Event and Marketing Manager

Role Overview

The Event and Marketing Manager works with the Event Director across the full scope of planning, governance, market development, creative development, communications, programming, and delivery of the Australian International Boat Show (AIBS). The role provides central coordination, protects the integrity of the event plan, and helps turn the show’s strategy into an engaging, commercially relevant experience.

What You Will Do

Maintain the integrated event plan, key milestones, action registers, meeting schedules, and decision records. Support the preparation of agendas, briefing papers, presentations, reports, correspondence, and meeting notes with the Event Director.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate will gain exposure to every major element of event delivery and will be expected to develop sound judgement, commercial awareness, market knowledge, and the confidence to coordinate defined workstreams within agreed policies and delegated authority.

Requirements

• Strong interest in event management and a genuine ambition to build a career in event leadership.
• Understanding of, or strong interest in, advertising, marketing, creative development, audience communications, and live-event programming.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a disciplined approach to plans, deadlines, records, and follow-up.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the confidence to deal professionally with senior and external stakeholders.
• Good commercial judgement, discretion, and respect for approval and governance requirements.
• Ability to absorb information across multiple workstreams, identify connections, and maintain an accurate overall picture.
• Curiosity about consumer behaviour and the ability to gather, assess, and clearly present market and audience insights.
• Creative thinking grounded in commercial purpose, operational practicality, and the needs of exhibitors and visitors.
• A collaborative, service-led mindset and willingness to help the wider team deliver.
• Confidence using Microsoft 365; experience with CRM, project-management or event-management systems is advantageous.

Benefits

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms, and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
• Time out: annual leave plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world