Job Description
Senior Event Manager – Maternity Cover
Department: Commercial
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: Manchester
Reporting To: Jimmy Vestbirk
This is a senior, hands-on role within our fast-growing events team, covering the Senior Event Manager on maternity leave. You will take full ownership of our portfolio of legal innovation conferences/exhibitions – from early-stage planning through to on-site delivery – and report directly to the Managing Director of the portfolio.
Legal Geek, now part of Centellic, produces the world’s largest lawtech community events, attracting thousands of delegates and described as the Glastonbury of legal. You will be the operational lead across four annual conferences/exhibitions, managing budgets, venues, suppliers and a large on-site team, while collaborating closely with our marketing, sales and production colleagues.
About Centellic
Centellic stands at the center of the markets it serves, empowering organizations with indispensable data and insight to make critical decisions on growth, risk and opportunity.
Through proprietary data, deep market expertise and AI-enabled technology, our platforms are embedded in client workflows. That capability is underpinned by our events, which bring the market together to share perspective and deepen understanding of the issues shaping each sector. Together, they give organizations earlier visibility of emerging trends, and the clarity and confidence to act when decisions matter.
At Centellic, we’re a global intelligence and information services business, setting the standard for how critical business decisions are made.
Why Centellic?
At Centellic, we help our clients make better decisions, and our people are at the heart of that work. Every individual plays an important role in this, bringing curiosity and high standards to everything they do.
Those who thrive here take ownership, care deeply about their work and are committed to excellence. Standards are high because our people set them that way. And while we have decades of expertise, we are still growing, pushing and building something extraordinary.
Centellic’s advantage is our people and the culture we’ve created together. It’s an environment where individuality is encouraged, relationships are genuine, and there’s a strong sense of purpose in what we’re building together. Collaborative, respectful and driven, we take our work seriously without taking ourselves too seriously.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end logistics and operations across four large-scale conferences (up to 5,000 delegates), serving as the primary on-site lead across build, live and breakdown days
- Own and manage all event budgets (500k+), including budget setting, multi-currency reconciliation, accurate spend tracking and post-event P&L reporting
- Oversee venue sourcing and management for dry-hire spaces (no hotel venues)
- Coordinate all operational workstreams: furniture hire, AV, signage (digital and print), floorplans, catering, and health and safety
- Manage and direct on-site teams of 50+ contract staff
- Own the full sponsor and exhibitor experience across 30–80 sponsors per event, ensuring high-quality delivery of stands, activations and exhibitor environments
- Collaborate effectively across marketing, sales, production and other Centellic departments to achieve event objectives
- Create new, innovative delegate experiences in line with the Legal Geek brand
- Conduct pre- and post-event evaluations with internal stakeholders
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- 4+ years of experience in end-to-end event management, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale B2B events
- Experience with dry-hire venues is strongly preferred
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple workstreams to tight deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to liaise with senior stakeholders and external partners
- Comfortable using digital tools day-to-day – including Microsoft Office, design software, a CRM and an event app, and we’re always looking to work smarter with tech
- Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to working across teams
Benefits
Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:
Start of employment:
- Eye care
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A day off for your birthday
After 3 months employment:
- Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)
After 4 months employment:
After probation:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- £350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes
- Puregym access
- Perks at work platform access
After 1 year service:
Additional Perks:
- Company socials
- Access to Employee Affinity Networks
- Mentoring scheme
- Volunteering Day
- Mortgage Advice
- Work from anywhere (2 weeks)
- Generous parental leave
We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.
‘We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.’
