Event Specialist (Marketing & Brand) at Prescient

Purpose of role:


To deliver industry-leading events, client engagements, and sponsorship initiatives that align with Prescient's business and marketing objectives, ensuring every event delivers on relevant brand and client experience standards across face-to-face and virtual formats.


Duties and responsibilities:
Core Duties & Responsibilities (Events and Brand Delivery)

Plan and deliver strategic events and client engagements


Conceptualise (where relevant), plan, manage, and coordinate logistics for client engagements and events (in-person and virtual) across the Group.
Create detailed event briefs (objective, requirements, budget, sponsor/key contact) and provide conceptual/creative guidance to internal teams and external suppliers.
Ensure events deliver on Prescient brand and client experience standards.
Critically evaluate how each event fits into the marketing strategy and ensure it adds value to business objectives.
Source and recommend suitable venues where applicable; coordinate suppliers to deliver high-quality outputs.


Budgeting, governance, and post-event reporting


Prepare detailed budgets, secure approvals, and provide post-event budget reconciliation and analysis with key learnings for future improvement.
Manage the invitation process, monitor and report on RSVPs, and capture attendee information relevant to event logistics (with strong attention to detail).


Sponsorships + industry event management (Group-wide)


Act as the primary contact for strategic industry events and sponsorship participation across entities, including managing deadlines for branded materials, business information, and payments.
Coordinate with marketing teams and business stakeholders to create/source brochures, video, and branded materials required for sponsorships and industry events; brief external service providers when needed.


Brand-aligned collateral, gifting, and promotional items


Procure promotional and branded items aligned with Prescient brand standards.
Build and manage a supplier network.
Stay current on new gifting concepts; manage stock and monthly recharge where required.


Internal events and marketing team support


Provide logistical support for internal marketing events and strategy sessions (room/venue bookings, guest speakers, Group year-end events, etc.).
Update and circulate the corporate events calendar regularly.
Support marketing overflow projects and administration; contribute to the conceptualisation and execution of end-to-end marketing campaigns where needed.


Required experience:


Minimum 4 years' experience in an Events Specialist / Events Planning role within financial services (or closely comparable professional services environment).
Experience implementing and managing global in-person and virtual events.
A valid driver's licence is essential for this role, as travel is required.


Required Qualifications:


Marketing-related qualification (National Diploma / Degree).


Key competencies:


Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
Ability to turn events into marketing "moments": pre-event awareness, during-event storytelling, and post-event follow-through (content and relationship momentum).
Strong instinct for brand detail: look/feel, tone, guest experience, and consistency across touchpoints.
Comfortable collaborating with digital marketing, design to brief assets and ensure approvals/sign-off are tight.
Ownership mentality: accountable for delivering high-quality outcomes.
Proactive, takes initiative, proposes creative solutions.
Creative and conceptual thinker; curious and ideas-driven.
Highly organised with strong time management; can work independently and in a team.
Strong communication skills and stakeholder management; able to build strong working relationships.
Builds technical knowledge of business units and clients to improve event relevance and execution.


Values & Behaviours (aligned to Prescient's expectations for the role)


Be Exceptional (resilient, high standards, delivers results).
Build Trust (thorough, long-term thinking, certainty-led execution).
Instil Accountability (responsible, team-minded, inspires follow-through).