25 Wedding Planning jobs in the United Kingdom
Wedding and Events Manager
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WELCOME TO A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES AT THE UK’s #1 GREAT PLACE TO WORK 2025, AS VOTED BY OUR TEAM MEMBERS! No two days or two hotels are the same, but our spirit and passion for hospitality always brings all our teams together to create a culture of inclusiveness, positivity and drive to achieve our common goal. “To share the light and warmth of hospitality”.
Located within the historic Waldorf Hotel in London, Homage is a restaurant that masterfully blends the elegance of classic British dining with a modern flair. Inspired by the hotel’s rich heritage, Homage offers a refined yet inviting atmosphere where each dish is crafted with precision and passion. From locally sourced ingredients to timeless recipes reimagined, every element is designed to celebrate the best of British cuisine. Perfect for both locals and visitors, Homage invites you to savor a taste of London’s history with every bite.
Good Godfrey’s honours The Waldorf’s original house band – Howard Godfrey & The Waldorfians. With its dark oak paneling and 1920’s soundtrack, our guests journey back in time to the opulence and elegance of the Roaring ‘20s. With expertly crafted cocktails, our team blends history, flavour, and style for a timeless experience.
Proudly offering some of the best meetings and events facilities in the city, The Waldorf Hilton London hosts many prestigious conferences and meetings within the hotel’s modern and flexible venues, most of which have natural daylight.
Once the ballroom setting for 'A Night to Remember', the opulent Palm Court is flooded with natural daylight and is perfect for your conference/exhibition catering area or for your grand celebration. Adorned with original Edwardian features such as columns and cornicing, the Palm Court accommodates up to 400 Guests or up to 900 when combined with the adjacent Adelphi suite.
Entertain up to 350 seated guests (500 standing) in the beautiful Adelphi suite which features state-of-the-art lighting. Marvel at the grand columns and elegant chandeliers which adorn this unique and magnificent space. The room can be set up to include a stage at the front and centre of the room and special lighting sets an unforgettable scene.
A WORLD OF REWARDS + Free and healthy meals when on duty+ Grow your Career! + Personal Development programmes designed to support you at every step of your career+ A chance to make a difference through our Corporate Responsibility programmes – Find out what and how we are doing ( Team Member Travel Program: discounted hotel nights plus 50% off Food and Beverages (subject to individual outlets)+ Team Member Referral Program + High street discounts: with Perks at Work+ Holiday: 28 daysincluding
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Event Management Coordinator
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At Cirium, our goal is to keep the world connected. We are the industry leader in aviation analytics; helping our customers understand the past, present, and predicting what will happen tomorrow. Our mission is to transform the aviation industry by enabling airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions and many more accelerate their own digital transformation. You can learn more about Cirium at the link below. the Team:
The events coordinator, reporting to the Global Events Manager, is part of the global marketing team operating in APAC, Americas, and Europe. Their focus is executing campaigns, organising events and webinars to provide valuable content to prospects and existing clients, with the ultimate goal of showcasing product value, enhancing brand loyalty, and driving sales growth.
About the Role:
As an Event Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in delivering comprehensive assistance for global events. Your responsibilities will encompass managing timelines, overseeing logistics, and coordinating activities with all the relevant stakeholders across a wide range of events. Collaborating closely with regional marketing teams, you will coordinate all aspects of event planning, including event promotion, pre and post-communication, venue contracts and arrangements and monitoring lead capture and sales performance. This role demands exceptional organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and effective communication with both internal teams and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
+ Event Planning Support:
+ Assist in developing event plans, timelines, and checklists for Global events.
+ Maintain an up-to-date master list of events including the event calendar and a master Wrike project (our project management system), for each event.
+ Ensure all contracts have been reviewed by legal and process vendor payments through Accounts Payable within
Associate Lecturers, Event Management
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The Event School London empowers the next generation of event professionals with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to thrive in the dynamic world of events. We also offer a comprehensive range of upskilling and professional development programmes tailored for aspiring and experienced event managers
Our mission is to deliver high-quality, interactive training that equips graduates with the practical expertise and industry insights needed to succeed.
With flexible training options and access to exclusive industry events and networking opportunities, our expert faculty bring first-hand experience into the classroom, ensuring invaluable learning opportunities.
Role Description
This is a contracted freelance on-site role for an Associate Lecturers, Event Management. The role involves teaching and mentoring students, developing training materials, and providing real-world insights into the event industry and the role and responsibilities of an event manager.
