Events Manager (6M contract) to HKD55K pm
Title: Employee Communications ManagerSalary: to HKD 55K per month depending on experienceDuration: 6 months Responsibilities: - Ensure all events as led are run in professional manner and in the highest standards, ensuring such events are aligned with the business direction to establish HSBC's profile as the leader in the industry and seen as high-quality events and do not result in serious reputational damage to the bank
- Act as central/liaison point between business areas, external clients and organizations regarding our involvement and participation at proprietary and third-party events.
- Ensure constant adherence and maintenance to pre-agreed budgets, cost measures and record keeping.
- Senior management and key business stakeholders / directors require timely, accurate and relevant access to its' key client base and competitors at numerous events and conferences - both internal and external
- Provide advice and support to senior management and the business on the most efficient and cost-effective way to achieve maximum meeting/ presentation opportunities with clients.
- Establish a world-class hospitality / event experience globally
- Identify new / creative opportunities for the business as required
- Build and maintain good relationships with various business teams to understand their needs and requirements
- Build and maintain good relationships with various suppliers to ensure all logistic and production requirements can be met
- Build and maintain good relationships with other business partners locally, regionally and globally
Requirements: - Experience in managing and developing conference, roadshow and event, especially on deal and non-deal roadshows, investors trips, corporate days, preferably in a banking industry
- Ability to lead medium and small-scale events autonomously when required
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship skills as well as good tact and diplomacy
- Ability to work with minimum supervision, under pressure, extreme tight timeline as well as on multiple tasks simultaneously and to cover projects across different time zone
- Experience within a hectic and pressurized working environment is preferable
- Self-initiated to resolve issues
- Committed to the completion of work tasks within timeline given
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic and proven rapid learning capability
- Excellent time management and prioritization skill
- Strong team player, cooperative, collaborative with positive, willing to learn and share attitude, embracing bank value and code of conduct
- Ability to liaise with business to formulate appropriate and appealing event programs
- Experience in managing budgets for individual events
- Good connection with suppliers on venue, transportation, premier gift and audio visual
- Good project management skills
- Have flexible approach to work and working hours
- High standard of spoken and written English and Chinese, fluency in Mandarin will be a plus
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook)
- Ability to travel when required
- A sound working knowledge of key issues and developments in activities around FCC and ABC matters.
