Event Expert

Darcy turns a prompt into an experience. A host tells us what they want, and we build the brief, find the suppliers and assemble the plan around it.

But a plan is only ever half of an event. The other half happens on the day, in the hands of someone who knows exactly what to do when the florist is forty minutes late and the speeches have overrun by 40 minutes.

What a Darcy Director does

Think of it as event engineering. The work comes in two halves, and you need to be able to do both.

In the build-up, you'll join monthly calls with the client — pressure-testing timings and floorplans, confirming access and load-in with suppliers, and hand-holding clients through this stressful process.

On the day, you lead the production. You own the run sheet and the room from first van to final load-out. You direct suppliers, venue staff and crew, and make calls that the client will be grateful for.

Who this is for

You've probably got experience as a venue manager, an event producer, a hotel ops lead, a production coordinator, a stage manager, or a caterer's right hand.

We're looking for people who:

•Have run a handful of genuinely complex events, start to finish

•Are calm, decisive and unbothered by things going sideways

•Are observant: you notice when a table is two inches off centre

•Are excellent with suppliers: warm, clear, with a spine

•Want steady, well-paid freelance work without signing up to an agency's calendar

The practicals

•Status: Freelance / self-employed.

•Rate: ~£30 per hour for planning, ~£60 per hour on site. Expect to make £500+ per day on site.

•Commitment: No minimum. You see the brief and the date, and you say yes or no.

•Where: Most events are in the UK. Some are abroad. Travel and accommodation covered.

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