Overview
Events Specialist Jobs in Richmond, Victoria, Australia at MECCA Brands
Title: Events Specialist
Company: MECCA Brands
Location: Richmond, Victoria, Australia
The Role You Could Play
We are looking for a dynamic, experienced and innovative Event Specialist in our talented Events team to deliver the magic that is eventing at MECCA! You will be responsible for launching our new stores in Australia and New Zealand, including our biggest store yet – MECCA Bourke Street flagship store! This role is critical in MECCA’s vision to deliver global best-in-class retail experiences, distinctive memories and moments for our customers, brands and teams.
As an Event Specialist, you will ensure that any MECCA event delivers on its brief and objectives such as brand awareness and engagement, education, social engagement, footfall and revenue. The role requires highly organised end-to-end event management, working with numerous internal and external stakeholders to seamlessly deliver every stage of event production from strategy and ideation to design, planning and evaluation. In addition to managing launch events for our stores you’ll also be responsible for executing event programming in our Flagship store on an ongoing basis. The role has a strong focus on creating industry-leading and innovative external customer, partnership and PR events, as well as supporting the wider MECCA Event team on internal events.
Some of your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Assume responsibility for the successful end-to-end delivery of MECCA Bourke Street flagship events including launch, MECCA New Store Opening events across Australia & NZ and related experiential activations in line with the overarching marketing campaign, brand strategy and achieving all designated KPIs
Prepare and maintain all event documents relevant to each event (concept designs, critical paths, site plans, risk assessments, run sheets etc.)
Manage a strong network of brand-aligned suppliers and partners – from caterers to local councils
At MECCA, our Marketing departments operates with a holistic approach, this an amazing opportunity to join our creative team and experience the best of both worlds: the perks of working in-house combined with the dynamic pace of an agency setting and endless creativity possibilities.
What You Will Bring
You will be a creative and innovative thinker with extremely high attention to detail and problem-solving skills. In this highly collaborative role, your exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder management skills will be paramount to your success, alongside an outstanding ability to influence others across all levels within the business as well as external suppliers and contractors.
In addition to a passion for beauty and an instinct identifying trends, our ideal candidate will have:
Strong experience as an Event Specialist or Producer within the beauty, fashion, luxury or event industries
Experience in event production, and large-scale brand activations
Exceptional project management skills including planning, communication, time management, delivery pathways and negotiation
Extensive technical knowledge of events and brand activations including experience design, activation infrastructure builds, AV, production, event admin, OH+S and risk management skills
Strong analytical skills and ability to make data-driven, concise decisions
Ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a fast-paced, flexible, team-based environment
Understanding of the legalities and parameters around running events including …
