Careers & Opportunities
Events management offers numerous employment opportunities. Your future profession will really depend on which sector you eventually want to work in. A large number of companies, associations and private individuals need to organise a wide range of different events. However, planning, organising and running an event requires some very specific skills, for which ICD’s Bachelors in Business Development will prepare you.
PROFESSIONAL ADDED VALUE OF THE BACHELORS IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Develop your career and personal project thanks to support from a dynamic network and opportunities for rewarding business experiences.
Business experience
At ICD we support our students in shaping their career projects and make sure they gain the experience needed for success in business..
Length of business placement |
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Year 1 |
3 months |
Year 2 |
4 months |
Year 3 |
6 months |
ICD CONTRIBUTES TO THE ORGANISATION OF BEFORE WORK EVENTS
These recruitment events are organised by Unimev and attract more than 50 potential employers of work placement students, work-study students and graduates.
JOB-DATING
In collaboration with our closest partners, ICD organises several job-dating events throughout the year targeting specific sectors of activity. These events aim to support students in looking for business placements in France and overseas. The Business Engagement team provides individual support to each one of our students.
THE ALUMNI NETWORK
Since its creation more than 40 years ago, Groupe IGS has been able to build up a network of 67,000 alumni. Fully aware of the value of this major professional network, ICD’s alumni are regular and active users of the www.icd-alumni.com platform, which allows them to make connections, share information, exchange with peers and develop their professional network.
ICD NETWORK
The ICD network provides a variety of services specifically for our Alumni, running social network groups, organising occupation-specific meetings and afterwork evening events, etc. Our former students are actively involved in school life, giving their time freely to participate in admissions panels, dissertation examinations, the national ‘Négociales’ negotiation competition, conferences, case studies, tournaments, supervising business placement and work-study students, or contributing to the work of the Professional Advisory Board.
BACHELORS IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT – CAREERS & OPPORTUNITIES
THE EVENTS MANAGEMENT SECTOR
Exhibitions, fairs & conferences
An exhibition is an event that groups together exhibitors in the same venue. Visitors can therefore discover a range of participants on the same theme, service or family of products. Certain exhibitions are open only to professionals and others are general public events. Events management is a major area of activity, with nearly 4,000 events organised in France each year representing 7.5 billion euros in turnover and 120,000 jobs. Examples of specialist jobs in the sector include:
- Exhibition sales manager
- Exhibition logistics manager
- Exhibition designer
Agencies
Events agencies are generally integrated into communications agencies. They develop what are called 360-degree solutions, their mission being to create the most comprehensive communications plan possible to share information with a specific target public. Events agencies plan and run events on behalf of companies (advertisers) or so-called proprietary events. Types of events organised include product launches, conventions... The activity has an annual turnover of almost 7 billion euros for 14,000 companies. Examples of jobs include:
- Event project manager
- Logistics manager / director
- Creative manager / director
- Production manager / director
Event venues
Venues are indispensable to the success of an event. They provide the guarantee of an excellent event experience and the security of participants. Venues need to reinvent themselves continually and also equip themselves according to the latest innovations and regulatory requirements. They have a major role to play in the organisation of events by providing 3 main types of service: the rental of event space, technical support and the organisation of proprietary events. Types of venue include stadiums, concert halls or congress centres. Examples of jobs include:
- Sales & marketing manager
- Operations manager
- Event manager
Advertiser / Organiser
The advertiser is a company that communicates with its public via an events strategy. The advertiser enlists the help of specialist operators who design and deliver the most effective communications plan possible. In France, the overall financial investment of advertisers is nearly 30 billion euros per year, of which a part is devoted to events. Examples of specialist jobs include:
- Partnership manager
- Event organisers
EVENTS PROFESSIONS
EVENT PROJECT MANAGER
Event project managers are in charge of logistics, from planning through to supervising the progress of projects. They oversee the successful execution of instructions and recommendations. They provide cost estimates and ensure that budgets are kept to. They also coordinate the work of a range of specialist service providers.
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CULTURAL & ARTISTIC EVENT ORGANISER
They are in charge of the planning, organisation and supervision of the logistics of cultural events. This requires a knowledge and understanding of management and of event communications.
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SPORTS EVENT ORGANISER
This is a key job in the world of sports, but which is generally limited to major events. The sports event organiser is in charge of or has an active role in the planning, organisation and supervision of the sports events of national and international associations or federations.
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CHARITY EVENT ORGANISER
A charity event organiser’s job involves looking for sponsors and partners who will support the promotion of the project, festival or evening reception as well as often funding a major part of the event.
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BUSINESS EVENT MANAGER
The business event manager organises all categories of professional events, including: conventions, conferences, seminars, trips… They are more specifically in charge of planning and running the event, they design the entertainment package, draw up the budget, design suitable communications material and negotiate with service providers.
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EVENTS & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
The events & communications officer plans high impact operations, including: conferences, sports events, fairs, festivals, evening events or trips. By organising and running these different kinds of events, the job aims to actively promote a company or an institution, or to promote a brand or a cause.
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ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR
The entertainment director must be able to draw up, manage and keep a budget under control, as well as to look for funding for the creation and running of shows held in their structure. They must also take into account a range of administrative, technical and artistic requirements and be able to anticipate the logistics involved in producing shows.
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PARTNERSHIP MANAGER
The partnership manager’s job involves making visible the work behind running an event and to draw attention to it without impacting the budget. The job also involves managing relations with a portfolio of partners, including private or public companies and the media.
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EXHIBITION DIRECTOR
The exhibition director’s job involves ensuring that an exhibition event runs smoothly from both a commercial and technical perspective. The director is also in charge of maintaining the security of the different categories of public coming to an exhibition, whether they be visitors or exhibitors.
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As a creative director / advertising copywriter, my job involves getting across the strategic messages of a company or brand during an event. This has to be done in the most coherent way possible, but above all with a touch of creativity and originality. So how do we go about doing this? Well, by telling a story that follows a graphics baseline and presents individuals, activities or forms of entertainment related to the common thread of the event in question. It’s above all this notion of creativity and innovation that I try to get across to my students. Beyond the organisation and commitment that this profession requires in order to succeed, in the end what stays in the mind of a spectator or participant is above all the experience they are going to have.
Nicolas OLIVE
Creative director / advertising copywriter, ICD lecturer
TRAINING COURSE APPROVED BY UNIMEV
UNIMEV is the main professional organisation representing the events management profession. It has more than 400 members and contributes to providing information and promoting the development of the sector of activity. ICD is a member of UNIMEV, which means that the school plays an active role in the organisation’s working parties.
ICD was awarded 1st prize in the 2017 & 2018 editions of ‘SYT d’Or’, a national student competition organised by UNIMEV.