Assistant Manager, Event Management, Strategic Partnership

About FWD Group

FWD Group is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 30 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD’s customer-led and digitally enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance.

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We are searching for an enthusiastic event assistant manager with a "can-do" attitude to assist our organization in hosting events that enhance our organization's image, improve client loyalty, and enhance our brand-to-client experience.

The event assistant manager will be tasked with researching and securing venues, planning, and managing our events' calendar, negotiating quotes and agreements with vendors, assisting with event marketing, monitoring timeframes and budgets, networking, and delivering on event brief objectives.

Your creativity, organizational skills, and vision will assist our organization in amplifying brand visibility, enhancing client and employee relations, and improve our organization's growth through events that effectively communicate business strategy and brand personality.

The ideal candidate for this role should demonstrate exceptional organizational abilities, superb interpersonal skills, multi-tasking skills, and excellent time-management. The noteworthy Event Manager should reinforce client-to-business relations, improve the organization's image, and effectively deliver on event objectives.

The Job

Develop and execute detailed event plans and concepts

Plan and organize a range of promotional, business and social events

Ensure the target audience is engaged and the message of the event is marketed properly

Manage event budgets, invoicing, and financial tracking.

Liaise and negotiate with vendors and sponsorship deals.

Manage event logistics and obtain necessary permits.

Provide timely update to senior management on event status.

Managing branding and communication

Handle data inputs related to event and reporting

Develop and analyze event feedback surveys in order to compile and analyze post-event reports to assess outcomes and improvements

The Person

Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, Hospitality, or related field

Strong communication and marketing skills with project management experience

Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills

Highly organized with the ability to multitask and manage time effectively

Proficiency in event management software and tools

Experience in risk assessment and mitigation

We offer 5-day work, 20-22 days annual leaves, excellent learning & development opportunities and an attractive package to the right candidate.

Information collected will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purpose. The company will retain all applications no longer than 24 months of which will be destroyed thereafter. When there are vacancies in any of our subsidiaries, holding companies, associated or affiliated companies of, or companies controlled by, or under common control with the Company during that period, we may transfer your application to them for consideration of employment. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability or family status in employment process.