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Conference and Exhibition Managers and Organisers

Job holders in this unit group manage, organise and coordinate business conferences, exhibitions and similar events.

Average Salary

£26,681

New workers start around £9,626. Normal pay is £26,681 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £73,814.

Jobs

74,514

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Ensures that Health and Safety and other statutory regulations are met.

  • Liaises closely with venue staff to ensure smooth running of the event.

  • Plans work schedules, assigns tasks, and co-ordinates the activities of designers, crafts persons, technical staff, caterers and other events staff.

  • Allocates exhibition space to exhibitors.

  • Develops proposal for the event, and presents proposal to client.

  • Discusses conference and exhibition requirements with clients and advises on facilities.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Event Planning

  • Event Management

  • Public Liability

  • Trade Secrets

  • Booking (Sales)

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Marketing

  • Sales

  • Computer Literacy

  • Planning

  • Coordinating

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.