Event & Activation Manager

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Join the JLL team and play a pivotal role as an Event & Activation Manager on the Hammerson account, a key client for JLL. In this role, you will consult, influence, and guide the event and activation experiences across Hammerson's destinations. You will be a strategic advisor, working closely with the Hammerson Marketing & Placemaking and Brand Partnerships Teams.

As the Event & Activation Manager, you will oversee a diverse portfolio of experiences that span the cultural landscape whilst consistently delivering exceptional creative execution. Your remit will cover everything from live music festivals and sporting events to light shows, art installations, and retail brand activations. This offers the opportunity to develop expertise across multiple event categories, from intimate VIP gatherings to mass‑attendance public experiences.

You will also serve as an influential coordinator between the centralised Hammerson teams, the JLL Property & Asset Management team, and the Destination teams, building consensus among multiple stakeholders. Critically, you will provide expert guidance and risk management from initial concept development through to seamless execution.

• Build relationships with Hammerson’s Marketing & Placemaking and Brand Partnerships Teams, Destination teams, and relevant key stakeholders
• Develop and build relationships with new and existing retail tenants across the destinations
• Work closely with Brand and sponsorship partners for large scale events i.e. live boxing, live music festivals
• Support decision‑making processes through expert advice

• Lead on strategic event management approaches, safety plans, timelines, schedules, and event objectives
• Liaise with the client’s insurers, providing event specific information to support risk management

• Offer technical expertise to enhance production requirements, budgets and schedules
• Recommend solutions for power, water and plumbing requirements for each event
• Prepare comprehensive briefing materials for Destination teams and Event Organisers
• Facilitate pre‑event planning meetings to ensure all site needs are considered

• Support the development of event safety plans, all aspects of compliance and health & safety to include risk assessments, insurance requirements and safe ways of working
• Ensure compliance with JLL Working Practices Manual where applicable
• Ensure all H&S and Environmental statutory and the managing agent’s best practice procedures and systems are complied with
• Work with Security Leads on protective security measures, including risk assessment, crowd management strategies, evacuation plans, personnel training, and emergency response planning, with particular focus on The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act - (Martyn's Law) requirements
• Compile and upload all event management documentation to JLL's designated risk management platform, ensuring comprehensive compliance and facilitating access to critical information.

• Guide suppliers to ensure alignment with site plans, safety information and production schedules
• Communicate destination contractor management, permit requirements and access protocols
• Provide oversight during build, event, and break down stages

• Guide internal stakeholders through collaborative approaches to ‘best in class’ activations
• Foster strong stakeholder relationships through effective communication
• Manage and develop one direct report – an Event & Activation Assistant

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