Based in North London, this is a very exciting opportunity to work with a highly motivated team of people helping our clients bring their events to life using sound, lighting and AV technologies at venues across the UK. We are looking for a suitable candidate to join our operations team as our Logistics Coordinator. As a busy Event Production company the logistics role is critical to our success. In busy periods we run multiple events each day and deliver equipment to venues across London and the UK. It takes careful planning to ensure equipment and engineers get to site on time. Ultimately, your success will be demonstrated by the company’s ability to deliver successful events. This role will also help you gain experience and support your career in the events industry.

You may currently be working in the events industry or in a role which requires you to manage and organise people in an event based company looking to make the next move in your career. This role requires some technical knowledge but more importantly the successful candidate will be highly organised, proactive, analytical, able to work under pressure and be a great people person with the ability to manage relationships between multiple stakeholders.

We deal with a wide range of clients, from individuals who want to hire a pair of speakers to large companies who require sound systems and AV equipment for large scale corporate events. The role will be working within the team to ensure confirmed orders are correctly planned and the job details and routes are dispatched to our drivers using our routing software.

The successful candidate will be someone with the following skill and experience:

• You will have some experience in a similar role.
• You will have flexibility and be willing to work unsociable hours on occasions.
• Willingness and ability to learn quickly
• Highly organised, who can plan workload and schedule multiple tasks
• Comfortable working with computers, using word/excel and using the web
• Enjoys speaking to customers and understands how to give great service
• Able to work under pressure at times
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Fluent in English, spoken and written

Core Attributes/Skills

This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your career, but you will need to meet certain criteria in order to be eligible for the role.

We would expect you to have:

Previous experience in logistics or company operations ideally in the events sector. This might be as an employee of an events company, within a venue or another relevant company.

Note that live events experience is not absolutely essential but some project management experience in other sectors will be of value.

Good written and verbal communication

A good level of numeracy and excellent attention to detail

Very good IT skills including being competent with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Qualifications

Educational: Educated to GCSE level with A-C in English and Maths (or equivalent)
Educated to industry related degree level or equivalent is desirable

Professional: Events industry experience is advantageous

Work Permit Requirement: Right to work and remain in the UK

Character Traits

You will have a strong interest in events and operational efficiency. You will also be ambitious and keen to develop client facing and personal skills with a view to supporting the growth of our company. The role will suit someone with these traits who is committed to providing a consistently high level of customer service every day of the week.

Rewards

You can look forward to:

Competitive salary plus benefits

Company pension scheme

A friendly, modern working environment

On-going training and support

Career development and progression

About Hire Frequencies

Hire Frequencies is an established Event Production Company who also offer Equipment Rentals to business and consumers. Our work spans a large cross section of the events industry and we provide equipment and services at company events, awards dinners, government events, film shoots, fashion shows, art exhibitions, launch parties, live music concerts, music festivals, sporting events and much more. We are passionate about sound, lighting and video and pride ourselves with providing outstanding service at every event, working closely with each client to build relationships to ensure we exceed their expectations. We have built an incredible reputation in the industry and this year we will carry out over 300 events and over 1000 dry hires.

We are a rapidly growing company and are focussed on continuing this growth and to expand our operations and customer base across the UK and into Europe. Our team works hard but we are constantly rewarded with outstanding feedback which motivates us to keep improving and moving forward into bigger and better events!