Event Operations Graduate - 3 month FTC

Job description

Location : London, UK (Hybrid, 3‐4 days in the office per week)

Salary : London Living Wage

Contract : Fixed‐Term (July – October 2026)

native has been building for 10 years, but we are still very much a startup: fast‐moving, ambitious, and building with intent. We are creating the infrastructure that connects students, students' unions, universities, and advertisers through a managed marketplace.

Every year we deliver one of the largest student engagement programmes in the UK. From Freshers' Fairs and nationwide campus tours to experiential brand campaigns and large‐scale student events, we create the infrastructure that connects students, students' unions, universities and advertisers.

Behind every successful event, campaign and activation is a huge amount of planning, coordination, logistics, problem‐solving and execution. This graduate programme gives you the opportunity to learn how it all works from the inside during the most exciting period of the year.

From July through to the Freshers season finale in October, you will work alongside teams delivering live events, nationwide tours, advertiser campaigns and student experiences at scale.

We are looking for recent graduates, final‐year students, or those with equivalent experience who want to step straight into meaningful work, learn quickly and make a tangible impact.

What We're Looking For
This role requires clarity of thought, structured thinking and good judgement under pressure. You will need to switch between projects quickly, handle competing priorities, solve problems before they become issues, and help teams deliver at pace during our busiest period of the year.

The sharpest thinkers are often the ones who have had to work hardest to be taken seriously. The people who see patterns others miss often are those who have never quite fit the standard template. The candidates with the best judgement are frequently the ones who have been underestimated, or who have had to prove the same capability twice as many times as their peers.

Rebuild problems from scratch rather than inherit solutions

Stay organised when lots of moving parts are changing at once

Make decisions in ambiguity without needing permission

Take ownership of outcomes rather than waiting to be asked

Enjoy being useful, adaptable and trusted across multiple teams

Communicate clearly and professionally with different stakeholders

Do work properly because it matters to you, not because someone is measuring

Have done hard things that required more than just being clever on paper

We look for intellectual sharpness, practical judgement and a willingness to get stuck in. Strong academic records help, but so does organising events, leading projects, managing competing commitments, working in fast‐paced environments, or simply demonstrating exceptional ownership in whatever you have done.

The Opportunity
You will join our Central Operations team during one of the busiest and most exciting periods of the year as we prepare for and deliver Freshers' season across the UK. This is a highly varied role designed to expose you to multiple parts of the business. You will work alongside teams responsible for operations, logistics, campaign delivery, experiential marketing, events, staffing and student engagement.

No two weeks will look the same.

Your Responsibilities May Include

Supporting the planning and delivery of Freshers' Fairs across the UK

Helping coordinate one of the UK's largest annual student engagement programmes

Assisting with project management and operational coordination across multiple workstreams

Working with our warehousing and logistics teams to ensure event materials, stock and assets are delivered where they need to be

Supporting nationwide Freshers tours and experiential campaigns

Helping coordinate staffing schedules, recruitment activity and event personnel

Assisting campaign delivery teams to ensure advertiser campaigns are executed successfully

Supporting the experiential delivery team with live activations and event execution

Working with student audience teams to drive engagement and participation

Contributing to the planning and delivery of the Big Student Lock‐In Freshers Finale in London on 3 October

Maintaining documentation, trackers and operational systems that help teams stay aligned

Identifying opportunities to improve processes and remove operational bottlenecks

Jumping into whatever needs doing to help the wider business succeed during peak delivery periods

If you have experience in design, content creation, creative production or video editing, there may also be opportunities to support campaign and event content throughout the programme.

Why This Programme Is Different
Most graduate programmes expose you to one team. This programme exposes you to a business.

Over three months you will work across operations, logistics, live events, campaign delivery, staffing, audience engagement and experiential marketing, building a broad understanding of how large‐scale student campaigns and experiences are planned and delivered.

You will gain practical experience in:

Event Operations

Project Management

Logistics & Supply Chain Coordination

Campaign Delivery

Experiential Marketing

Stakeholder Management

Live Event Execution

Resource Planning

Process Improvement

Startup Operations

If you are unsure exactly where your career will take you, but know you enjoy organising things, solving problems and making projects happen, this is an opportunity to learn from multiple disciplines in a fast‐moving environment.

What Happens After The Programme
This programme runs throughout our busiest and most exciting delivery period, from July through to the completion of Freshers' season.

You will leave with hands‐on experience delivering large‐scale campaigns, events and operational projects alongside experienced teams responsible for reaching millions of students across the UK.

While the programme itself is fixed‐term, outstanding performers may be considered for future opportunities within native as the business continues to grow.

Equal Opportunity Statement
We are actively creating an equitable environment for everyone at native to thrive. Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we are making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at native. At native, we embrace diversity in all of its forms and foster an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.

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Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Profession type

Logistics jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English