A real shift
Weeks of planning calls and site visits, then event days that start before dawn and end long after the last guest leaves.
Skills that matter
- Project management
- Budgeting
- Supplier management
- Health and safety planning
- Problem solving on the fly
Qualifications
- Event management degrees or diplomas
- Health and safety qualifications such as IOSH
- Internationally: Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), CSEP
Where it leads
- Event manager
- Senior event manager
- Head of events
- Event company founder
What we'd ask on the show
- What happens behind a festival stage
- Weather, risk and the show going on
- Event freelancers and late payment