The posting
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About the Role
Monks is looking for a Senior Event Manager for a 6-month fixed-term contract, where you’ll work side-by-side with one of our biggest clients to create, plan, execute, and measure events. The role offers the opportunity to build events for a multi-national client. Additionally, our ideal candidate is a fast and flexible go-getter who jumps on new opportunities, knows event trends, competitor events, and industry standards. This role is based in Dublin and will require you to follow a hybrid working policy.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver outstanding quality support to the marketing events and programmes run by the Client team
- Work closely with your Client team point of contact on event data and audience development for multiple EMEA events
- Spend time building and maintaining spreadsheets with extreme attention to detail
- Work on spreadsheet updates, analysis, and heavy data for nominations and the delegate management process
- Ownership of event reporting (during and post-event)
- Ownership and/or collaboration on project timelines and project plans, ensuring deliverables are met on time
- Work effectively with external partners, creative agencies, and vendors, and internal cross-functional partners, e.g. PR, Sales, Logistics, and other Marketing teams
- Acting as a trusted project lead, reporting to our Event Director.
- Creating high-quality, high-touch creative events that communicate brand value and build brand equity among advertisers and consumers.
- Delivering high-velocity event programs, whilst managing multiple stakeholders, either for virtual or in-person event formats
- Project management of different event formats, from the initial event strategy and concepting, pre-event planning, through to live event delivery and post-event reporting
- Direct client management and reporting. Overseeing multiple projects at one time, ensuring objectives are met and exceeded.
- Financial ownership - including creating, managing, and reconciling event budgets, as well as ongoing internal and client team financial planning.
- Overseeing and managing internal teams or third-party suppliers required for the event delivery - ensuring all project deadlines are adhered to and acting as quality control for the event work delivered
- Consistent communication to the client with updates, status reports, and progress of projects against their objectives and scope
About You
The essentials:
- Strong capabilities in the area of event & project management, ideally with 4+ years of experience managing events (in-person and virtual events)
- Event trend awareness and competitive insights
- Excellent ability to multitask and stay abreast of multiple projects at one time
- Experienced in financial planning, including building and managing event budgets
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and be able to quickly react to new/urgent requests
- High-energy, detail-oriented person with a go-getter, positive attitude; comfortable working autonomously and within groups
- Experience working directly with clients to build strong relationships and create a positive experience that helps meet clients' business expectations and needs
- Effective verbal, written, and presentation-related communication skills around project planning and status, roadblocks, and, when needed, alternate courses of action
- BA/BS degree required
- Ability to travel for live events/site visits where required
At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds who are excited to contribute to our mission.
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About Monks
Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery—taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect.
This commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. Additionally, Monks.Flow earned AI-based Marketing Solution of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards and a 2026 Global Generative AI Award in the Agentic Marketing Innovation category. Finally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
