Event Production & Mapping Apprentice
LONDON MARATHON EVENTS LIMITED
London (SE1 4YB)
Closes in 25 days (Monday 15 September 2025)
Posted on 21 August 2025
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Summary
This is an entry-level apprenticeship role designed for individuals starting their career in CAD design and event production. The Event Production & Mapping Apprentice will support the Production Team and the wider Event Experience department.
- Wage
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£25,000 a year
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+ benefits
- Training course
- Event assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm with flexibility.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Learn to produce event CAD drawings and site layouts under supervision
- Support the preparation of equipment specifications from CAD plans (e.g. barriers, fencing, temporary structures)
- Maintain CAD databases and assist in updating all CAD plans, blocks and xref mapping layers to ensure consistency across all plans
- Assist in updating event management documentation
- Attend site visits and shadow Production Team to learn practical application of CAD/ iventis plans
- Support on-site event builds and de-rigs as part of learning and development
- Learn about other mapping software (Iventis) used in event production
- Support on the production of detailed planning documentation and CAD/Iventis plans of the routes/venues
Where you'll work
190 Great Dover Street
London
SE1 4YB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED
Training course
Event assistant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Operational: Gather facts and collate information in response to a brief or request, like searching for the right location and venue for an event.
- Operational: Respond to requests from the different functional teams and carry out a variety of daily and weekly tasks to assist in the planning and preparation of an event.
- Operational: Provide assistance onsite at an event by registering delegates or by helping to assist the onsite team with a variety of tasks.
- Operational: Manage your time effectively by understanding how to prioritise tasks according to their importance and urgency for the stakeholders of an event.
- Operational: Use software packages to create word processing and spreadsheet documents.
- Operational: Contribute to reports, event project plans and written presentations for clients
- Operational: Use a range of event technology platforms and in-house bespoke software systems and databases.
- Operational: Show careful attention to regulations and internal policies.
- Professional: Listen, interpret, understand, vocalise and respond to clients’ needs.
- Professional: Speak and write clearly in order to prepare written communications or provide instructions that are needed for a client, supplier or team member.
- Professional: Build rapport and trust with the stakeholders of an event so that stakeholders can collaborate well throughout the planning and organisation processes.
- Professional: Question effectively to ensure understanding of what is required from clients or colleagues.
- Professional: Have the skills to maintain relationships with colleagues, suppliers or clients once they are built, and be able to repair them when they are damaged.
- Professional: Work effectively within a group environment to prepare for, deliver and/or follow up after an event takes place.
- Commercial: Assist in the preparation, management and reconciliation of event budgets by collecting information, checking data and making calculations.
- Commercial: Show how commercial awareness has been applied through task and time management, specifically using efficient and effective measures to conclude a project in the most proficient way.
Training schedule
Event Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- Training will be provided by Ginger Nut Training. Ginger Nut’s delivery is based on a remote, blended model of one-to-one tutor sessions every 4 weeks, group sessions, webinars, online courses, video, and additional support where required
- Apprentices are allocated a tutor to guide them through the training, conduct regular meetings and prepare for End Point Assessment
- Our tutors are industry experts with relevant industry experience in addition to teaching and coaching expertise
- To support learning, we utilise online resources mapped to the apprenticeship and all learners are given access to LinkedIn Learning, and other bespoke channels designed to support their apprenticeship
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Mathematics (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
Other requirements
This role will involve event working on mass-participation events such as marathons and will involve outdoor working and travel around the UK
About this employer
London Marathon Events (part of the London Marathon Group) works to inspire, champion and increase activity in all ages, abilities and demographics. We do this through our successful event portfolio (which includes the TCS London Marathon and TCS Mini London Marathon, Brighton Marathon, The Big Half, Vitality London 10,000, Vitality Westminster Mile, Standard Chartered Great City Race and Swim Serpentine), through our extensive outreach programs working with schools and community groups in London and across the UK and through our network of wholly owned or partially owned companies, such as Maverick, Run 4 Wales, Loch Ness Marathon Ltd, Caledonian Concepts, Athletic Ventures and Friday Night Lights. Our events raise millions for charities every year to improve the lives of individuals and communities and we passionately believe in the power of sport. Our values are integral to who we are, how we work and what we do: Impact – together we create positive change Innovate – together we enable new ideas Everyone – together we champion inclusivity Customer first – together we go the extra mile for all Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do, and we want to ensure they are at the heart of our company. We strongly value diversity within our workforce and recognise that different people bring different perspectives, lived experience, ideas and culture to the company. This difference brings with it great strengths, including diversity of thought.
https://www.londonmarathonevents.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential career routes are; Event Assistant, Event Coordinator, Event Manager, Event Production Manager
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338432.
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Closes in 25 days (Monday 15 September 2025)
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