Events Specialist

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Hudson River Trading Full time

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is hiring an Events Specialist to join our People Operations (People Ops) team in London People Ops is responsible for the well-being and performance of all HRTers across our global offices. From recruiting to onboarding to the continued engagement and development of our employees, the People Ops team is dedicated to creating an authentic, inclusive environment that upholds our company values and drives the business forward.

At HRT, we're friends and colleagues, and it's important to us that HRTers have the opportunity to connect and bond with each other. Our vision for this role is someone who will eagerly develop a deep understanding of our people and values in order to create events that not only reflect our culture of inclusive togetherness, but amplify it.

**Responsibilities**
- Identify opportunities to bring office culture to life through experiences
- Fully own high-touch team events, including team retreats, region-wide outings and trips, and impromptu community-building events for London employees
- Support our Dublin office, US, and APAC regions as needed

**Profile**
- You build bridges between people and teams
- You are creative and imaginative, yet methodical and analytical
- You always maintain a calm sense of urgency
- You are an event planner at heart, and also a community leader who can listen, learn, and bring out the best in those around you
- You build energy and enthusiasm through highly-effective communication
- You are excited to host the events you plan
- You have experience planning multi-day day offsite meetings, retreats, and/or trips for large groups of people
- You are a confident individual contributor who can work both autonomously and collaboratively

**Qualifications**
- Minimum 5+ years of experience with strategic event planning
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to project manage your own workload and quickly reprioritize tasks as needed
- Strong decision-making skills
- Extensive experience in medium to large-scale planning production with a keen attention to detail
- Experience in rooming list management and complex transportation management
- Experience researching, negotiating, and working with external vendors
- Comfortable operating in fluid and open-ended problem spaces
- Skilled at turning creative visions into reality
- Experience working on cross-functional projects with many collaborators and stakeholders
- Flexibility to work outside of normal business hours/days to support company events
- Ability to travel as needed to support company events
- Ability to work from the office at least three times a week - what better way to engage with your community

**Culture**

Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.

At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We're a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we're friends and colleagues - whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.

Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we'd love to get to know you.



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