Event Director at 54 managing international events and client relations while leading the delivery team and strengthening partnerships in the sports sector.
Responsibilities
Lead the development of the event vision, delivery strategy, and detailed execution plans and itineraries.
Own end-to-end event delivery, ensuring consistently high standards of planning, production, and on-site execution.
Manage all supplier briefs, contracts, and scopes of work, ensuring commercial and operational alignment.
Take full ownership of event budgets, forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting.
Lead, mentor, and manage the 54 event delivery team, fostering a high-performance culture.
Act as primary liaison with rights holders (Ladies European Tour / European Tour / Asian Tour / LPGA Tour), ensuring strategic and operational alignment.
Work closely with Marketing to ensure full integration of events within the wider brand and communications strategy.
Partner with Commercial teams to maximise sponsor value, activation quality, and revenue delivery.
Lead relationships with broadcasters, ensuring delivery of partner, sponsor, and stakeholder objectives.
Serve as senior client lead for all delivery matters, owning timelines, governance, and status reporting.
Chair and lead all client, rights holder, stakeholder, and internal delivery meetings, workshops, and reviews.
Support negotiation and delivery of host venue agreements and operational requirements.
Oversee player services, logistics, and negotiations, ensuring best-in-class athlete experience.
Build and maintain trusted, long-term client relationships at senior stakeholder level.
Lead strategic client communications, steering delivery governance, conference calls, and review meetings.
Lead and support the development of high-quality new business pitches, proposals, and presentation decks.
Drive creative thinking, generating innovative, engaging, and commercially robust event concepts and platforms.
Provide industry intelligence and strategic insight on prospective clients, partners, and markets for 54.
Contribute to the design and development of new event properties, platforms, and long-term growth initiatives.
Provide clear, concise updates to Company Directors and Executive Management on event delivery and client status.
Produce regular top-line summary reports for the Global Events Director.
Present confidently and authoritatively to staff and stakeholders in company forums and internal briefings.
Requirements
Experience within an account management or client services team in an agency environment.
Knowledge of the international sports and events industry (desirable).
Proven track record managing key international accounts for high-profile brands.
Strong understanding of brand, rights holder, and agency ecosystems.
Advanced experience creating compelling, tailored presentation decks and proposals.
Confident presenter to senior management and external clients.
Highly competent in updating, managing, and reporting on live projects and new business pipelines.
Delivery of agreed event objectives, milestones, and quality standards.
Team leadership and people management capability
Professionalism and senior presence within the Events team
Stakeholder and client relationship management
Personal drive to improve individual performance and the performance of the wider Events Division
Active participation in 54 company events, initiatives, and culture-building activities.
Benefits
Competitive Salary
Annual Discretionary Company Bonus – up to 8% - 3% Company & 5% Individual
Pension scheme
Life Assurance
Income Protection
25 days annual leave (+ public holidays), pro-rated & Birthday off
Increased annual leave with years of service
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Private Healthcare
Enhanced Parental Leave
Staff clothing
Working hours will be from 09.00 to 17.30 with an hour taken for lunch between 12.00 and 14.00
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