Hong Kong Design Centre

About Hong Kong Design Centre

Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) was founded in 2001 as a strategic partner of the HKSAR Government in establishing Hong Kong as centre of design excellence in Asia. We are on a public mission to promote wider and strategic use of design and design thinking to foster innovation, create business value and improve societal well-being.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a high caliber candidate to join our dynamic team. Please visit our website www.hkdesigncentre.org for information of HKDC.

The Roles:

1. Plan, organize, execute and accountable for the end-to-end successful delivery of Fashion Asia events, including but not limited to a series of conferences, workshops, exhibitions, networking events and outreach/concurrent programmes will be involved;
2. Monitor the work progress and undertake effective project management, including event operations, guests invitation and management, budgetary control, timely reporting, assessment of outcomes and impact of the related activities;
3. Work closely with various vendors and liaise with internal and external parties across public and private sectors, including designers, sponsors, supporting organizations, business partners, etc, and always be on top of project status and progress;
4. On-site management for installation and logistics supervision and/or inspection, perform quality check when required;
5. Hospitality arrangement and coordination for speakers, designers and other VIP guests;
6. Develop sponsorship packages to attract sponsors and partners;
7. Any other support duties as required by the supervisor.

Requirements:

1. University degree or above;
2. Minimum 8 years post-graduation work experience with at least 3 years in marketing/event management experience in fashion or luxury industry;
3. Excellent verbal and written skills in both English & Chinese (including Mandarin);
4. Strong editing and project management skills with experience in digital marketing and social media is an advantage;
5. Strong problem-solving skills and able to meet tight deadline;
6. Excellent communicator with strong level of attention to detail and ability to ensure consistently high quality delivery of projects and initiatives;
7. Good sensibility to fashion design, business development and trends is preferred;
8. Hunger to learn from others and pick up new tasks and skills along the way; ability to absorb feedback and make it actionable;
9. Candidate with less experience will be considered as Assistant Manager.

More information about Fashion Asia Hong Kong:

https://www.fashionasiahk.com/

Interested parties are invited to apply by sending your resume with full details of education, work experience, current & expected salary, contact telephone number and earliest available date to the Human Resources Office, Hong Kong Design Centre, Unit 602, 6/F, Mill 5, The Mills, 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan or email to: hr@hkdesigncentre.org on or before 23 Sep 2024. HKDC reserves the right not to make appointment for the post(s) advertised. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. All information received will be kept in strict confidence for six months and data will only be used for recruitment purpose.