Festival Event Executive - London, United Kingdom - CogX

CogX

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Description:

About CogX

The CogX Festival of inspiration, impact and transformational change, will be taking place this year, 12th to 14th September, at its iconic new venue: The O2 and Magazine London, North Greenwich, and sites across Canary Wharf.

CogX is a purpose driven company focused on building the world's biggest platform and community for leadership, creativity and innovation.

At CogX we address the most critical challenges and opportunities of our time, driving and galvanising the partnerships needed to make a difference to our mission statement "How do we get the next 10 years right?".

Our community & alumni partners have an array of global organisations and include Google, Sony, Vice, Goldman Sachs, BBC, Barclays, ThoughtWorks, BT, NHS, Tesla, Warner Music Group, PWC and Microsoft.

We are backed by the UK's most successful investors.

About the Role

The CogX Festival, now in its seventh year, is looking for a talented Festival Event Executive to join our Festival Operations Team.

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic sector-leading Operations team and a community of the most inclusive and forward-thinking leaders, CEOs, tech entrepreneurs, scientists, policy makers, artists, and activists in the world.

Reporting to the Festival Operations Director, the Festival Event Executive is responsible for supporting the team with the delivery of the 2023 CogX Festival and will need to be someone who thrives working in a busy and demanding environment.

Strong attention to detail and proven event experience of dealing with internal and external stakeholders is required.

This role is primarily an event operations role and requires onsite and production experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

Support Festival Operations Director and Event Manager with various daytoday tasks and longterm operational planning and delivery of CogX Festival 202
Manage ordering and distribution of sitewide signage (expo, stages & directional)
Support organisation of registration staffing and ontheday management
Support with organising operational staffing, such as cleaning, security, traffic management
Support Event Manager with CogX 2023 Awards production and logistics
Support Expo Manager where necessary
On the day event management, overseeing one of the key venues for the Operations team
Support with Festival build and derig efficiently through to completion
Ensuring that our attendees have a safe and pleasant experience while attending our Festival
Report safety hazards, event debrief notes and all concerns to the Festival Operations Director and Event Manager
To source and procure event related items, when necessary
Liaising with venues and crew onsite
Post event reconciliation, reporting and archiving of event collateral

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

Skills and Experience

Previous event experience in an operations role
Previous experience with large scale events (5,000+ attendees)
Previous experience liaising with production agencies
Detailoriented with strong organisational skills
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

Confidence liaising with suppliers, senior stakeholders, and instructing runners Must have a friendly and professional attitude and work well with the public to navigate different personality types among stakeholders

Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and new opportunities

Handles difficult and high-pressure situations with a calm and mature approach Good understanding of AV / technical solutions

Awareness of health and safety issues and risk assessments
Good working knowledge of and ability to update project documentation, including contact sheet and onsite schedule
Knowledge of Google Drive

Notes

Fixed term contract until end of September 202 4 days a week in Bond Street office (if London based)
Weekend and late night work around Festival dates

About CogX:

CogX is a purpose driven company focused on building the world's biggest platform and community for leadership, creativity and innovation.

A social media platform and festival for global change makers.

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic sector leading Operations team and a community of the most inclusive and forward-thinking leaders, CEOs, tech entrepreneurs, scientists, policy makers, artists, and activists in the world.

At CogX we address the most critical challenges and opportunities of our time, driving and galvanising the partnerships needed to make a difference to our mission statement

_"How do we get the next 10 years right?"._

We are backed by the UK's most successful investors.

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