Judging and Operations Executive

We're looking for a Judging and Operations Executive to join our team in London as part of our Awards function. This is 6 month fixed term contract.

Your Role: You will work within the LIONS Judging Operations team to assist in all aspects of the operational management of awards processing, judging and other related tasks and responsibilities with the sole purpose of upholding the integrity of the Lion and regional awards.

You will directly support the Judging Operations and Delivery Leads and act as a first point of contact for all related judging issues. You will be responsible for delivering a world-class judging experience while demonstrating high levels of operational and administrative efficiency at all times.

You must be available to work during June at Cannes Lions, whether in a physical or digital environment and will be expected to travel to regional festivals in Dubai and Singapore when the need arises.

Key Responsibilities
- Accountable for the entry processing and customer queries for a selection of Lions, through the management of seasonal staff for Cannes Lions
- Responsible for entry processing and customer queries for LIONS regional awards (Eurobest, Spikes Asia and Dubai Lynx)
- Accountable for the supervision of juries for Cannes Lions through the management of seasonal staff
- Administration and supervision of juries for LIONS regional awards (Eurobest, Spikes Asia and Dubai Lynx)
- Meticulous quality control of entries prior to on-site judging. Preparing entry materials, analysis, assisting with ownership of timelines and schedules
- Managing the onsite (if applicable) operations for entries before group judging commences
- Presentation of the entries to the jury and providing direct support to the appointed jury president and jurors
- Management of the delivery of trophies post Judging. Including engraving plaques, preparation of certificates and management of deliveries and return

Your Experience
- Initiative, self-motivated, accountable, sets own goals and strong organisational skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Target driven and manages time effectively
- Resilient and resourceful
- Open-minded and adaptable
- Sets high standards for self and colleagues
- Fast, efficient, hard-working and customer obsessed
- Personable, approachable, accountable and decisive
- Persuasive and professional - able to influence at all levels
- Flexibility and capacity to undertake varied ad hoc tasks
- Ability to take direction working within a team and confidence to take on a management role when required

Who are we?

The LIONS brand is probably most synonymous with Cannes Lions, The International Festival of Creativity, the definitive meeting place for the global creative communications and advertising community. It’s five days of inspiration, aspiration, unlimited magic and potential. The Festival has been championing creative excellence since 1954 with the goal of providing a global destination and the definitive benchmark for creativity that drives progress.

LIONS is going through an exciting time as it’s recently repositioned as The Home of Creativity, supporting those in the business of creativity at every step of their journeys with an extended portfolio of new advisory, learning and intelligence services. Our purpose is to drive progress through creativity for an incredibly diverse and talented global creative community.

You will join a team of change makers. The team’s purpose is to champion change to create the most powerful global creative community and drive growth for the brand.

LIONS is an Ascential company. Ascential delivers specialist information, analytics and ecommerce optimisation platforms to the world's leading consumer brands and their ecosystems. We help our customers to make smart decisions that improve performance now, and in the future.

With more than 2,500 employees across five continents, we combine local expertise with a global footprint for clients in over 120 countries. Ascential is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Why choose us?

At Ascential, diversity, equity and inclusion is core to us. We’re a company built around our people - and we’re committed to supporting each and every one of them to be the best they can be. We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas and different strengths and perspectives to Ascential. Our employee-led groups and networks, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and EmPower: An Ascential Women's Initiative, Shalom Ascential and Latinx, help us to create a place where communities and allies can connect and share experiences.

We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.

Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.

We have a truly flexible working environment with a wide range