My specific job role within the Arley Hall event

My job role for A Classical Serenade at Arley Hall was the Events Manager. As the manager, I was responsible for chairing the meetings we had as a group, and controlling / managing timings (aka deadlines) for the entire event throughout the planning process. These meetings allow me to communicate with managers in other departments, such as the marketing, technical and Front of House managers.

 It was important that their developments as I was in charge of the over all running of the event and to ensure everything was cleared with Shelagh, at Arley Hall before we made any decisions for certain. An example of when this came about was when Gemma (FoH) wanted to cover Arley's car parking sign with our own for the evening. I was the point of contact to Shelagh on behalf of production arts, therefore I had to know what was going on so I could act professionally and be confident in what I was saying at all times. The meetings gave me and other members of the teams a chance to challenge or put across our views on a decision and to hear what their plans were and whether they were working to deadlines and they understood their job roles fully.

My other responsibilities were to create a risk assessment for our event at Arley Hall and to purchase any licences we may have needed. Lastly, my job role included being in charge of the overall budget, including that of each department. I had an income and expenditure spread sheet to manage this.