Creative Events Producer
Penguin Books Limited Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | £30,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Location | Wandsworth |
| Type | Other |
Job Description
We are looking for an imaginative, culturally engaged, and entrepreneurial events producer to join the Penguin Brand team on a permanent basis. The chosen individual will have fantastic organisational and interpersonal skills, as well as having a proven track record of producing and programming creative live events.
The role sits in the Penguin Events team who work across all our publishing divisions and work with outstanding author talent such as Michelle Obama, Greta Thunberg, Paul McCartney, Malorie Blackman, Sue Barker, Bernardine Evaristo and Stormzy to name a few. Penguin events help readers to connect with their favourite authors through live experiences and are hosted in a wide variety of theatres and venues across the UK ranging from intimate 200-seat theatres to iconic cultural venues with capacities of over 2000.
If you love the idea of working on some of the most exciting events around and to help us reach new audiences, then please read on. Existing publishing industry experience is not a requirement.
The Role
Bring the Penguin brand to life through live events in creative, compelling, and inspiring ways, and showcase our biggest authors raising awareness and attracting target audiences to our brand ecosystem.
Lead on creative design and production for the live events programme, working in partnership with all of our publishing houses and audience teams, to orchestrate first class live events for Penguin Random House.
You will take full responsibility for managing production and technical elements, talent liaison and event P&Ls across the events you produce.
You will work closely with the Senior Creative Events Manager to help shape the Events strategy to build awareness of the Penguin brand and drive audience reach.
Key Responsibilities
Take the creative lead on designing events and immersive experiences for Penguin Random House authors and brands that ensure Penguin achieves its goals and develops a market leading events reputation.
Be the primary point of liaison with authors and talent either directly or via publicists/agents for brand-led events. Make first class author care a defining characteristic of a Penguin event.
Work with the Digital Marketing teams to promote and also extend the reach and impact of live events via our owned channels, harnessing opportunities such as livestream or capturing digital legacy content to be used in content approaches to influence and engage our audiences online.
Liaise directly with venues to make Front of House, production, marketing and tech arrangements for events, supporting the Senior Creative Events Manager who retains overall production management responsibility.
Run regular retrospectives on events to understand what works and what doesn’t.
Attend the vast majority of Penguin events. Regularly attend non-Penguin events, both in and outside London, to retain an expert view on the Live Events marketplace and build a strong network with the most successful events promoters, festivals, and agencies.
Share regular insight into how other media and entertainment businesses are developing their live strategies and which events are creating the greatest audience passion and reach.
Build strong working relationships with the marketing, publicity and editorial teams across the business and understand what matters to them and their business.
Candidate Profile
Experience of programming and producing successful live events, ideally with a creative or cultural brand.
Experience of working with a roster of production and events agencies and freelancers, with excellent contacts.
An entrepreneurial self-starter who can work as part of a team.
Abreast of cultural conversations and thrives on the opportunity to innovate.
Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong relationships.
Super organised with an excellent eye for detail and meticulous planning skills.
Highly connected to the events world with a curiosity to learn and bring the outside in to our events programme.
Please apply with your CV and cover letter detailing your experience in relation to the role by midnight on Wednesday 30th November.
What you can expect from us:
Salary: circa £30,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.
- 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
- Medical cover
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Generous pension scheme
- Summer working hours (role dependent)
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mentoring programme
- Extended gender neutral parental leave
- Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
- Each site has trained mental health first aiders
- We plant a tree for every new employee to our business
Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we’re part of the « offer an interview » scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.
We want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at http://PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk.
Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here: www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/applying-for-roles-with-a-disability
We partner with The Book Trade Charity, who provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: http://booktradeentrysupport.org/
Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.
Company: Penguin Books Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: Wandsworth
Postal Code: SW11
Job ID: 254987
Company description:
Our dedicated team of publishing professionals is committed to helping authors realize their very best work and to finding innovative new ways of bringing stories and ideas to audiences worldwide. By leveraging our global reach, embracing new technologies, and collaborating with authors at every stage of the publishing process—from editorial and design, to sales and marketing, to production and distribution—we aim to provide them with the greatest platform possible. At the same time, we fiercely protect our authors’ intellectual property and champion freedom of expression, ensuring that their voices carry beyond the page and into the folds of communities and societies around the globe.
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