- Develop and oversee the annual events calendar for the international business
- Manage onsite event logistics with suppliers and vendors
- Ownership of the international merchandise supplier relationship and webstore, sourcing new products, managing orders, and maintaining stock levels for the business
- Respond to basic brand requests such as logos, imagery, and iconography
- Be a brand guardian ensuring all events and collateral are consistent
- Support the team with ad-hoc activities to deliver various projects
Our must haves:
- Proven background in an events based role or something similar
- Effective written and interpersonal skills and exposure to working with a variety of stakeholders.
- Enjoy working as part of a supportive and collaborative team, with a desire to succeed.
- Be exceptionally organised, process driven, and detail orientated.
- Enjoy working on varied projects and can effectively manage your time.
- Be confident across all Microsoft Office standard tools such as Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Flexible approach to working hours - some events may fall outside of typical working hours and travel may be required
Who we are:
Markel Group (NYSE - MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.
We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further
Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International.
What's in it for you?
- A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package...
- 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
- Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
- There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!
Are you ready to play your part?
Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.