Event Manager (JB1446)
Location: Braamfontein Johannesburg
Salary: R15 000 – R20 000
Duration: Permanent
Our Client is looking for an energetic, passionate, and creative individual who is organised, loves food, and entertainment has strong people management skills and an eye for detail to manage their market and various venues. The right candidate should have experience in eventing, retail or markets and digital marketing. As this is a full time and on-site role you would be required to work on weekends.
The Event Manager will be responsible for organising and running the weekly Saturday market and other events at various other venues throughout the week and weekends. This role includes but is not limited to the following tasks:
- Liaising with and booking in approx. 80 traders
- Food sampling
- Manage and coordinate traders weekly
- Event logistics - ensuring a smooth bump in and bump out of the venues
- Organising entertainment, music, sponsors, visual displays and staffing
- Marketing of the events
- Social media and website management
- Venue maintenance
- Budgeting
- Post event reporting
- Strategize opportunity to grow and evolve the market and other venues
- Externally seeking new business
