Events company First Event have announced fourteen new hires amid plans for the further expansion of the business.
Due to its growth over the years, the Leeds-based organisation has become one of the largest independent events companies in Yorkshire. To support the growth, First Event have also created new departments including client services and web, alongside significant scaling up its virtual department.
Starting 2020 with twenty-six members of staff, the current First Event team of sixty-four will see fourteen additional people joining in 2022, with plans to reach eighty-five total employees in 2023.
New team members
Amongst these new hires are Adele Woods who will manage the client services department, consisting of eight team members with four more due before the end of the year.
Joe Lindsay joins as head of the web department, which also houses five other team members specialising in website design, development and programming.
Commenting on the company’s growth, Richard Murphy, managing director, First Event, said: “Its been an amazing twelve months for us. During the pandemic many agency’s (us included) were worried that our businesses wouldn’t survive.
“So to be in the position we are in now, is incredible. It’s been hard work getting to this stage and we couldn’t have got here without the dedication and skills of everyone at the company.”
