Communications and Events Manager

Introduction

In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centres, where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.​ Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

A career in IBM CIC is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly skilled Communications and Events Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the organization’s internal and external communications, as well as planning and executing events that promote the organization’s brand and mission. The position requires a detail-oriented, creative, and strategic thinker with excellent communication and project management skills.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Develop and implement comprehensive communication strategies to effectively communicate the organization’s message and brand to various stakeholders

• Create and distribute announcements, newsletters, and other publications to keep stakeholders informed about the organization’s news, activities and achievements.

• Plan, execute, and evaluate events such as training, conferences, and workshops that promote the organization’s mission and goals.

• Manage event logistics, including venue selection, catering, decor, and audio-visual requirements.

• Develop and manage event budgets, ensuring that expenses are within budget constraints.

• Coordinate with speakers, performers, and other event participants to ensure their participation and availability.

• Develop marketing materials, such as event brochures, posters, internal portals and invitations, to promote events and maximize attendance.

• Ensure that all events are accessible and inclusive for all attendees.

• Monitor and report on the success of events.

• Collaborate with other departments to ensure that events align with the organization’s overall goals and objectives.

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in event planning and communications to continuously improve the organization’s events and communications strategies.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Event Management, or a related field.

• At least 3-5 years of experience in communications and event management

• Proven track record of successfully planning and executing events, including training, conferences, and workshops.

• Excellent communication and project management skills, with attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a high level of professionalism and discretion.

• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Proficient use of IT including such as tools as Adobe Illustrator, Publisher, and Microsoft Outlook

About Business UnitThe Client Innovation Centre (CIC) is an innovative and exciting part of IBM. A fast-paced and dynamic business built to deliver high-value technical services to world renowned clients. All of our employees work in a consultancy environment on a variety of exciting projects across a range of sectors. Every project has its own unique working environment – this enables our employees to build their experience, skillset and network. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems?

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Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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About IBMIBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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