Marketing Events & Communications Executive
We're super charging our Marketing function here at Lumon and are looking for a talented events professional to come and join our team.
Who are we?
Lumon is a leading foreign currency exchange and international payments company which enables effortless overseas payments and corporate currency management by uniting people, technology & expertise.
We help companies expand their businesses globally, be that paying international suppliers and staff, receiving funds in from international clients, or managing currency risk in their balance sheets; and we help individual customers complete complex overseas property transactions seamlessly through a combination of great value, high levels of service and deep expertise in navigating foreign exchange and currency markets.
Backed by Pollen Street Capital, a leading UK private equity fund, we are experiencing high revenue and profit growth with an ambitious vision to build the world’s most trusted currency partner. We are passionate about what we do, and we believe helping people and companies achieve their goals is more valuable than just moving their money.
What is the role?
We’re looking for a motivated and creative Marketing Events Executive to join our growing Marketing team.
Reporting into our Senior Marketing Manager, your primary responsibility will be planning, organising, and executing marketing events to promote Lumon’s brand, products and services.
You’ll combine creativity with a can-do attitude to enhance our current Events offering that will result in leads, brand awareness and positive perceptions of the brand.
There will also be opportunities to support with other Brand building activity including PR & communication, making the role ideal for an Events marketer looking to broaden their overall marketing experience.
You’ll partner across the wider Marketing team, including CRM, Content and Digital Marketing, and work alongside the Revenue and Sales teams, to drive activities that will enhance the Lumon marketing strategy.
These partnerships will give you whilst the opportunity to develop your understanding of how marketing influences the commercial performance of a business.
This is a critical role for the business, and you’ll be fully emersed in the short term trading and long term strategy development to deliver the next phase of growth for Lumon. You can expect high levels of access and exposure to executive leadership and ongoing professional development support in a collaborative, supportive and inclusive team & culture.
What will you be doing day to day?
- Execute the marketing events strategy for our two divisions: Lumon Corporate and Lumon Private. Focusing on brand awareness, lead generation and ongoing client engagement.
- Orchestrate all aspects of marketing events, from initial planning to post-event analysis. You’ll work closely with internal teams (Sales, CRM, Content), designers, and external vendors & organisers, to manage collateral creation, comms, timelines, bookings and payments, to ensure seamless execution.
- Demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to try different approaches, proposing and delivering a variety of memorable, impactful events. These could range from exhibiting at exhibitions and conferences, hosting our own networking and thought leadership events like learning lunches and roundtables, and running client relationship sessions like wine-tasting or golf-days.
- Your events will require creativity, planning, and excellent organisational skills, and will resonate with attendees and drive business goals.
- Ensure the brand identity developed for both the Lumon Corporate & Private divisions is consistent across all event marketing collateral.
- Post-campaign reviews to ensure you can take learnings through to future activities, and ongoing analysis of the impact of events that can be presented to the business to inform future investment decisions.
- Ensure that all activity can be measured, analysed and reported back to the business on ROI, demonstrating progress toward goals.
- Incorporate consumer insight and user research learnings into activity to optimise results.
- Manage day to day relationships of third-party partners, including event owners, marketing agencies and designers.
- Ensure the ability to test and learn is integrated into our marketing approach to optimise our approach on an ongoing basis.
- Develop strong relationships with the Revenue and Sales team, and the Product and Engineering team to collaborate on strategy to drive the Lumon growth aspirations. You’ll benefit from frequent exposure to senior stakeholders across the business including the Marketing Director, Partnership Directors and Managing Directors that will help with your business acumen and career development.
- Work closely with peers across other marketing pillars (digital marketing, content and CRM) to ensure consistent approach to both Priv & Corporate Marketing & Brand proposition storytelling.
- Help to deliver our PR and communications approach as it develops. And contribute to brand advertising tasks on an adhoc basis when the team needs support.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies to drive innovation across the marketing strategy.
- Ensure all communication adheres to the relevant regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to a customer centric culture by continually putting customers at the heart of all business decisions.
- Constantly bring the outside in, sharing best in class examples from both within and beyond the industry – be that in terms of technology, contact strategy, content, execution etc.
The ideal candidate.
- You’ll be very organised and comfortable managing multiple projects at a given time.
- You’re comfortable managing multiple internal and external stakeholders; setting and managing expectations, leading meetings, and keeping relevant people accountable and informed.
- You’ll be ambitious with high levels of curiosity, low ego, a strong work ethic and you’ll put the team’s success ahead of your own.
- Your career to date demonstrates a focus on fulfilling your potential and enabling others around you to do the same.
- You’re a doer who prefers to focus on solutions rather than problems.
- You’ve got experience working in finance or another industry that is heavily regulated, though this isn’t essential.
- At least 3+ years working in events is preferable. But what’s more important is that you can demonstrate where you’ve owned projects in the past and are comfortable taking the lead.
What can we offer you?
- A competitive salary
- 25 days Annual leave, with a chance to purchase up to 5 additional days’
- Birthday day off
- Free monthly company lunches
- Summer and Christmas parties, and other fun social events throughout the year
- Access to Pirkx benefits platform which includes online GP, cashback and discounts on shopping and restaurants, gym discounts and more!
- Medicash health scheme for you and your family
- Cycle to work scheme
- Quiet/Prayer room in Head Office
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Pension contributions – ER contribution of up to 3%, Employee contribution up to 5%
- 4x Life Assurance
- Ongoing training and development
- Enhanced Family Leave
- Menopause support
- 2 additional days a year for ‘Moments that Matter'
Lumon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process.
- Department
- Marketing
- Role
- Marketing Executive
- Locations
- Holborn Office
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Marketing Events & Communications Executive
We're super charging our Marketing function here at Lumon and are looking for a talented events professional to come and join our team.
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