Event Manager

Own the safe, on-time, on-budget delivery of every Wildkind event, on the ground.

You will take an empty field or building and turn it into a Wildkind event, then hold the whole thing together when it goes live. Across Camp Wildfire, Camp Kindling and Winter Wildfire, you will own delivery end to end: site and logistics, build and breakdown, crew and suppliers, infrastructure and AV, and the live run of show. The show is yours to run on the ground, leading the crew and making the calls in the moment.

It is hands‑on and weekend‑real, in all weathers, with early starts, late nights and event‑period nights on site. If that is the work you want, and you would rather be in a field making it happen than watching from an office, read on.

This could be the position for you. You'll build something real, and see the difference it makes to people's lives.

Wildkind is an events company. We create experiences that spark curiosity, encourage endeavour and create joy. Our two flagship festivals, Camp Wildfire and Camp Kindling, bring thousands of people together each year to try new things and feel part of something, and Winter Wildfire carries that into the colder months. A real community has grown up around what we make, and it is now the centre of everything we do.

We are founder‑led, profitable and growing. We have a supportive, growth‑focused culture: we invest in learning, we are honest about the hard parts, and we care that our work has a positive impact on our customers, our team and the places we run events.

Salary: £44,000 to £52,000 a year, with a midpoint of £48,000.

Working pattern: Full time, 5 days a week.

Location: London, hybrid (a minimum of 2 days a week in our London office), plus residential time on site at events.

Final date to receive applications: Midnight on Thursday 30 July 2026.

Benefits: Bupa health and dental, £1,000 learning budget, profit share, monthly team socials, Wild Working, Cycle to Work and industry perks.

Annual leave: 30 days annual leave (including public holidays).

Working hours: Full time, starting between 9am and 10am on a regular pattern, with extended on‑site hours including evenings and overnight around events.

We publish the full hiring range. We benchmark pay at the 60th percentile of the market using independent salary data, and we don't make offers outside of the range. Salary offers reflect your experience within the range.

Turn an empty field or building into a Wildkind event, then hold it together when it goes live: own the safe, on‑time and on‑budget delivery of every event across Camp Wildfire, Camp Kindling and Winter Wildfire, from site and logistics, build and breakdown, crew and suppliers, to infrastructure, AV and the live run of show. You run the show on the ground and make the calls in the moment, escalating major or business‑affecting decisions to the Operations Manager.

You build the crew, suppliers and systems so delivery gets stronger and more reliable season on season.

By the end of your first year:

Every event in the portfolio built, run and broken down to the published schedule, with no safety‑critical build overruns and doors opening on time.

Event Safety Management Plans and event documentation completed and signed off before build, meeting SAG, licensing and Purple Guide requirements.

The event delivery and production budget delivered to plan, with variances flagged before they are incurred.

A documented, reliable onsite crew with a healthy season‑on‑season return rate, ending our history of starting from scratch each year.

Production and delivery requirements captured cleanly in our shared Fibery data model, with schedules, contingency and emergency plans documented and reusable.

Site plans that can be updated in‑house, without sole reliance on a freelancer.

We focus on the objectives above; the list below is a starting point, not an exhaustive job description. In your first quarter you will:

Plan and run site logistics, build, breakdown and the live run of show across the portfolio, owning routine event‑day decisions.

Author and maintain Event Safety Management Plans and…