Events & Conferences Manager

Job Description

Events & Conferences Manager - EMEA

Full-time, permanent

London or Sheffield

About us:

Fragomen is the world’s leading exclusive provider of immigration services. We are a firm of more than 6,200 immigration-focused professionals and staff spanning more than 60 offices worldwide. Immigration has been our sole focus for 70 years, and today we offer support in more than 170 countries. We are problem-solvers, innovators and established thought leaders in immigration, providing strategic immigration advice to a diverse range of clients from individuals to the world’s leading multinational corporations.

Fragomen’s professionals are respected thought leaders in the immigration field providing expertise to governments across the world including the US Congress, the UK Parliament, the European Union and the United Nations.

A career at Fragomen will provide you with the opportunity to work in an exciting environment for a broad range of clients, where no two days will be the same. You will face interesting challenges and you will work with dedicated, friendly and ambitious people, where providing exceptional client service is at the core of what we do. We are extremely proud of our diverse workforce at Fragomen and we are fully committed to providing equal opportunities.  We believe that our differences make us stronger.

About the role:
Fragomen seeks an EMEA Events and Conferences Manager based in London or Sheffield.  This role, which is part of the overall Marketing & Business Development Department, will be focused on managing, planning and executing firm-hosted and sponsored events in the EMEA region, including client briefings, speaking engagements, conferences, receptions, networking events and online events, as well as managing and maintaining the firm’s EMEA events’ calendar.

The EMEA Events and Conferences Manager will be conscientious, with a “can do” and resourceful approach. The role reports to the Senior Manager of Events and Conferences and involves working closely with the larger Marketing and Business Development Team, senior management, partners and practice leaders and other colleagues around the firm.

What an Events and Conferences Manager does at Fragomen:

• Lead the management of sponsorships and ensuring they align with the firm’s strategic goals and deliver value to the business.
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and address the needs of a fast-paced region with high expectations while ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders to define objectives, messaging, and deliverables, ensuring all events and sponsorships are fully aligned with the firm’s business goals and partnerships.
• Coordinate all behind-the-scenes logistics, ensuring smooth operations through effective vendor management, schedule development, issue resolution, and contingency planning.
• Collaborate across departments—including Communications, Business Development, Marketing Technology, and Design—to ensure events and sponsorships are strategically aligned and deliver consistent messaging and branding.
• Travel up to 15% to manage events on-site, providing leadership and resolving any logistical or operational challenges.
• Manage an in-region Senior Events and Conferences Specialist, ensuring consistent execution and delivery of high-quality events throughout the region.
• Coordinate the firm’s EMEA event calendar, including the posting of events in the firm’s event management tool, website, webcast platform, email marketing and CRM systems.
• Track and evaluate event and sponsorship performance, measuring success through defined ROI metrics such as lead generation, audience engagement, and budget management, and provide detailed post-event reporting.
• Foster strong relationships and demonstrate exceptional communication skills when working with internal and external clients, sponsors, vendors, and other key stakeholders.
• Support special projects and contribute to the broader Marketing and Business Development Department as needed, ensuring alignment and consistency across initiatives.

About you:

• Qualification in marketing, business, event management, communications, public relations, or a related field.
• Strong experience in an events role, preferably in a legal or other professional services firm.
• Strong project management and multitasking skills and the ability to work effectively in high-pressure situations requiring adherence to tight deadlines.
• Client service oriented with the aptitude to address internal and external clients’ needs in a professional and courteous manner.
• Ability to quickly develop a strong working knowledge of the firm, its practice groups, and its clients and their industry sectors.
• Must be adaptable to working across multiple time zones and capable of operating independently with limited support.
• Highly analytical, organised, and detail oriented.
• Solid writing, editing and proofreading skills.
• Accustomed to collaborating, excelling and delivering outcomes in a team environment.
• Capable of learning and understanding an audience and producing targeted events.
• Independently driven, resourceful, proactive, and self-motivated with a "make it happen" mindset and strong interpersonal skills.
• High proficiency with Cvent, On24, Salesforce CRM, Marketo, Social Media platforms, SurveyMonkey, Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.); knowledge of InDesign and Adobe Creative and Marketing Cloud a plus.
• Experience in marketing immigration services a plus.
• Additional language skills a plus.

Fragomen in the UK:

Our UK team is made up of over 700 people working across two offices, based in London and Sheffield. Both offices are centrally located in their respective cities, with the Sheffield office having the added bonus of free on-site parking. Our people work collaboratively and dynamically in a positive environment, with over 20 different languages being spoken.

The Firm operates a hybrid working model, which incorporates a blend of in-person attendance as well as working from home – our aim being to fully leverage our remote working technology and provide a balance for our people in the way that they work.

Whether in the office or working remotely, we are proud of our team spirit and we like to reflect this in the way that we work and everything we do. Our Responsible Business Practices (“RBP”) prioritises Fragomen’s social responsibility through one cross-cutting theme and five focus areas of Wellbeing, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, CSR including Pro Bono, Social and Sustainability. The RBP initiatives offer great opportunities for everyone at Fragomen to get involved and help steer a variety of initiatives and activities.

Fragomen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity for all employees and applicants, regardless of race, ethnicity, heritage, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.