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Corporate Events Project Manager - 12 month FTC

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We are seeking a skilled Corporate Events Project Manager on a 12- month FTC to be responsible for leading and delivering our virtual / hybrid and live internal events, supporting all King offices across our global locations. Events include webinars, team buildings, site celebrations, employee onboarding, team meetings and offsites, seminars and conferences.

You will be working closely with your event stakeholders to plan and provide memorable, engaging and cost- effective experiences to our employees, while ensuring that all event requirements, deadlines, and budget are on track. You are an enthusiastic hands- on professional, who understands negotiation and promotion techniques, with excellent organizational and relationship building skills, able to think, plan, innovate, and execute resourcefully, required to not leave anything about an event to chance.

• Project manage from end to end multiple virtual / hybrid and live events at all levels, involving internal and external audiences, as well as senior management teams.
• Develop project plans and define project tasks, timelines and resource requirements as needed, manage day- to- day event logistics, liaise with stakeholders to ensure tasks are on track, provide direction and support to enhance cross- functional work, create event planning efficiencies and act proactively to mitigate any risk and reduce setbacks.
• Manage technical aspects of the virtual/hybrid events such as webinars, video conferences, livestreams, online team buildings and celebrations.
• Manage event budget, ensure cost control and reconcile project invoices and event final cost reporting.
• Source and manage suppliers. Review and negotiate contracts. Identify new preferred partners and cost- efficient opportunities.
• Actively manage our internal database and ensure vendors details and factsheets are filled and tracked within established timelines.
• Directly oversee event set up and execution of assigned events. Assisting events on- site when required.
• Inspire excellence, drive innovation, create and promote a collaborative environment. You are expected to be an exemplar of our King values and to nourish them throughout our events.

Skills to create thrills:

• Extensive experience as an events project manager on virtual / hybrid and live events.
• Good understanding of virtual event technology.
• Capacity to manage workload in fast paced situations and to handle various projects simultaneously.
• Ability to produce content for abstracts, presentations, copywriting.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely (written and verbal) – highly fluent in English.
• Good knowledge of local event suppliers and strong negotiation skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Google tools and Microsoft Office, in particular Excel, PPT, plus Photoshop/Illustrator.
• Familiar with travel requirements and travel registration tools.
• Flexibility is a must. Being adaptable to meet the changing needs of the business.

A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognise that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that impactful change only happens when we all come together. It’s our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.

We offer free food and drinks in the London office and have an on- site gym

About King

At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Malta, we have a 20- year history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level- up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren’t just crushing it with candies, we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was recently acquired by Microsoft.