Events & Business Coordinator
The London Essentials is a unique and spontaneous five-piece band who perform amongst delighted party-goers around the world. Discarding the traditional barriers of the stage, The London Essentials bring their instruments and fine voices into the audience.
Since the band’s inception in 2010, The London Essentials have performed in palaces for British royalty, on superyachts in the Long Island Sound, at a garden soirée in Udaipur and on Necker Island.
They are now looking for an Events & Business Coordinator to join our small team and help us bring our music to events all over the world. The band performs at a wide range of events such as intimate dinner parties, weddings, award ceremonies and conferences.
Whilst this may all sound very glamorous, please don’t think this role is glamorous! It is a desk-based role and a vital one to the band as you will be part of a team making sure the band is in the right place, at the right time! It will suit someone who likes being very busy with the ability to multi-task and prioritise efficiently.
The role is 5 days a week Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm and it is imperative that you really enjoy working alone, as whilst there will be support from the HQ team, you will be working independently from home. There may be times when you will be asked to work outside of these hours and/or at different locations. This role would most likely suit someone with Events/PA/Hospitality experience
THE ROLE:
Working with the Events & Business Managers on the following:
- Event enquiries
- Contracts
- Event management and logistics
- Team and band HR
- General and event related finance
- Social media liaison
- Band/line-up management
- General systems management
- Liaising with the MD to help manage his workload
- Other general office duties
This is a fast-paced role that requires you to be/have:
- Very well-spoken and presentable with a professional manner
- An organised individual with superb planning skills
- Excellent written and communication skills with the ability to adapt style as needed
- The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to tight deadlines
- Able to deal with pressure
- Excellent attention to detail and spelling
- Have an upbeat, can-do attitude
- Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to easily adapt to changing priorities
- Happy to work independently, as well as being a team player
- A flexible thinker with initiative, humour and energy
- Have discretion when dealing with celebrity and HNW clients
- Experience of using WhatsApp, Google Drive and Slack (advantageous but not essential)
Starting salary: £30,000 pa, with an initial 6 month probationary period.
Annual leave allowance: 25 days plus Bank Holidays.
Continuous full time contract.
Hours: 9am – 5pm. Monday – Friday