Job Title: Events Crew
Location: London
Salary: £10.00 to £18.00+ p/h – Invoices are paid monthly, a month in hand. New starters get a 3 month grace period.
Job type: Permanent, Full time, Part time.
The Role:
Konnect Event Services is a premium supplier of Events Crew nationwide. With Covid-restrictions coming to an end we are looking to rebuild our team of Events professionals and can provide the perfect new challenge/career within a dynamic and interesting industry. To any experienced Events Crew please also get in touch for more senior roles on our crew.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Loading and unloading trucks
- Setting up sound, lighting and AV equipment
- Building and dismantling set and staging
- Working as site crew/production crew/runners on festivals and corporate shows
- General labouring with plenty of heavy lifting and support
- Drivers are also needed where jobs are outside of London (own vehicle or Konnect vehicles can be used)
- Plant Operators also needed (Telehandler, Counterbalance, IPAF etc.)
Required Skills/Qualifications:
We are looking for brand new candidates that are new to Events as well as experienced Events workers. You need to be prepared to work unsociable hours and weekends as it’s a 24-hour industry. The job involves a lot of heavy lifting and hard graft so candidates need to be physically capable. A good, can-do attitude towards work, punctuality and reliability are all vital to us. You’ll be working on a self-employed basis but help with tax returns/UTR numbers/book-keeping will be offered to you and we’ll explain that in full in the inductions or over the phone prior to that, if there’s any confusion.
What We Offer:
The pay starts from £10p/h (plus shift bonuses) for inexperienced crew and can go up to £18+ an hour for top experienced supervisors (based on bonuses for skills and extra responsibility and with extra bonuses still possible on top of that). The hours are flexible and can be part-time or full-time. We had gone through a massive expansion in London before the pandemic and it looks as though most of our work/clients will be back and extremely busy from now on, so for the right candidates we can offer a lot of work and a quick route to progression within our company.
Training will be provided in the inductions as well as onsite and you’ll be given insight into all aspects of the Events world including; Lighting and Sound, Stage Building, Set Design and Carpentry across all types of Events ranging from Festivals to Corporate Shows/Exhibitions and more.
If this sounds like the sort of job you’d be a good fit for please get in touch straight away, via e-mail with your CV and a covering letter explaining why you think you’d be a good fit for the job. We will be doing phone interviews then inductions in the next couple of weeks and have roles starting onsite immediately
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Events Executive, Events Coordinator, Seminar Organiser, Event Organiser, Events Officer, Events Coordinator, Event Assistant, Event Administrator, Events Administrator, Exhibition, Conference Officer, Conference Executive, Conference Assistant may also be considered for this role.
