Please note: this role will be offered on a 6 month fixed-term contract
About us
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship is the world’s first fully-electric international single-seater racing series and one of the fastest growing sports on the planet.
Consisting of some of the world’s finest drivers and greatest car manufacturers, the Championship brings close-combat, wheel-to-wheel racing to the streets of the most progressive cities.
Formula E is more than just a race. With a grid made up of all-electric cars, it’s a competitive platform to test and develop road-relevant technologies, helping to refine the design of electric vehicles while promoting the uptake of clean mobility to tackle air pollution on a global scale.
Working with us
At Formula E, we have created an environment that supports our colleagues to perform at their best. We are innovative, curious and we love the world we live in which is why we value sustainability. We believe that work should be fun and, whilst we are passionate about delivery, we are one team and supporting each other is key to our success.
Your role
This role is an event delivery and experiential position developing the fan experience and operating the Formula E fan zone, the Allianz E-Village. It is a contracted position to support the Season 6 event season and will involve exciting travel and the opportunity to grow your career journey with lots of opportunities to deliver key projects in a fast growing and innovative sports organisation.
The Allianz E-Village is a pivotal part of a Formula E weekend. It's a centrally located fan zone full of entertainment, educational and interactive experiences for fans to enjoy throughout the day. It is open to the general public and attracts up to 40,000 fans on race day.
The Allianz E-Village is the cultural capital of Formula E and sets an example as to how Formula E brings fans, drivers and teams closer together through autograph signing sessions and e-race gaming events pitching drivers against real fans.
In addition to this, the Allianz E-Village is where the energy is; there are music events, DJ's, chill out zones, learning zones, technological showcases, car manufacturer stands and a host of relevant exhibitors.
Over the past 5 seasons, the Allianz E-Village has grown from humble beginnings to what's described above. The challenge going forward is to innovate and transform the Allianz E-Village into the world class fan experience it must be.
The team
You will work in the Event Experience (Experiential) Team, reporting to an Event Experience Manager and will provide full administrative and operational support to the team in planning and delivering fan experience projects for Formula E internationally.
The teams' overall responsibilities are:
- Strategic: Reviewing objectives for the Allianz E-Village, determining the type of experience that should be pursued, identifying target audience
- Creative: Alongside partners and agencies, ensuring the Allianz E-Village is a vibrant, progressive, cool, branded space that's bigger than the sum of its constituent parts
- Operational: Physically coordinating the Allianz E-Village build, working in partnership with local agencies, production teams, manufacturers and partners.
What you will be doing
- Supporting the Event Experience Manager with managing international agencies on the briefing, design and implementation of the Allianz E-Village
- Manging the process for the team of submitting, tracking and ensuring POs are created and payment is made on time
- Help develop documentation for the team to advance the way the Event Experience team operate, brief and manage the workload
- Managing incredibly tight deadlines without compromising the fan experience
- Working with Allianz E-Village exhibitors to ensure third party exhibitors are operating to a high standard and are adding value to the fan experience through their on-site activity
- Working closely with all Formula E departments, especially Production and Event Management but also digital and website teams
- Developing insights and research opportunities to understand whether our fan experience is fit for purpose. Comparable benchmarking audits against other similar experiences
- Delivering post-event reports and debriefs to understand what works and what doesn't in our hunt for continual improvement.
What we are looking for
- Event delivery experience or education focused on sport/event management working on large, international event delivery projects including festivals, sports fan zones, etc
- Passion for innovation and confident in independently driving new projects forward
- Excellent production knowledge a bonus, including planning, permits, scheduling, logistics, H&S, AV
- Strong communication skills
- Multi-tasker. Must be able to calmly fight fires while simultaneously doing 3 other things
- Proactive, resilient, restless, energetic, can-doer
- Managing multiple stakeholders and being adept at finding consensus
- Solution orientated. Always
- Organised at an almost military level
- Empathy and flexibility to work in an international environment and amongst a diverse international workforce
- Proficiency in English and at least one other language, ideally German, Italian, Arabic or Chinese
- Passion for motorsport beneficial but not essential.
Due to the number of applications we receive, ONLY successful applicants will be contacted.
PLEASE NOTE: It is unlawful to employ a person in a UK-based job who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to your situation before applying for any jobs. Formula E is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer a unique opportunity, a competitive salary and an environment that inspires innovation and supports professionals to perform at their best in their chosen fields.