Event Project Director – £65k-70k – London/ Hybrid
Want to lead the delivery of world‑class experiential projects for globally recognised brands? Ready to shape how bold ideas come to life, from pitch through to execution, while building and inspiring a high‑performing production team?
This is a senior leadership role at the heart of a culturally connected experience agency. You will oversee the end‑to‑end delivery of multiple projects and activations, ensuring creative excellence, commercial success, and operational rigour. Working closely with senior clients, internal teams, and suppliers, you’ll play a critical role in driving project quality, team performance, and business growth.
You’ll lead and mentor a team of producers, contribute to new business and pitches, and ensure every project delivers impact, efficiency, and exceptional client experience.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of large‑scale experiential projects from brief to live execution, ensuring quality, timing, and budget control.
- Working across beautiful pop‑ups, festival activations, launch parties and influencer events, you will be overseeing project scoping, timelines, proposals, and P&L management across multiple workstreams.
- Act as senior client lead, building strong relationships and guiding strategic project direction.
- Drive consistency, efficiency, and best practice across project delivery and team workflows.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of producers, supporting performance, growth, and capability building.
- Oversee resource planning and workload distribution across the team.
- Manage supplier relationships, including negotiation, contracting, and delivery standards.
- Support and lead new business pitches, contributing to revenue growth and client retention.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation, and operational efficiency.
- Ensure all projects are successfully wrapped, evaluated, and reported on, with learnings applied.
- Contribute to wider business strategy, culture, and day‑to‑day agency operations.
Key requirements
- 10+ years’ experience within an event or experiential agency environment.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale, integrated experiential campaigns.
- Strong leadership and team management experience, with the ability to inspire and develop others.
- Excellent client management skills, with confidence engaging senior stakeholders.
- Strong commercial acumen, including budget ownership and revenue responsibility.
- Experience leading pitches and contributing to new business growth.
- Deep understanding of end‑to‑end production processes.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
- Strong communication, presentation, and problem‑solving skills.
- Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
- Passion for creativity, innovation, and delivering exceptional brand experiences.
Equity & Inclusion
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
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