Camp Wildfire
Only The
Curious

Event Manager

Own the safe, on-time, on-budget delivery of every Wildkind event, on the ground.

You will take an empty field or building and turn it into a Wildkind event, then hold the whole thing together when it goes live. Across Camp Wildfire, Camp Kindling and Winter Wildfire, you will own delivery end to end: site and logistics, build and breakdown, crew and suppliers, infrastructure and AV, and the live run of show. The show is yours to run on the ground, leading the crew and making the calls in the moment. It is hands-on and weekend-real, in all weathers, with early starts, late nights and event-period nights on site. If that is the work you want, and you would rather be in a field making it happen than watching from an office, read on.

This could be the position for you. You'll build something real, and see the difference it makes to people's lives.

About Wildkind

Wildkind is an events company. We create experiences that spark curiosity, encourage endeavour and create joy. Our two flagship festivals, Camp Wildfire and Camp Kindling, bring thousands of people together each year to try new things and feel part of something, and Winter Wildfire carries that into the colder months. A real community has grown up around what we make, and it is now the centre of everything we do.

We are founder-led, profitable and growing. We have a supportive, growth-focused culture: we invest in learning, we are honest about the hard parts, and we care that our work has a positive impact on our customers, our team and the places we run events.

Key information

  • Salary: £44,000 to £52,000 a year, with a midpoint of £48,000.

  • Working pattern: Full time, 5 days a week.

  • Location: London, hybrid (a minimum of 2 days a week in our London office), plus residential time on site at events.

  • Application deadline: Midnight on Thursday 30 July 2026.

  • Benefits: Bupa health and dental, £1,000 learning budget, profit share, monthly team socials, Wild Working, Cycle to Work and industry perks.

  • Annual leave: 30 days annual leave (including public holidays).

  • Working hours: Full time, starting between 9am and 10am on a regular pattern, with extended on-site hours including evenings and overnight around events.

  • Start date: Sep/Oct 2026.

We publish the full hiring range. We benchmark pay at the 60th percentile of the market using independent salary data, and we don't make offers outside of the range. Salary offers reflect your experience within the range.

Your mission

Turn an empty field or building into a Wildkind event, then hold it together when it goes live: own the safe, on-time and on-budget delivery of every event across Camp Wildfire, Camp Kindling and Winter Wildfire, from site and logistics, build and breakdown, crew and suppliers, to infrastructure, AV and the live run of show. You run the show on the ground and make the calls in the moment, escalating major or business-affecting decisions to the Operations Manager. You build the crew, suppliers and systems so delivery gets stronger and more reliable season on season.

Your objectives

By the end of your first year:

  • Every event in the portfolio built, run and broken down to the published schedule, with no safety-critical build overruns and doors opening on time.

  • Event Safety Management Plans and event documentation completed and signed off before build, meeting SAG, licensing and Purple Guide requirements.

  • The event delivery and production budget delivered to plan, with variances flagged before they are incurred.

  • A documented, reliable onsite crew with a healthy season-on-season return rate, ending our history of starting from scratch each year.

  • Production and delivery requirements captured cleanly in our shared Fibery data model, with schedules, contingency and emergency plans documented and reusable.

  • Site plans that can be updated in-house, without sole reliance on a freelancer.

Your responsibilities

We focus on the objectives above; the list below is a starting point, not an exhaustive job description. In your first quarter you will:

  • Plan and run site logistics, build, breakdown and the live run of show across the portfolio, owning routine event-day decisions.

  • Author and maintain Event Safety Management Plans and event documentation, and take them through SAG, licensing and Purple Guide sign-off.

  • Own first-line incident response on site, managing and recording incidents against the tiers in the Event Safety Management Plan and escalating at the defined threshold.

  • Source, book, brief and coordinate onsite suppliers and handle advancing, procuring for value with the agreed check on larger commitments.

  • Recruit, brief and manage the seasonal freelance onsite crew, give them real ownership on site, and rebook the best.

  • Specify and deliver shared infrastructure (stages, marquees, power) to the requirements set by the programme.

  • Capture production and delivery requirements in Fibery, and keep schedules, contingency and emergency plans current.

Your experience

Must-haves (what you bring on day one):

  • Proven end-to-end delivery of live outdoor or temporary events on the ground: you have run build, breakdown and the live run of show, and held the final call under time pressure.

  • Personally authored or co-authored event safety documentation (Event Safety Management Plans or equivalent) and worked within SAG, licensing and Purple Guide requirements.

  • A track record of recruiting, briefing and managing freelance onsite crew and suppliers, and rebooking the best of them.

  • Enough working knowledge of the production stack (power and distribution, welfare and temporary infrastructure, AV, and the rigging, sound and lighting suppliers provide) to brief and challenge suppliers and not be caught out.

  • Comfortable delivering events to budget and flagging variances before they are incurred.

Nice-to-haves (accelerators):

  • Site plan design and AutoCAD (or similar).

  • A full UK driving licence.

  • Experience delivering across more than one event format or audience, for example adults and families.

  • A ready bench of crew and suppliers you have worked with before.

  • Experience building or running delivery and production systems (we use Fibery).

If you are not sure you tick every nice-to-have, please apply anyway. We care far more about the evidence you bring than a checklist.

This role is probably not for you if

  • You prefer a predictable Monday-to-Friday desk role. This one has residential event weekends, extended on-site hours including evenings and overnight, and travel to rural sites in all weathers.

  • You want final sign-off on year-round health and safety, licensing or supplier contract terms. That accountability sits with the Operations Manager. You will own day-to-day delivery, supplier coordination, procurement for value and escalation of larger or business-affecting commitments through the agreed checks.

  • You want to shape the creative and cultural programme. That sits with the Programme Manager; you deliver the site, production and run of show that brings it to life.

  • You like to be the sole doer. This role builds and leads a seasonal freelance crew and depends on managing suppliers well.

How to apply

We read applications as they come in, so it is worth applying early. If you have found this role later, apply anyway: we read every application right up to the deadline.

Submit your CV or portfolio and answer the five application questions on the form.

Please don't send a cover letter. The five application questions are how we assess you; we read them all, and a strong answer beats a polished cover letter.

You are welcome to use AI to help you draft your answers if you find it useful. It is not something we score for or against; we just want to understand your thinking and your experience.

Application process

After we review your application the stages are:

  1. First Chat: a relaxed 20-minute conversation about your motivation, how you communicate and what matters to you.

  2. Deep Dive: a longer interview on your most relevant past roles and the specific skills this job needs.

  3. Practical Task: a role-relevant task, followed by a discussion of your approach.

  4. References: we speak with people you have worked with directly, before any offer.

  5. Offer: an honest, two-way conversation, then a written offer within the published range.

As a guide, we aim to move from the deadline to an offer within four to six weeks, and will keep you posted at each stage.

We use AI to process applications efficiently; a human reviews every one before any decision is made.

Equal opportunity and accessibility

Wildkind is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from everyone and we treat all applicants fairly and equally, regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion or belief, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic. If you need us to adjust any part of the process so you can take part fully, tell us and we will make it work.

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