To support the launch of the Annual Event Industry Salary Survey , Jill Hawkins , director , Aniseed PR Limited , explores the current working landscape

s our industry rebuilds , Mash Media and EventHub . Jobs felt it was vital to accurately assess current salaries , benefits and ways of working , to see how they may change in the future .

“ As the events industry is not accurately measured by the Office for National Statistics , there ’ s a distinct lack of data from which we can build a precise picture ,” comments Martin Fullard , editorial director of Mash Media . “ That is why we must survey and assess our community regularly .”

Therefore , both organisations have decided to launch the Annual Event Industry Salary Survey . It has been created to collect this data over the coming months , with the results to be published later this year .

The lay of the land

To help launch the survey this month , I asked industry employers to share their experience of how things have changed .

“ Sadly , many talented eventprofs were unable to work

“ This salary survey will be another critical piece of work which will shine a light on how our industry compares , giving both employers and employees a better understanding of the current landscape .”

– Martin Fullard

Dale Parmenter

Kirsty Finding

for up to two years so they left the industry and found other employment . Enticing them back now is of course a challenge but one we are confident will be overcome ,” says Mary Carter-Lee , people and culture director at Identity .

On the other hand , emc3 has been successful in enticing some of its freelancers to become permanent staff . Georgie Simon , operations manager , says : “ We are also working hard on the marketing strategy behind our job posts and how to really get the ethos of the company across

“ The emotional intelligence side of a role is really important to people now ,” agrees Robert Kenward , industry recruiter and founder of EventHub . Jobs . “ Personally , I think it always has been , but now people are more confident to raise their opinions .”

The Venues Collection is finding that training is also very important . “ We do a lot of work with apprenticeship schemes – offering them to new starters and also to our existing teams to help with their career advancements ,” says MD Joanne Barratt .

Mary Carter-Lee

Joanne Barratt

Robert Kenward

Georgie Simon

The role of salaries

Salaries also must be considered . “ Salaries are at an all-time high of which businesses recovering from the lack of event specific support throughout the pandemic are now struggling to afford and sustain ,” comments Dale Parmenter , CEO of DRPG . “ There ’ s also a huge