The Associate Lecturer will be responsible for preparing and delivering course materials and facilitating practical learning experiences.
Training assignments this Autumn Term include:
- 1 day a week, 8 weeks, part-time course subjects Tuesdays from 30 September
- 1 or 2 days a week, 10 wks, full-time course core subjects, Tuesdays from 30 September or Wednesdays from 1 October
- 1 day a week, 5 wks, full-time course electives, Thursdays from 2 October and /or 13 November
- 5-day short courses, Mon-Fri, start dates 17 or 24 November
- 2-day masterclasses, 10 & 11 or 13 & 14 November
Training delivery takes place at the Novotel London Excel, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1AA
(Closest station Custom House on the Elizabeth Lime or DLR)
A training day is 10-4 with a one hour lunch break and a 10 minute morning and afternoon refreshment break.
Ideally you are London based with an existing network of industry contacts to enable experiential learning opportunities for your classes, i.e. site tours, excursions, showcases, industry events, guest speakers.
Experience
Essential
- Expertise in Event Management (start to finish including event feasibility and developing vent concepts, event planning, budgeting and cost management, venue and vendor search and contracting, managing event teams, H&S and risk assessment, event delivery, event evaluation, event career and pathways advice)
- Relevant event industry experience - minimum 10 years
- Relevant event industry connections
- Experience in teaching, mentoring, coaching or training (classroom or workplace)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong organisational and planning abilities
- Ability to provide practical, real-world insights
- Flexibility to adapt to various teaching formats
You must also be legally authorised to work in United Kingdom. We are not offering visa sponsorship.
Ideal
Experience and expertise in one of the following specialties:
- Luxury Event Management
- Venue and Event Styling
- Event Catering
- Party and Social Event Planning
- Event Production ( Technical - AV, Staging, Rigging, Power/Utilities - from an event managers perspective)
- Sports Event Management
- Outdoor Event Management
- Major Event Management
- Festival Management
- Conference Management
- Exhibition/Trade Show Management
- Marketing and PR for Events
- Technology for Events
- Digital Literacy and Leadership
Qualifications
Ideal
- A relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification
- A training, teaching or coaching qualification
Remuneration
These are Freelance Associate Roles. Rates are dependent on course type and enrolment numbers - on average rates are £150 per day.
Please note no travel or other expenses are paid. Invoices can be submitted weekly or monthly and invoice
Associate Lecturers, Event Management
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The Event School London empowers the next generation of event professionals with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to thrive in the dynamic world of events. We also offer a comprehensive range of upskilling and professional development programmes tailored for aspiring and experienced event managers
Our mission is to deliver high-quality, interactive training that equips graduates with the practical expertise and industry insights needed to succeed.
With flexible training options and access to exclusive industry events and networking opportunities, our expert faculty bring first-hand experience into the classroom, ensuring invaluable learning opportunities.
Role Description
This is a contracted freelance on-site role for an Associate Lecturers, Event Management. The role involves teaching and mentoring students, developing training materials, and providing real-world insights into the event industry and the role and responsibilities of an event manager.
The Associate Lecturer will be responsible for preparing and delivering course materials and facilitating practical learning experiences.
Training assignments this Autumn Term include:
- 1 day a week, 8 weeks, part-time course subjects Tuesdays from 30 September
- 1 or 2 days a week, 10 wks, full-time course core subjects, Tuesdays from 30 September or Wednesdays from 1 October
- 1 day a week, 5 wks, full-time course electives, Thursdays from 2 October and /or 13 November
- 5-day short courses, Mon-Fri, start dates 17 or 24 November
- 2-day masterclasses, 10 & 11 or 13 & 14 November
Training delivery takes place at the Novotel London Excel, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1AA
(Closest station Custom House on the Elizabeth Lime or DLR)
A training day is 10-4 with a one hour lunch break and a 10 minute morning and afternoon refreshment break.
Ideally you are London based with an existing network of industry contacts to enable experiential learning opportunities for your classes, i.e. site tours, excursions, showcases, industry events, guest speakers.
Experience
Essential
- Expertise in Event Management (start to finish including event feasibility and developing vent concepts, event planning, budgeting and cost management, venue and vendor search and contracting, managing event teams, H&S and risk assessment, event delivery, event evaluation, event career and pathways advice)
- Relevant event industry experience - minimum 10 years
- Relevant event industry connections
- Experience in teaching, mentoring, coaching or training (classroom or workplace)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong organisational and planning abilities
- Ability to provide practical, real-world insights
- Flexibility to adapt to various teaching formats
You must also be legally authorised to work in United Kingdom. We are not offering visa sponsorship.
