Senior Commercial events manager

£35,567 a year • Cardiff - Wales Millennium Centre • Full-time

The Senior Commercial events manager will work into the Head of customer operations to lead the development of a commercial strategy focusing on external events and driving commercial revenue by utilizing all available space across the centre footprint.

This role will be responsible for driving the commercial events team to successfully hit Targets and KPIS. As the senior events manager you will be responsible for overseeing the relationship management of all external event clients, being the main point of contact throughout the booking process of your clients and overseeing the relationships of the teams.

Your role may be subject to a DBS check

Key Requirements:

  • Demonstrable experience in Event Management at a Senior level, with an evidential portfolio of high-profile events and positive client feedback in a high profile venue.
  • Strong business acumen to negotiate and maximize the NET return of events and activity with year-on-year growth.
  • Experience in managing internal and external stakeholder relationships carrying them forward into future opportunities
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize workload taking accountability for time and client management.
  • Working a 35 hour week in line with event needs which could require late night and weekend working


What’s in it for you?

  • 25 days of annual leave plus bank holiday, based on a 35-hour week, pro rata for part time.
  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave (subject to length of service)
  • Health cash plan: receive money towards dental and optical care, complimentary treatments such as chiropractic, osteopathic and acupuncture treatments.
  • Medical Assistance membership which includes remote access to GP, counselling, and physiotherapy sessions
  • Employee assistance programmes which include access to support services for legal, financial, and family concerns
  • Life assurance of 4x annual salary.
  • Opportunity to apply for tickets to productions
  • CLWB – Our employee social group
  • NEWID – our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion networking group who meet monthly to discuss new ideas and training opportunities to improve all aspects of employment at WMC.
  • Free access to learn Welsh online
  • £5 all-day parking available on working and non-working days.
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