Manage 4 day trade show event for Online Interiors Boutique

Plum Chutney is a design-led online interiors boutique which celebrates contemporary Indian design.

We are due to participate at Pulse, the annual gifts and homeware trade show held at Earls Court London annually. http://www.pulse-london.com/.

The show will run from June 10-12th, from 9.30 to 18.00 daily. Set up is on Saturday June 9th and break down of stands by 7.30pm June 12th.

Plum Chutney designs have been hand picked by Pulse and are being showcased in their promotional material among key brands to look out for at the show.

We require A Project/Event manager with experience of the interiors industry to set up and man the stand on our behalf on all 3 days of the show. The person will need to represent Plum Chutney, describing collections, sharing relevant information with interested customers, distributing brochures to all passing trade, making a record of contact details, collecting buyer business cards, and booking orders during the show. The person will also be required to take responsibility for setting up and dressing up the stand and removing stock ad display materials and packing them up at the end of the show.

A Plum Chutney representative will be available to supervise and assist for upto 2 hours each during set up and break down. The representative will also be available on phone to check on progress, address any queries and provide guidance during show days.

Some flexibility may be possible on number of hours the candidate needs to be present at the stand with a representative possibly being available to man the stand for up to 2-3 hours daily over the 3 days of the show. The Fee band assumes negotiability on total hours spent by candidate.

Please indicate your preferred/maximum time availability when bidding.

Plum Chutney will organise to transport all show stock and display materials for set up at an appointed time and to collect them post stand break down.

The Founder of the company will personally provide a detailed briefing on collections being exhibited/launched, trade terms, lists of current and prospective buyers and promotional efforts in the run up to the show, to the candidate. This is also when the candidate will have a chance to discuss logistics for set up, break down, movement of stock etc. This will be a 2-3 hours meeting in person and will require the candidate to see and familiarise themselves with the stock.

Over and above manning and running the stand at the show, the project manager will be expected collate and submit a report of all leads generated and orders received. The candidate will also need to organise a first round of follow up via email with all leads and interested buyers. Content of follow up emails will be agreed in advance of the show.

Depending on interest and other circumstances the candidate may be asked to take on fulfillment of first round of orders received at the show.

APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE
- Experience of having visited/participated at UK Trade Shows
- A good understanding/prior experience of the interiors industry as a designer-maker, buyer, marketing/PR/project manager or other relevant function.
- Demonstrable selling and communication skills
- Email and internet savvy
- Keen interest in and awareness of Industry trends
- Appreciation for the design ethos of the Plum Chutney brand
- Few good ideas on how best to leverage the Pulse opportunity for Plum Chutney

APPLICANT SHOULD BE
- based in London
- available for a briefing before and debrief after the show at a central London location selected by Plum Chutney