Event Delivery Manager

Your Team: News Live is the events engine for News UK, producing more than 200 events each year that bring our brands to life for audiences, clients, and stakeholders. We operate as a high-performance events engine—seamlessly scalable to match the ambition and pace of the business. Excellence is never accidental; it’s created by people who care deeply, think smartly, and work with intent. We exist to bring our brands and journalism to life through live experiences and to foster genuine connections on and off stage that inspire people to part with their time and money.

Your Role: As an Event Manager, you are a dynamic delivery specialist within the News Live engine, accountable for the seamless execution of small-to-medium scale events across our iconic brands. This is a pivotal role for an organised, high-energy executor ready to take the next step in their career. You will be someone who thrives on the details and is eager to turn a project plan into a world-class live experience. Reporting into the team leadership, you will lead on smaller activations while collaborating as a core member of the team on larger-scale projects, ensuring every touchpoint reflects our world-renowned journalism.

Day to day You Will

• Take ownership of assigned events, moving from initial brief through to execution and strategic post-event analysis.

• Create and manage detailed project timelines, ensuring all critical milestones are met by the wider team.

• Act as a primary contact for event stakeholders, managing expectations and ensuring high levels of satisfaction.

• Collaborate with designers and agencies to align production with the creative vision of our brands.

• Develop financial acumen by managing forecasting, billing, and spend reconciliation to ensure project success.

• Offer creative solutions to logistical challenges, acting as a trusted advisor on event feasibility and propositions.

• Build trust with internal teams like Editorial, Commercial, and Marketing to provide guidance on production.

• Negotiate with suppliers and venues to secure high-quality services that drive value.

• Utilise project management tools like Smartsheet and Slack daily to maintain real-time transparency.

• Lead on-site delivery, overseeing stakeholders, suppliers, and setup to ensure a perfect attendee experience.

What we're looking for from you

• Proven experience in organising events and a readiness to lead your own projects.

• Financial literacy, with experience managing project budgets and a desire to own the bottom line.

• A passion for media, with a demonstrable understanding of how live events bring journalism to life.

• Exceptional multitasking skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

• A collaborative spirit, enjoying work within diverse project groups and internal departments.

• Clear communication, capable of producing regular reports on evaluation, ticket sales, and feedback.

• Creative problem-solving, applied to the unique logistical challenges of live events.

• Flexibility to travel and work evenings or weekends as required by the event calendar.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply.

We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at News Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.