Event Administrator - Remote (SA)

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and highly organised event administrator to join Newton Media. With our market-leading brands we have ambitious plans to expand our product range and grow our revenues. We are looking for someone with an excellent eye for detail and an interest in website design. You will be adaptable to new technologies and have excellent time management skills.

The objective of this role is to provide administrative support to the operations and marketing teams working on the event portfolio to ensure websites and materials are accurate and up to date enabling effective execution and marketing of the event portfolio.

What’s in it for you

A salary of 12000 ZAR per month. Remote and flexible working. Plus mental health and wellbeing support, financial assistance programme and birthday leave.

What you’ll be doing

Your responsibilities will include:

• Event website creation and maintenance using basic website templates and ‘drag and drop’ style builder
• Checking production sheets for new speakers and sponsors and updating the website accordingly
• Collating and creating powerpoint slides for on site event delivery
• Collating speaker headshots, logos, and additional creatives in central repository
• Creating handbooks for speakers and sponsors with relevant event information

Requirements

About you

You will consider attention to detail a key measure of success, have unbeatable organisational skills, and the ability to communicate with external stakeholders of all levels in a professional and friendly manner. The capability to thrive under pressure will ensure success in this role as working on multiple projects simultaneously will be required. A keen interest in design and website design is key for this position.

We are looking for a tenacious team player that is confident in taking ownership of their responsibilities, but even more confident in asking for help when they need it.

This role sits within an operations team of 2 (but with a close relationship to the marketing team consisting of an additional 3 team members) with a wealth of experience and knowledge to draw from and collaborate with.

What you’ll need

Essential skills

• Strong project management and administrative skills
• Keen eye for design
• Highly organised, meticulous and accurate
• Ability to adjust to tight deadlines, being able to manage multiple deadlines and have strategies for managing workload
• Demonstrate team working ethos
• Willing to learn
• Be able to manage several tasks concurrently
• Prepared to ‘go the extra mile’
• Intuitive, conscientious, diligent and accurate at all times
• Able to work autonomously/without “hand-holding”
• Flexible and agile – able to adapt to new situations and quickly adopt new technologies

Experience

• 2yr + experience working in an administrative role
• Experience within an events organisation preferable
• Canva experience essential
• Fluent English speaker
• Event management software experience
• Experience working on events/awards ceremonies

Knowledge

• An understanding of marketing processes and lifecycle particularly those that exist around and digital content.

Qualifications

• Matric (Grade 12)

• Fluent English speaker
• Proficient at using different IT systems including Microsoft Office, Google G-Suite and able to pick up technology easily

And most importantly you’ll be

• A nice, friendly and honest person with a cheerful disposition

Benefits

A competitive salary, remote and flexible working. Plus mental health and wellbeing support, financial assistance programme and birthday leave.