Ideal
Experience and expertise in one of the following specialties:
- Luxury Event Management
- Venue and Event Styling
- Event Catering
- Party and Social Event Planning
- Event Production ( Technical - AV, Staging, Rigging, Power/Utilities - from an event managers perspective)
- Sports Event Management
- Outdoor Event Management
- Major Event Management
- Festival Management
- Conference Management
- Exhibition/Trade Show Management
- Marketing and PR for Events
- Technology for Events
- Digital Literacy and Leadership
Qualifications
Ideal
- A relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification
- A training, teaching or coaching qualification
Remuneration
These are Freelance Associate Roles. Rates are dependent on course type and enrolment numbers - on average rates are £150 per day.
Please note no travel or other expenses are paid. Invoices can be submitted weekly or monthly and invoice
Director of Event Management
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Event Director or Project Director, Events & Experiences - AGENCY EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Hybrid 2-3 Days Office Based in Central East London
What do the people say about the company they work for!
Fabulous culture, caring, supportive, ambitious!
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A values-led creative agency helping people and businesses make meaningful change—combining intelligent creativity with heart to deliver impactful employer brand, culture, and communications solutions.
What you’ll be part of Inspiring people for business performance.
What we need in our new Event Director or Project Director.
- An experienced Project Director who can work across complex creative event projects, delivering industry leading work to our best-in-class standard, whilst building quality client relationships that expand the work we deliver, budget management experience £500k+
- With a successful career of working within an agency, you'll be a highly skilled Event Project Director with experience in delivering events of different styles, including conferences, roadshows, experiential events, and award ceremonies.
- An expert in leading the full lifecycle of large scale / complex / high profile events, with in-depth understanding of production and logistics elements for live, virtual and hybrid events.
- A good understanding of health and safety.
- Someone who can take full ownership of projects from initial brief and ensuring delivery on time, to budget and with the highest level of care.
- Proven experience in owning and growing client relationships, gaining repeat business and developing new opportunities.
- A confident communicator, with high levels of emotional resilience that can adapt quickly and positively to change and pace.
- An ability to take, shape and write an amazing brief as well as advocate on behalf of your clients, spotting risks, solving unexpected problems, challenging assumptions, and making effective decisions under pressure.
- A commercial mind and comfortable with working with complex budgets.
What you will do
- Work across a range of events, think smart and expertly deliver projects to an excellent standard for our clients.
- Work across a range of client brands, taking full ownership of complex event projects from initial brief through to delivery for a range of audiences - B2B, B2C and internal.
- Collaborate with our creative specialists to scope and deliver effective, high quality, strategic and creative solutions for live, virtual and hybrid events.
- Be uncompromising when it comes to attention to detail. Rationalising ideas against the brief and leaving nothing to chance.
- Build strong and trusting relationships with stakeholders, partners, and suppliers alike. Owning key client relationships within client accounts.
- Lead and contribute to pitch proposals and client presentations.
- Lead by example to line manage, mentor and guide junior team members, providing constructive feedback and fostering talent and growth.
- Stay on top of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
- This role may include line management responsibilities.
Get in touch now we'd love to hear from you!
This position would suit: Project Director, Event Director, Head of Events, Event Project Director, Client Services Director Agency, Agency Client Services Director,
Director of Event Management
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Event Director or Project Director, Events & Experiences - AGENCY EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Hybrid 2-3 Days Office Based in Central East London
What do the people say about the company they work for!
Fabulous culture, caring, supportive, ambitious!
JOIN
A values-led creative agency helping people and businesses make meaningful change—combining intelligent creativity with heart to deliver impactful employer brand, culture, and communications solutions.
What you’ll be part of Inspiring people for business performance.
What we need in our new Event Director or Project Director.
- An experienced Project Director who can work across complex creative event projects, delivering industry leading work to our best-in-class standard, whilst building quality client relationships that expand the work we deliver, budget management experience £500k+
- With a successful career of working within an agency, you'll be a highly skilled Event Project Director with experience in delivering events of different styles, including conferences, roadshows, experiential events, and award ceremonies.
- An expert in leading the full lifecycle of large scale / complex / high profile events, with in-depth understanding of production and logistics elements for live, virtual and hybrid events.
