Events and Sponsorship Executive

Overview

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen Comprises Three Businesses, Interactive Investor (ii), Investments, And Adviser, Each Of Which Focuses On Meeting And Adapting To Our Clients’ Evolving Needs

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

The Investments Campaigns, Sponsorship and Events Team are focused on building momentum for the Aberdeen Investments brand and to create consistency across our marketing touchpoints, as-well as activating our sponsorship opportunities and events in line with our overall brand and business objectives. The Sponsorship and Events part of the team is focused on strengthening our strategic event activation and delivery of sponsorship vehicles for target audiences.

The role is to support the delivery of events and sponsorship vehicles in our key growth regions, in line with our overall brand, business and strategic growth objectives. The role holder will support the planning and execution of high-impact events that strengthen client relationships, consistently promote the Aberdeen Investments brand, and support business development initiatives.

• Supporting the management and delivery of a wide range of in-person, hybrid and virtual events that support our growth ambitions across all channels, with a particular focus on our key markets in the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific.
• Delivering high quality events for our clients and internal stakeholders that are consistent with our brand and business objectives and ensure a premium event experience.
• Onboarding and developing new relationships with event suppliers in our key growth markets and working with key supporting agencies including promotional agencies, print suppliers, 3rd parties, venues and external vendors.
• Collaborate with a range of internal stakeholders to deliver events in-line with business goals.
• Support with managing events budgets, timelines and logistics, to ensure all elements of the event are delivered on time and within scope.
• Manage the invitation process, delegate lists, RSVP tracking and more through utilising event management technology platforms.
• Manage the compliance processes for our programme events to ensure all aspects of the event are compliant and within Aberdeen Investments policy.
• Supporting detailed post event evaluation, audience analysis, metrics and ROI.

• Events Management Expertise:
  Experience in supporting the planning, delivery and evaluation of in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Experience in financial services is beneficial, but not essential.
• Sound understanding of how to use events technology platforms effectively:
  Experience using technology and marketing automation platforms to support with the delivery of events. Experience using the following tools would be beneficial:
  Cvent, Salesforce, Microsoft Office and Share Point.
• Client-facing skills:
  Ability to engage with institutional and wholesale investors appropriately and pleasantly.
• Stakeholder…