Events managers and organisers
Events managers and organisers manage, organise and coordinate business conferences, exhibitions, concerts and similar events.
- Employees (UK)
- 46k
- Median annual pay
- £29,101
- Exposure score ?
- 1.1/10 Minimal 8.6/10 Very high strict reading, with tools is 8.6/10 with-tools reading, strict is 1.1/10
- Wage exposure
- £147m £1.15bn
Higher exposure than 58% of the 379 UK occupations we scored.
What this score means.
Most of this role's work is still hard for AI: physical presence, practised skill, judgement in context and direct care, the things that do not turn into text.
If you are in this role
Nothing here is under pressure today, but the frontier moves. Learn enough to direct AI at the paperwork around the job. People in hands-on roles who can do that become unusually useful inside their organisations.
Almost every routine task in this role is within reach of today's models. Roles like this are being rebuilt, usually not by disappearing but by one person using AI to produce what several did.
If you are in this role
Be the person doing the rebuilding. People who learn to run this kind of work with AI become very valuable, and the ones who wait tend to have the change made for them.
Where the work usually starts.
This role's strict reading is low because its top tasks are judgement, not drafting. The three highest-stakes tasks below are still usually where the work starts. Switch to With tools to see what AI plus the right context can take on.
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Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
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Review event bills for accuracy and approve payment.
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Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
These are the most important tasks AI can already handle when paired with the right tools and context. The first wins usually come from building workflows around them. That is the difference between a model that could do the job and one that actually does it inside your business.
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Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
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Review event bills for accuracy and approve payment.
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Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
Every role has three or four places like these. Finding them takes an hour. Turning them into a workflow your team actually uses takes a few days.
Every task in the role.
Every O*NET task for this occupation, split by what AI can do unaided and what still needs a person. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central each task is.
Tasks via O*NET "Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners" (13-1121.00).
What AI can already do
2 of 21 tasks, unaided
Review event bills for accuracy and approve payment.
Maintain records of event aspects, including financial details.
What still needs a person
19 of 21 tasks
Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
Arrange the availability of audio-visual equipment, transportation, displays, and other event needs.
Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.
Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.
Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise.
Negotiate contracts with such service providers and suppliers as hotels, convention centers, and speakers.
Evaluate and select providers of services according to customer requirements.
Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements.
Hire, train, and supervise volunteers and support staff required for events.
Conduct post-event evaluations to determine how future events could be improved.
Direct administrative details, such as financial operations, dissemination of promotional materials, and responses to inquiries.
Organize registration of event participants.
Meet with sponsors and organizing committees to plan scope and format of events, to establish and monitor budgets, or to review administrative procedures and event progress.
Develop event topics and choose featured speakers.
Promote conference, convention and trades show services by performing tasks such as meeting with professional and trade associations, and producing brochures and other publications.
Read trade publications, attend seminars, and consult with other meeting professionals to keep abreast of meeting management standards and trends.
Design and implement efforts to publicize events and promote sponsorships.
Obtain permits from fire and health departments to erect displays and exhibits and serve food at events.
Tasks via O*NET "Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners" (13-1121.00).
What AI can already do
18 of 21 tasks, with tools
Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.
Review event bills for accuracy and approve payment.
Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.
Arrange the availability of audio-visual equipment, transportation, displays, and other event needs.
Maintain records of event aspects, including financial details.
Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise.
Negotiate contracts with such service providers and suppliers as hotels, convention centers, and speakers.
Evaluate and select providers of services according to customer requirements.
Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements.
Hire, train, and supervise volunteers and support staff required for events.
Conduct post-event evaluations to determine how future events could be improved.
Direct administrative details, such as financial operations, dissemination of promotional materials, and responses to inquiries.
Organize registration of event participants.
Meet with sponsors and organizing committees to plan scope and format of events, to establish and monitor budgets, or to review administrative procedures and event progress.
Develop event topics and choose featured speakers.
Promote conference, convention and trades show services by performing tasks such as meeting with professional and trade associations, and producing brochures and other publications.
Read trade publications, attend seminars, and consult with other meeting professionals to keep abreast of meeting management standards and trends.
Design and implement efforts to publicize events and promote sponsorships.
What still needs a person
3 of 21 tasks
Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.
Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.
Obtain permits from fire and health departments to erect displays and exhibits and serve food at events.
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What it means for your sector.
This role's score comes from Eloundou et al's 2023 task labels, weighted by O*NET importance within each O*NET-SOC code, then bridged to UK SOC 2020 through ISCO-08 (the ONS coding index) and US SOC 2010 (the BLS crosswalk). Employment and median pay come from ONS ASHE Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional, which covers employees only.
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