If you are looking for a long term career within the exhibition and display industry we have a number of opportunities in both our Internal Sales and Project Management teams.

Both departments are dynamic so we are looking for outstanding candidates that have the potential to become the "Management of the future".
With a good degree you will be an articulate and numerate achiever with the drive and ambition for us to invest in.

Candidates should send their CV with references to peter.bowen@accessdisplays.co.uk

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We are looking for a number of highly creative freelance graphic designers to help us through our busy periods and demanding timescales.

Disciplines include:

• Large format graphic design
• Exhibition panels
• Vehicle graphics
• Pop ups and banners
• Brochures, leaflets, mailers and adverts
• POP and POS

This is occasional work for projects for both us and our clients and range in their complexity from a simply logo to a complete product launch or marketing campaign.

If you are a flexible and creative graphic designer who can work from home on your own equipment then please send an introductory email showing us examples of your work to peter.bowen@accessdisplays.co.uk

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We are looking for the very best senior exhibition designers in our industry. Capable of working with some of the largest global organisations that expect nothing other than the most innovative and creative designs. Our clients are not pressurising us on budgets, they understand the importance of exhibiting and expect an exceptional return on their investment.

Our clients want us to push the design boundaries of what is possible in an ever increasing dynamic and changing global market.

Our core global clients view the current market place as a time of expansion and creativity whilst their competitors make cuts backs with meagre progress. If you want to be part of this dynamic team where there "are no design boundaries or budget restrictions" then please email your CV and portfolio to peter.bowen@accessdisplays.co.uk

We have promised our clients that "we will only recruit the very best" and we live by our word!

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With at least 3years experience within a similar role you will be familiar with the current exhibition build practices and standards as outlined by ESSA. "Customer friendly" you will be prepared to work on your own initiative anywhere in the world for long periods of time, either on your own or as part of a larger team.

Please send your details to peter.bowen@accessdisplays.co.uk. Only email applications will be considered.

No agencies.

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Access Displays Ltd established in 1990 is recognised as a global supplier of creative exhibition and display solutions. Over the last five years the company has invested heavily in staff training, marketing and infrastructure.

Despite the economic downturn we continue to enjoy sales growth across all business areas.

As a result we are keen to hear from all UK based industry sales professionals for both internal and field based positions.

• Custom or modular exhibition system sales.
• Pop ups, banners and large format digital printing.
• Internal and external signage systems.
• Exhibition Shell scheme project sales.
• POS and POP sales.
• Retail design and commercial interiors.

If you feel undervalued in your current position and would like to work in a dynamic and forward thinking company then why not send your details in total confidence to.

vacancies@accessdisplays.co.uk

No agencies.

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Job Description:

To oversee the manufacture of custom built exhibition stands and associated projects to ensure that they are built to budget, on time and to the highest standard.

Title: Workshop Production Foreman
Department: Workshop - Swindon
Reports to: Senior Project Manager and the Management Team.
Salary Package: Extremely competitive salary package of up to £50K is available for the right candidate.

Job Objective:

To run an efficient and profitable workshop and manage a production crew made up of employed and seasonal contracted staff. To improve all current working processes whilst taking on the responsibility of Health & Safety. To demonstrate a variety of high level joinery skills, together with the ability to be an effective and decisive leader, bringing further efficiency suggestions to the management team.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of quality control making sure all components are checked prior to leaving the workshop
• Take ownership and accountability of specific projects that are allocated to you, making sure all other projects in the workshop are still on schedule and built to the highest standard
• Plan and prioritise your daily activities working within the specific time constraints allocated, whilst supporting the overall team's schedule
• Hold daily internal communications meeting with the workshop and provide status reports to Senior Project Management.
• Assist daily with any technical questions and provide advice and solutions where possible to both the workshop and the project management department
• Communicate and provide information internally and externally to assist in the smooth flow of a project making sure materials are ordered and all relevant paperwork has been completed in accordance to the projects budget.
• Manage the loading, transportation, build and breakdowns of projects that have been allocated to you
• Attend external onsite handovers where necessary to assist with developing client relationship and forming a partnership
• Adhere to health and safety policy, keep a record of equipment, carry out monthly inspections making sure tools are safe to use and any other requirements relating to care of equipment & individual's safety
• Be responsible and demonstrate a safe tidy working environment
• Works closely with Senior Project Manager in developing and maintaining a good team spirit
• Complete weekly timesheets and pass to Senior Project Manager
• Take ownership of all credit card & cash transactions, ensuring that the purchasing procedures are followed
• Ensure all employees are completing timesheets, credit card forms and expense claims correctly with all information required in a timely fashion

Relationships

• Business: Industry experience and knowledge is essential. Must be able to demonstrate success and experience managing a workshop.

• Personality: Self-driven and a clear focus on high quality. A natural forward planner who critically assesses own performance. Mature and comfortable in liaising with internal staff and face to face with large blue chip companies. Reliable, tolerant, and determined. Strong communicator, sufficiently mobile and flexible to travel for long periods of time both within the UK and overseas. Keen for new experiences, responsibilities and accountability. Able to get on with others, be a team-player, whilst demonstrating strong leadership skills.

