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Event Assistant - Corporate

Role overview

Qualifications

  • At least two years' event experience
  • Strong administrative skills
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks
  • Proactive and organized

Responsibilities

  • Support coordination of travel, accommodation and supplier liaison
  • Source venues and maintain supplier communication
  • Manage updates, trackers, documentation and client communications
  • Assist with expenses, logging, tracking and reconciliations

Key facts

  • Remote from: United Kingdom
  • Full time
  • Senior (5-10 years)
  • Corporate Event Planner
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Organizational Skills
  • Time Management
  • Communication
  • Proactivity

About the company

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The Event Academy

Vocational & Technical Training

The Event Academy teach the only Event Management courses accredited by the globally recognised Chartered Institute of Marketing. We believe in a qualification that employers value. We believe in course content that is ahead of the curve. We believe in placing our students into roles within the industry. We believe in working with experts within their field. Our students are the industry. We provide live courses from our home in London and flexible online studying options across a variety of academic levels including Postgraduate, Diploma, Foundation Certificate & Degree Alternative. Our tutors are all practising event experts across sectors including festivals, corporate, fashion, exhibitions, weddings, celebrity & charity. Our experts come from Disney Imagineering, WRG, Mama Festivals, The Department, Secret Cinema and Clearleft. We are experts in creating powerful learning experiences that combine knowledge with practical skills and confidence that give students a competitive advantage when finding jobs and entering the workplace.

Company details

IndustryVocational & Technical Training
Company size11 - 50

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Job description

Sector: Agency/ Corporate

Title of role: Event Assistant

Reporting to: Event Directors / Event Managers

Salary on offer: £23,000 per annum (30‑hour week)

Location / Office address: Surrey

WFH / Office / Remote: Remote with onsite requirements

Start date: End of September 2026 (flexible)

A Surrey‑based events agency is seeking a proactive and organised Event Assistant to support the delivery of live and virtual corporate events. This role involves coordinating logistics, researching venues, managing suppliers, assisting with client communications, preparing on-site materials, and supporting event delivery both remotely and on-site. It’s ideal for someone with at least two years’ event experience who enjoys fast‑paced project work, has strong administrative skills and is confident juggling multiple tasks across different stages of event production.

Responsibilities

  • Event logistics — Support coordination of travel, accommodation and supplier liaison.

  • Venue research — Source venues and maintain supplier communication.

  • Project admin — Manage updates, trackers, documentation and client communications.

  • Budget support — Assist with expenses, logging, tracking and reconciliations.

  • Document preparation — Proofread, format and prepare presentations and event materials.

  • Onsite preparation — Pack kit boxes, collate badges and organise onsite documentation.

  • Onsite delivery — Support setup, live sessions and troubleshooting.

  • Content creation — Create case studies, newsletters and social content (depending on experience).

  • Website/social updates — Manage company website and social channels (if relevant).

Why apply?

  • Work on varied corporate events

  • Join a collaborative, growing team

  • Gain experience across all stages of event delivery

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