Projects Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - DMGT

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Description

Projects Coordinator - New Scientist

Location:
Kensington, London - W8 5TT

Contract:
Maternity Cover - (9 mths FTC)

Workplace type:
Hybrid 3 days per week in office

Package Description
In return for their energy and ideas we ensure our people are well rewarded. Our benefits package increases the longer you've been with us.

Here's what to expect:

29 days' holiday
Upon joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the Pension Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee, 4% Company contribution.
Life cover under the Pension Plan of up to 4x your basic salary.
DMGT Discounts (for discounts on online shopping, vouchers and reloadable cards)
Subsidised canteen
Onsite gym (Northcliffe House only)
Onsite nurse and GP clinics (Northcliffe House only)
Our Employee Assistance Programme
Discounted dining cards

Private Medical Insurance

Bupa
Flexible Working policy
Free gym membership at Northcliffe House Gym
Eye care assistance
Family Friendly policies
Employee Assistance Support
Access to the magazine
Invites to NS Events

Plus many other benefits.

Job Introduction
New Scientist's Projects Coordinator plays a pivotal role in delivering our range of events and commercial projects.

New Scientist now offers a huge range of live and on demand products, from virtual events to large scale consumer exhibitions, as well as tours, there's something for anyone curious about science and why it matters.

New Scientist's Commercial and Events Team sell bespoke solutions to a broad range of customers which necessitate the creation and delivery of bespoke projects that encompass written and audio content, events and video production.

The team also organise a range of live consumer events from the award-winning New Scientist Live three-day festival of ideas and discoveries, through to one-day masterclasses and virtual evening lectures.

This role is to provide maternity cover for our Projects Coordinator in supporting the Head of Product Delivery to plan and deliver New Scientist Events and Commercial projects.

Projects Coordinator will work closely with the commercial and events team to lead on the delivery of a number of commercial projects and support the planning and delivery of our events programme.

Main Responsibilities
Project Coordination of New Scientist commercial projects (CoLab)

Engaging with client stakeholders, key suppliers (freelance writers, event hosts, market researchers etc.) and colleagues in design, marketing and production to ensure ad hoc commercial projects are delivered on time and match the client's contracted deliverables.
Ensure commercial projects are delivered to the agreed cost and all P+L documentation is kept uptodate.

Project Coordination of the New Scientist events programme and New Scientist Live

Coordinate the P+L for virtual events programme, providing regular updates and projections to the Events Manager, Events Director and Management Accounting team.
Support in the management of our key event suppliers to ensure all events are delivered to agreed costs
Working with the content and marketing functions to ensure events are launched to market according to agreed schedule
Maintaining a keen focus on customer experience:
Monitoring customer feedback and reporting back to team
Working with the wider events team to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction across all our events at agreed target levels

Event delivery

Working with our content team and our key event suppliers and our virtual event production team to deliver professional highquality events
Provide onsite support at our events for customers and the content team to ensure the smooth running of all our events
Coordinate the ticket sales and virtual event signon process for all our events to ensure a smooth effortfree experience for all our event attendees

Person Specification