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Senior Events Manager: Private Hire

Salary £40,950
Location London
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

The Royal Academy Events Team manages over 350 public and private events per year, including fundraising galas, opening receptions, private views, lectures, dinners, and corporate and private hires. Many of these events are attended by prominent individuals from across the arts world, high-net-worth individuals, celebrities, politicians, and royalty.

We are looking for a dynamic and confident individual to help with managing the RA’s ambitious events programme, supporting the Head of Events and the other Senior Events Managers with strategic objectives, and delivering high quality events for a range of internal and external clients. While supporting events across the team, the primary focus of this role will be private hires of the RA’s various event spaces.

Private Hire at the RA

The RA has a thriving and expanding private hire business, running alongside the public programme and the numerous events for corporate supporters and patrons. The Senior Events Manager: Private Hire will work with the Head of Events and Head of Corporate Partnerships: Luxury and Business Innovation to develop and grow this area, cultivating new clients and building up the RA’s reputation as one of the premier event venues in London.

About You

The successful candidate will be extremely well-organised with meticulous attention to detail, and have the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, co-ordinating specific details, information, and requirements to strict deadlines. Flexible, versatile, and creative, you will pre-empt and propose solutions to problems and respond to challenges promptly and proactively.

You will ideally possess both substantial event management and sales experience, preferably in an arts or heritage institution. Articulate, personable and persuasive, you will also be adept at networking and forging long-lasting relationships. You must be confident and decisive – ready to deputise for the Head of Events when required. You will be comfortable dealing with a wide array of clients and suppliers, and unafraid of initiating contact and liaising with prominent individuals. You will have demonstrable commercial acumen and be comfortable working in a target-driven environment.

The Company

The RA dates way back to 1768 when a group of artists and architects persuaded King George lll to help them to ‘establish a society for promoting the Art of Design'. The original academy, in Pall Mall, was less than 10 meters long. Since then, there have been many changes, though the RA’s core purpose of bringing art and design to a broad audience and championing art and artists still holds true.   

Today we are a contemporary art organisation hosting internationally acclaimed exhibitions and through investment in employee training and development, with courses such as Unconscious Bias, LGBTQ+ Awareness, Bystander, and Mental Health First Aid training, we are striving to foster a safe space for everyone through positive action. We also have Employee Network Groups, Ways In Groups, and an Employee Council so every employee has a voice and a way to feel heard by colleagues through the CEO.   

The RA is truly a unique place, both as an attraction to our visitors, but also as a workplace. Our people are at the heart of all we do, and we support a broad and inspiring mix of departments; from exhibitions, curators, art handlers, researchers, publishers, and digital to schools and education, visitor welcome, fundraisers, and corporate support.   

The Benefits

Exhibitions

Reciprocal Agreements with galleries across the UK

Enhanced Pension

Generous employer contributions

Enhanced Holiday

25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Wellbeing

Access to a virtual GP Service and Mental Health First Aiders

Agile Working

The opportunity to work flexibly

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Where your views are heard and listened to

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Football, Staff Choir and more

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