- A good understanding of health and safety.
- Someone who can take full ownership of projects from initial brief and ensuring delivery on time, to budget and with the highest level of care.
- Proven experience in owning and growing client relationships, gaining repeat business and developing new opportunities.
- A confident communicator, with high levels of emotional resilience that can adapt quickly and positively to change and pace.
- An ability to take, shape and write an amazing brief as well as advocate on behalf of your clients, spotting risks, solving unexpected problems, challenging assumptions, and making effective decisions under pressure.
- A commercial mind and comfortable with working with complex budgets.
What you will do
- Work across a range of events, think smart and expertly deliver projects to an excellent standard for our clients.
- Work across a range of client brands, taking full ownership of complex event projects from initial brief through to delivery for a range of audiences - B2B, B2C and internal.
- Collaborate with our creative specialists to scope and deliver effective, high quality, strategic and creative solutions for live, virtual and hybrid events.
- Be uncompromising when it comes to attention to detail. Rationalising ideas against the brief and leaving nothing to chance.
- Build strong and trusting relationships with stakeholders, partners, and suppliers alike. Owning key client relationships within client accounts.
- Lead and contribute to pitch proposals and client presentations.
- Lead by example to line manage, mentor and guide junior team members, providing constructive feedback and fostering talent and growth.
- Stay on top of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
- This role may include line management responsibilities.
Get in touch now we'd love to hear from you!
This position would suit: Project Director, Event Director, Head of Events, Event Project Director, Client Services Director Agency, Agency Client Services Director,
Event Management - Account Director
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Head of Event Management
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The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of experience in event management, with a significant portion in a leadership capacity. Proven success in managing large-scale events, conferences, and corporate functions is essential. You should possess exceptional organizational, project management, and communication skills, with a keen eye for detail and a creative flair. Strong negotiation and vendor management abilities are also crucial. You will lead, mentor, and develop a team of event professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment. Responsibilities include developing innovative event concepts, managing all aspects of event production, and ensuring client satisfaction. You will also be responsible for staying abreast of industry trends and implementing best practices. This role requires excellent financial acumen, with the ability to manage event budgets effectively and maximize profitability. You will work closely with marketing and sales teams to align event strategies with overall business objectives. The ability to work under pressure, problem-solve effectively, and adapt to changing circumstances is paramount. This position is integral to the success of events held in and around Southampton, Hampshire, UK . If you are a seasoned event professional ready to take on a leadership role and drive excellence in event creation, we encourage you to apply.
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Apprenticeship in Event Management
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As an Event Management Apprentice, you will be involved in:
- Assisting with venue research, booking, and management.
- Supporting the planning and execution of event logistics, including catering, AV, and staffing.
- Liaising with vendors, suppliers, and clients to ensure smooth event operations.
- Developing event schedules and timelines.
- Creating marketing materials and promotional content for events.
- Managing event registration and attendee communication.
- Providing on-site support during events, ensuring everything runs according to plan.
- Assisting with post-event evaluations and reporting.
- Learning about budgeting and financial management for events.
This apprenticeship typically lasts between 12 to 18 months and includes structured training leading to a qualification in Event Management. You will gain invaluable practical experience while developing key skills in project management, communication, and problem-solving. Our client provides a supportive environment where you can learn from the best and make a real contribution to their successful event delivery. This is a fantastic opportunity to start your career in event management in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK .
Head of Outdoor Pursuits and Event Management
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Senior Event Coordinator, Luxury Events Management
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Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, coordinate, and execute a variety of high-end events.
- Develop event concepts, themes, and detailed production plans.
- Manage event budgets and track expenditures meticulously.
- Source, vet, and negotiate with vendors and suppliers.
- Oversee event logistics, including venue selection, catering, AV, and entertainment.
- Liaise directly with clients to understand their needs and ensure satisfaction.
- Manage event timelines and ensure all deadlines are met.
- Develop comprehensive event risk assessments and contingency plans.
- Coordinate on-site event staff and volunteers.
- Conduct post-event evaluations and reporting.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in event planning and management, with a focus on luxury or corporate events.
- Demonstrated success in managing budgets and vendor relations.
- Exceptional organizational, time-management, and multitasking abilities.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in event management software and digital collaboration tools.
- Creative thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to work flexible hours and travel as needed for event oversight.
- Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
- Experience in a fully remote work setting is highly advantageous.