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End Date Tuesday 02 December 2025 Salary Range £39,825 - £44,250 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary …...

End Date

Tuesday 02 December 2025

Salary Range

£39,825 - £44,250

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

Assistant Events Manager, delivering standout events for Scottish Widows pensions and insurance. A mix of hans-on event coordination with digital activation to engage audiences.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Assistant Events Manager - B2B

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time in the Edinburgh office. As part of your role there may be a need to travel in the UK. You may also be required to work irregular hours to plan and deliver events.

About this Opportunity

Join one of the UK’s most iconic brands and help shape the future of marketing. At Scottish Widows, we deliver exceptional experiences for our customers across pensions and insurance. As part of our established Events Team, you’ll play a key role in planning and delivering best-in-class events for our B2B audiences—Workplace, Wealth, Retirement, and Protection.

This is a dynamic role combining end-to-end event management with digital marketing activation. You’ll coordinate seminars, conferences, dinners, and industry events, while also driving digital campaigns to promote and enhance these experiences. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, bring creativity and a proactive approach, this is the perfect opportunity to make an impact.

What You’ll Do

  • Deliver high-quality events from concept to completion, aligned to the annual events' plan.

  • Coordinate logistics, manage suppliers, and ensure events run smoothly and on budget.

  • Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.

  • Create engaging digital communications (email and social) to promote events.

  • Contribute ideas to enhance event strategy and attendee experience.

  • Support colleagues during peak periods and collaborate across the team.

  • Take on ad-hoc projects and continuously look for ways to improve processes.

What we're looking for

Essential

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in event management (preferably B2B or corporate).

  • Skilled in creating digital content for event promotion (email and social media).

  • Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging stakeholders at all levels.

  • Strong organisational and project management abilities.

  • Proactive, adaptable, and collaborative team player with an eye for detail.

  • Experience managing budgets and supplier relationships.

Desirable

  • Experience in financial services or corporate events.

  • Familiarity with virtual/hybrid event formats and associated tech.

  • Knowledge of CRM or marketing automation tools (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot).

  • Understanding of compliance considerations in regulated industries.

Additional

  • Willingness to travel within the UK for events.

  • Flexibility to work irregular hours when required.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

  • An annual performance-related bonus

  • Share schemes including free shares

  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

  • 28 days holiday, with bank holidays on top

  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

You’ll be part of a team that values creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We offer opportunities to grow your skills in both events and digital marketing, working on projects that make a real difference to our customers and our brand. Apply now!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

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