Events Manager

Company introduction

Kernel Global is a multi-brand, multi-niche recruitment group of ambitious, and award-winning, brands. Each combines commerciality, ambition, and the ability to bring change-makers to the recruitment world. Our brands are located in five cities across three continents, each with a specialist focus area:
Catalyst Partners is redefining the HR and People recruitment experience;
Dartmouth Partners has been recruiting excellence from Classroom to Boardroom for more than ten years; and Pure Search is the industry expert in governance and corporate markets. This year we are launching our fourth recruitment business in the Group, focusing on Energy and Power.

The role of Events Manager is a new and key part to the Kernel Marketing team. It is a role that will be wholly owned and shaped by an ambitious and curious individual who can see the long-term opportunity of building this focus area for the Group. Kernel is at an exciting moment having just launched a new challenger recruitment brand and our global teams amping up all of their outreach activity.

The Marketing team has the opportunity to develop, trial and build a strong events strategy and function.

We are looking for a highly organised, proactive, and collaborative Events Marketing Manager to join our team. You will play a key role in shaping and delivering the Group’s events strategy across all Kernel brands, supporting our ambition to elevate brand experience, deepen client and candidate engagement, and strengthen our internal culture. Reporting into the Group Head of Marketing, you will work across all business units to ideate, plan, and execute a diverse range of internal and external events.

As our first dedicated events hire, your focus (and our commitment to you) is on establishing a best practice events function for the Group, building the processes, systems, and standards that ensure consistency, quality, and impact as we scale. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the full lifecycle of events: from concept development and stakeholder briefing, through logistics, vendor management, and delivery, to measurement and review.

You will also lead the creation of a formal events process for the Group, build and maintain a global venue and supplier log, and implement structured feedback and ROI tracking to continuously improve our approach. Working closely with the wider business, you’ll ensure each event supports our growth objectives and reinforces the strength of our brand portfolio.

• Plan, manage, and deliver events across all Kernel brand (internal, client-facing, virtual, hybrid, and experiential), ensuring alignment with marketing and business objectives.
• Manage event project timelines from concept through delivery.
• Coordinate event logistics including production, suppliers, timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communication.
• Build and implement a formal events process to standardise planning, approvals, delivery, post event reviews, feedback and ROI tracking, producing insights and recommendations to improve effectiveness.
• Introducing tools or templates to support standardising and creating efficiency of global events.
• Create and maintain a global venue and supplier database, including suitability, pricing, contracts, and performance reviews.
• Source suitable third-party sponsors for brand events.
• Build strong relationships across Kernel’s global brands and teams, communicating confidently and clearly with internal stakeholders at all levels.
• Supporting with internal Kernel-focused globally located events as and when required.

• 3–5 years of hands on experience in events or experiential marketing (agency or in house). Years are a guide - we welcome applicants who demonstrate capability and drive.
• Confident individual who can ideate, prioritise, multi task, and stay calm under pressure.
• Experience delivering multi format events (in-person, virtual, hybrid).
• Strong communication skills - clear, polished, and adaptable to different audiences.
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively.
• A proactive, solutions focused approach with strong attention to detail.
• Comfortabl…