Event Advancing

1 week ago

United Kingdom Seed Talks Full time

Event Advancing & Administrative Assistant

 Remote | Our office is in Brixton, London 

£12.60 an hour + company bonus after 3 months

16 hours a week



How to apply


If interested please send in a CV to lee@seedtalks.co.uk along with these four things


- Tell us why you want to work at Seed Talks

- Tell us about something you’ve enjoyed learning about recently

- Tell us about your right to work status in the UK

- Your current notice period length (if applicable)


About us

Hi We are a talks platform connecting the UK’s top thinkers with audiences around the country. We are planning events on science, psychology, history, current affairs, philosophy, wellness and more. Our current events can be viewed here. Our IG. 


We also program a range of online workshops & courses, as well as launching our new all day Summit events, with this being a huge area of growth within the company in 2025.


The Role

We are looking for someone to become an integral part of our wider team. The role will encompass event admin, customer support, ticket management & general event administration. 


You will be the glue that holds our events together, helping book travel, accommodation, event staff and help with general enquiries from our speakers. As a small company, you will be able to get involved in other areas of the business like customer support and research. 


The role requires a high level of attention to detail and time management skills. We book over 500 dates a year so the role will be demanding, but extremely rewarding 


Responsibilities

  • Sending advance emails to speakers, staff and venues
  • Arranging travel and accommodation for speakers 
  • Preparing introduction slides for our events on google slides 
  • Replying to customer enquiries & escalating serious issues
  • Uploading events to our ticketing sites
  • Assisting the events team with event management and operations
  • Tracking and maintaining communication with speakers, venues and staff on event issues
  • Researching new venues for us to host talks in
  • Researching new speakers for us to work with
  • Data entry and reporting (google sheets) 
  • Brainstorming content and speaker ideas for our talks
  • As a small and rapidly growing company, these responsibilities may change and we will need you to be open to taking on new tasks 


The Profile

First and foremost we are seeking someone who has a passion for events and the topics we program. The successful candidate will be adept at problem solving, can work independently in a methodical and meticulous manner. 


There is huge scope for you in this role to develop new skills and we are very big on personal development at Seed Talks.


It is crucial you are an organised individual with experience of maintaining a high level of accuracy and output while juggling multiple projects. 


Desired qualities;  (please don’t be worried if you do not have everything on this list, as full training will be provided and we will support you to reaching your potential) 


  • A positive attitude and a proactive approach to solving time sensitive tasks and offering solutions.
  • Experience in event admin or another admin based role 
  • A decent understanding of google sheets & google docs
  • Experience managing events 
  • Experience managing stakeholder relationships
  • An ability to build rapport with new people
  • An ability to conduct research quickly and effectively 
  • An ability to communicate in an efficient and concise manner 
  • Caring and considerate to represent us to our customers in the best possible way 
  • Event creation & business development experience is a big plus 


Benefits

  • We do 4.5 day workweeks for full time employees (which this role may evolve into)
  • Basic health insurance, cycle to work scheme, free tickets to our events and merch
  • Clear and open progression path in the company, we want you to grow with us
  • Backing to design and grow your own events, if you have good ideas we want to hear them and can help implement them 
  • Quarterly staff socials (recently we’ve been to an art exhibition, a board games cafe and a pottery workshop).

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