• Personal Situation: Must be mature and able to work extended hours when the business requires.

Job Specifications:

• Joinery qualifications essential
• Proven leadership and the ability to motivate staff
• Experience in running a workshop
• Must be able to drive category C1 vehicles
• Proficient in forklift driving & manual handling
• Strong problem solving skills
• Health & Safety within the workshop
• Strong communication skills
• High standard of quality control
• Capable of employing and leading a team.
  

If you feel you have the necessary skills for this dynamic and important role within Access Displays Ltd then please email your CV outlining your experience, current salary and include at least two current references from previous employers to peter.bowen@accessdisplays.co.uk

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Job Description:

Working for the financial controller, you will have a varying role in which you will be responsible for processing all source data to enable you to prepare monthly draft management accounts to tight deadlines.

As a candidate who is AAT qualified as a minimum, you will have a solid IT acumen which includes a proven working knowledge of Sage products and Excel. You will be VAT literate and maintain a high level of accuracy, momentum and enthusiasm when processing vast volumes of data. Have excellent interpersonal skills in presenting and articulating complex financial information to the financial controller. You will liaise with colleagues at all levels across the business to allow yourself to make informed decisions when required and have the ability to assess situations and think 'outside of the box'.

Overtime you should be able to run the accounts department in the absence of the financial controller.

Title: Accounts Assistant

Department: Finance Department - Swindon, UK

Reports to: Financial Controller.

Salary Package: up to £23K

Daily Duties

Purchase ledger

• Extract purchase order registers from two systems into a central control document
• Reconcile direct expenditure purchase invoices to register and investigate and resolve all discrepancies (amending our CRM system where necessary)
• Post purchase invoices to sage (allocating to projects where applicable)
• Calculate purchase invoice accruals and deferrals
• Calculate overhead accruals and prepayments
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Maintenance of supplier information
• Review the impact of supplier price increases and action appropriately
• Process employee expense claims

Sales ledger

• Process sales invoices for pro-forma, web, custom and account orders on sage
• Process recurring storage invoices
• Follow up supplied references to enable credit account decisions to be made and set up approved credit accounts on Sage and CRM systems
• Process customer receipts (BACS and cheque) and process remote credit card payments where relevant
• Reconcile and post web order receipts
• Monthly sales reconciliation, including income deferrals and nominal categorisation
• Credit control, to include following up expired pro-forma invoices
• Integrate known customer receipts into the cash flow forecast
• Maintenance of customer information and completion of customer's 'new supplier' requirements

Bank

• Process all DD's and SO's
• Process and control cash expenditure (both GBP and various other currencies)
• Process staff credit card expenditure

Job costing

• Set up projects on sage
• Process workshop staff timesheets
• Allocation of stock items to projects
• Variance analysis of expected and actual project profits
• Maintain vehicle usage logs to report to our insurance company

General duties

• Monthly CIS returns
• Monthly ONS returns
• Summarise staff overtime to assist in the payroll function
• Assistance in administering sales staff commissions
• Prepare first draft monthly management accounts
• Prepare first draft monthly "flash" sales
• Prepare first draft monthly "flash" profit
• Assistance in the preparation of annual budgets
• Assistance in the preparation of 3+9, 6+6, 9+3 forecasts
• Ad-hoc reporting e.g. sales stats to include lead conversions
• Opening and distributing incoming post
• Stationery orders
• Perform other non routine or ad hoc tasks as required
• Maintain professionalism and confidentiality at all times

If you feel you have the necessary skills for this dynamic and important role within Access Displays Ltd then please email your CV outlining your experience and including at least two current references from previous employers to peter.bowen@accessdisplays.co.uk

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Job Description: To oversee the successful delivery and execution of custom built exhibition stands and associated projects such as creative interiors and shop fitting to ensure that they are built to budget on time and to the highest standard.

Department: Project Management

Reports to: Senior Project Manager.

Salary Package: Competitive basic salary with individual and departmental performance related bonuses.

Job Objective:

To efficiently project manage the successful delivery of our client's global exhibition programs and associated events by demonstrating leadership, forward thinking and sound financial planning.

Responsibilities:

• Take complete ownership of a series of existing customers global exhibition programs from start to finish.
• Plan and prioritise your daily activities working within the specific time constraints allocated, whilst supporting the overall team's schedule.
• Contribute to daily internal communications meeting with the workshop and provide status reports to Senior Project Management.
• Communicate and provide information internally and externally to assist in the smooth flow of a project making sure materials are ordered and all relevant paperwork has been completed in accordance to the projects budget and delivery schedule.
• Sourcing new suppliers, negotiating best prices, placing purchase orders and expediting delivery.
• Working with designers and suppliers to construct detailed estimates and quotations taking into account component lead times, work load and delivery of projects.
• Attend external onsite handovers where necessary to assist with developing client relationships and help improving client and supplier partnerships.
• Working closely with the Senior Project Manager in developing and maintaining a good team spirit.
• Develop revenue potential from existing client accounts by regular communication.

