Events & Experience Executive

<p><strong>Events &amp; Experience Executive</strong>, Alderley Edge, Cheshire</p><p><strong>Contract:</strong> Permanent</p><p><strong>Salary:</strong>&nbsp;£26-29,000 per annum</p><p><strong>Hours Per Week:</strong> Full-time. 40 hours per week</p><p><strong>Working Patterns:</strong> 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.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.vitastudent.com/en/"><strong>Vita Student</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>&amp; <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houseofsocial.com/"><strong>House of Social</strong></a><strong>:</strong> Our <span>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 &amp; comfort to our residents, surrounded by premium amenities and a vibrant city life. We are seeking a dynamic and organised Events &amp; 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.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Our Events &amp; Experience Executive</strong></p><p>Collaborate with the Events &amp; 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.</p><ul><li><p>Work closely with the Events &amp; 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.</p></li><li><p>Liaise &amp; support with partnership activity across of range of partners within beauty, food &amp; 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.</p></li><li><p>Identify opportunities to maximise the value of our partnerships through content and reach via other marketing channels.</p></li><li><p>Work with 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.</p></li><li><p>Produce regular promotional assets to drive the programme including in-building events, board copy and digital TV screens.</p></li><li><p>Maintain our website event listings with event details, copy and imagery.</p></li><li><p>Create assets to promote events through digital and physical touchpoints across printed promotions, digital screens, email and social media.</p></li><li><p>Deliver supporting events documents including briefings, risk assessments and allergens.</p></li><li><p>Work alongside colleagues to track and audit the events programme performance.</p></li><li><p>Assist with the delivery of the Social Media Share2Win Competition prize programme – logistics, packing and courier booking.</p></li><li><p>Finance and administration – Raise purchase orders, updating budget tracking documents and processing invoices with event suppliers.</p></li></ul><p><span><strong>Assisting marketing colleagues with other ad hoc tasks such as:</strong></span></p><ul><li><p><span>Writing marketing content.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Contributing to social media platforms like Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Twitter.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Analysis and reporting on marketing effectiveness.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Editing and sharing content with other internal teams.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Visibility and communication internally on project progress.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Ability to maintain good relationships with key stakeholders within and outside of the business.</span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Who We’re Looking For</strong></p><p><span>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.</span></p><p>&nbsp;<strong>Professional Experience / Attributes</strong></p><ul><li><p><span>Creative and proactive individual with a desire to play an active role in a growing team within a dynamic and fast-paced working environment.</span></p></li><li><p>Possess excellent planning and organisational skills.</p></li><li><p><span>Attention to detail and an eye for the “latest thing”.</span></p></li><li><p>Customer-focused background, with a confident and articulate communication style, demonstrating professionalism and clarity in an office settings.</p></li><li><p>Proficient in IT and online web-based tools,&nbsp;with intermediate skills in Microsoft 365, particularly Outlook and Excel.</p></li><li><p>Strong prioritisation and organisational skills, and a responsible approach to handling confidential information.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Personal Characteristics</strong></p><ul><li><p>Have a high standard of English (written and oral).</p></li><li><p>Be flexible and adaptable when plans or policies change, often at short notice.</p></li><li><p>A strong sense of ownership, emotional intelligence, and a determination to turn challenges into results.</p></li><li><p>Have strong risk-awareness and intuition.</p></li><li><p>Emotional intelligence — able to read&nbsp;tone, context, and non-verbal cues to guide conversations and decisions.</p></li><li><p>Enthusiasm, a flexible approach to working, and a willingness to go the extra mile when required.</p></li><li><p>An excellent listener and all-round brilliant communicator.</p></li><li><p>Passionate about connecting with and understanding current or prospective customers.</p></li><li><p>Resilient, organised, with a can-do attitude.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Other brands across the group include: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://vitagroup.com/">Vita Group</a>&nbsp;- <a target="_blank" href="https://liveunion.com/">Union</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://uhaus.com/">Uhaus</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.houseofsocial.com/food-hall/">House of Social Food Hall</a>&nbsp;- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/dough_religion/?hl=en">Dough Religion</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Why work for us…….</strong></p><p>Vita Group’s nurturing environment encourages colleagues to develop, perform and excel at what they do and provide plenty of opportunities for career progression. <span>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:</span></p><p><strong>Holidays</strong> – 22 days paid holiday, rising each year up to 25 days.</p><p><strong>Flexible Working Hours</strong> – Flexible start/finish times between the hours of 08:30 - 18:00. Typically with an option to work 1 day per week from home.</p><p><strong>Bank Holidays</strong> – 8 paid holidays (England &amp; Wales Bank Holidays).</p><p><strong>Free on-site Parking</strong> - Free parking on-site. If you don't drive, we are within a 5 minute walk to both train and bus stops.</p><p><strong>Free on-Site Restaurant</strong> – Discretionary free breakfast &amp; lunch served 5 days a week at our premium on-site restaurant.</p><p><strong>Free on-site Padel Court</strong> - 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!</p><p><strong>Free Stockport County Football Club</strong> <strong>Tickets</strong> – Free football tickets for employees, to be accompanied by friends or family.</p><p><strong>Perkbox</strong> – 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 &amp; experiences, such as; cinema tickets, supermarket savings, discounted days out, a daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone!</p><p><strong>Royal London Pension</strong> – We care about our people and their future. 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.</p><p><strong>Parties &amp; Events</strong> – 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.</p><p><strong>Career Development</strong> – 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.</p><p><strong>24/7 Employee Assistance</strong> – 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.</p><p><strong><br></strong></p><p><strong>Important</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks which will include Disclosure &amp; Barring Service (DBS) checks.</p>