Fresher Events Management jobs in Mumbai, Maharashtra

Company: Conferences & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd (StyleSpeak | HBS)

Location: Mumbai (with limited travel to Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities)

Reports to: Director HBS Competitions & Conferences

Type: Full-time

About Us

For 23+ years, C&E Media has served India's professional beauty and wellness industry. StyleSpeak is India's largest salon and spa trade publication, reaching around 47,000 salons, and HBS is the industry's flagship trade show. HBS 2027 takes place in April 2027 at BEC Nesco, Mumbai.

Role Purpose

You will grow HBS competitions in participation, quality, sponsorship and industry stature, and make them the benchmark platform for India's hair, beauty, makeup and nail talent.

Key Responsibilities

Participant acquisition and growth

• Build and run outreach plans to grow entries from salons, academies, brands and freelance professionals across categories.
• Expand participation beyond Mumbai through city specific events, academy tie-ups and webinars in cities such as Mumbai Ahmedabad, Indore and Pune.
• Manage the full registration funnel: enquiries, follow-ups, payment and confirmations. Track conversion weekly.

Competition operations

• Own category schedules, rules, briefs, timelines and entry guidelines .

• Coordinate logistics for pre-event, on-ground and post-event execution.

• Run backstage and competition-floor operations on show days.

Jury and industry relations

• coordinate and manage jury members, and maintain transparent scoring and judging processes.
• Build relationships with top stylists, educators, brand technical teams and association bodies.

Revenue and sponsorship support

• Work with sales to identify and service category sponsors, product partners and prize partners.
• Deliver sponsor commitments and prepare post-event reports.

Lead institutional sales with large salon chains and academies

Content and visibility

• Work with the StyleSpeak digital and social teams on competition content: teasers, participant spotlights, results and winner features.
• Build a year-round winner and alumni community that feeds future editions.

Key Performance Indicators

• Number of entries and year-on-year growth in competition + conference

• Geographic spread of participants

• Registration revenue and sponsor retention

• On-time, error-free execution

• Participant and jury satisfaction scores

Requirements

• 2–5 years' experience in event management, competitions, trade shows or beauty industry marketing and education.
• A network in the salon, academy or beauty ecosystem is a strong advantage.
• Excellent communication in English and Hindi. Marathi or Gujarati is a plus.
• Highly organised, target-driven and comfortable with field sales-style outreach.
• Proficient in Excel or Google Sheets, CRM tools and WhatsApp Business.
• Willing to travel and work extended hours around show dates.

What We Offer

• The chance to shape India's leading beauty industry competition platform.

• Direct exposure to top industry professionals and brands.

• A growth path within a vertical that is being built and scaled.

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹32,651.61 per month

Work Location: In person