Events Executive - 6 months temporary contract
Role Overview
The Events Executive provides day-to-day administrative and coordination support to the Events Team, primarily supporting the Assistant Events Manager.
The role supports MMI events, venue partnerships, and brand activations.
This is a temporary six-month role covering event preparation, logistics, on-site delivery, and post-event administration.
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About MMI
MMI distributes and retails wines, spirits, champagne, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages, and operates across three continents.
The company is headquartered in Dubai and is a subsidiary of the Emirates Group.
Job purpose
The Events Executive provides day-to-day administrative and coordination support to the Events Team, primarily supporting the Assistant Events Manager.
The role supports MMI events, venue partnerships, and brand activations.
This is a temporary six-month role covering event preparation, logistics, on-site delivery, and post-event administration.
Key responsibilities
- Maintain event calendars, trackers, records, approvals, and documentation; schedule meetings, take notes, and follow up on actions.
- Organize supplier quotations, purchase-order requests, invoice processing, and event expense tracking.
- Coordinate bookings and logistics for staffing, access, stock, equipment, setup, and breakdown.
- Support guest lists, ticket allocations, and partner hosting; liaise with suppliers, venues, and internal teams.
- Provide hands-on event preparation and on-site delivery support; consolidate data and feedback for reporting and expense reconciliation.
Required experience and skills
- 2–5 years’ experience in event administration, coordination, hospitality, or a similar support role.
- Strong organization, deadline management, accuracy, communication, teamwork, and follow-through.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when required for events.
Desirable skills
- Familiarity with supplier quotations, purchase orders, invoices, and expense reconciliation is desirable.
- Asana or similar project-management tool experience is desirable.
- Event-logistics, guest-list, ticket-allocation, or hospitality-arrangement experience is desirable.
- A customer-focused approach and willingness to provide hands-on support are desirable.
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