Relationships

• Business: Event or Exhibition Industry experience and knowledge is essential.
Must be able to demonstrate success and experience managing multiple and complicated projects with varied stake holders on time and within budget.
To be capable of negotiating best prices from multiple suppliers on the client's behalf.

• Personality: Self-driven with a clear focus on producing high quality written and verbal communication. A natural forward planner who critically assesses their own performance and looks for efficiency and costs savings. Mature and comfortable in liaising with internal staff and face to face with large blue chip companies at a senior level. Reliable, tolerant, and determined. Keen for new experiences, responsibilities and accountability. Able to get on with others, be a team-player, whilst demonstrating self reliance and high work rates.

• Personal Situation: Must be mature and able to work extended hours when the business requires and travel anywhere in the world at short notice.

Job Specifications:

• Event or Exhibition Industry experience or qualifications are essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communicator.
• Experience of dealing with customers, suppliers, event organisers and other stake holders.
• Must be able to demonstrate experience of working to tight deadlines and budgets
• Must hold a full and clean UK driving licence.
• A logical thinker with strong problem solving skills

If you feel you have the necessary skills for this dynamic and important role within Access Displays Ltd then please email your CV outlining your experience, current salary and include at least two current references to peter.bowen@accessdisplays.co.uk

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Job Description:  Working in a busy, target driven environment the key duty is to assist both the Consumable and New Business sales teams with their post-sale administration.

Title: Sales Support Administrator

Department: Internal Sales Department, Swindon

Reports to: Internal Sales Manager

Salary Package: £16-£19k

Job Objective:

To ensure that all sales orders are processed smoothly from beginning to end. Always meeting both client’s expectations and deadlines the successful candidate will have exceptional organisational and time management skills allowing them to manage up to 40 orders, at different stages, at any one time.

There is a clear path for progression and the ideal candidate will be looking for a career as opposed to a job as there is potential to progress in either the direction of Account Management or Project Co-Ordinator.

Responsibilities:

•    Answering the telephone and efficiently directing calls
•    Raising official purchase orders in an electronic format and reviewing resulting order acknowledgments for accuracy
•    Communicate, liaise, and negotiate with external suppliers using appropriate methods to facilitate the development of profitable orders and sustainable relationships
•    Monitoring courier status and finding alternative supplier or solutions
•    Office machine maintenance – liaise with suppliers when required to ensure smooth running of phone systems/lines, printing equipment and franking machine.
•    Maintain the office stationary cabinet
•    Liaise with our warehouse with regard to internal orders and maintain clearance stock information
•    Taking ‘consumable’ customer orders when customers are aware of their requirements and simply want to place an order
•    Maintain both supplier and product information held on our internal database, this includes discontinued products, description and price amendments.
•    Effectively utilise Microsoft Dynamics CRM to create reports for Sales Manager
•    Aid sales staff by following up quotations
•    Customer service, both after sales follow ups and dealing with any product defects
•    Greet all visitors to the premises following internal procedures and taking ownership of the reception area, ensuring sign in sheets are available, up to date magazines are present etc
•    Franking mail, including taking ownership for marketing mailer campaigns
•    Attend internal meetings when necessary to perform duties to aid business development
•    Attend both internal and external training events to develop relevant knowledge and skills
•    To promptly handle incoming enquiries through web, email and phone ensuring we offer the best solution for their needs.
•    Maintain accurate CRM records of all customer contact details, quotations, jobs and purchase orders and activity reports.
•    Adheres to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes

Relationships and Roles:

•    Develop a strong working relationship with core suppliers
•    Shows strong positive personal character, commitment, and work habits
•    Demonstrates ability to interact and cooperate with all company employees
•    Capable of promotion and career progression in coming years
•     Positive attitude and in control of their own destiny  
•    A passion for personal development, continuous improvement and success

Specifications:

•    Experience in administration or office supply sector a benefit
•    Experience in use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
•    Good questioning ability to enable a sense of the bigger picture
•    Intermediate to expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel
•    Good standard of written English

Please email your CV outlining your experience with salary expectations to phughes@accessdisplays.co.uk

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Job Description:

As a graduate Event and Project Coordinator you will be starting in a position where you will work alongside more experienced project managers.

Daily tasks will include placing supplier purchase orders, typing quotations, booking flights and transport, chasing suppliers and general office and administration duties.

Once you have gained the necessary experience and trust of your manager you will be responsible for your own stable of client’s projects which will grow in size and complexity.

Skill required

•    Excellent time management and organisational skills
•    Enthusiastic, self-motivated and outgoing
•    Able to establish productive relationships with people at all levels
•    Have good communication and presentation skills
•    Able to gather and interpret information for business research
•    Be commercially aware and customer-focused
•    Have a positive and adaptable approach to problem solving
•    Have an understanding of budgeting and financial management
•    Be able to work as part of a team
•    Have a keen eye for detail

Qualifications required

Degree in Event Management, Business Studies or Marketing

Must hold a full and clean UK driving licence

If you feel you have the necessary skills for this dynamic and important role within Access Displays Ltd then please email your CV outlining your experience, current salary and include at least two current references to peter.bowen@accessdisplays.co.uk

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