An Icelandic venue illuminated at dusk, photographed by Danielle Veitch

Corporate Event Management on Retainer

Your experienced corporate event manager, based in Iceland.

An experienced corporate event manager, retained for an agreed number of hours each month, gives your business strategic oversight and dedicated delivery support. We plan and manage customer events, partner gatherings, team offsites and company celebrations in Iceland and internationally. From event concepts and budgets to suppliers, guest communications and onsite delivery, our involvement is tailored to your business priorities.

Led by Ireti, with over 15 years of international event delivery and eight years within an international technology company, we bring corporate understanding, hospitality and clear accountability to your events.

Discuss your event needs

What you can hand over

Build stronger client relationships, bring your people together and create a consistent brand experience. We manage the planning and delivery, giving your team more capacity to focus on the business.

Event strategy & planning

  • Event calendars and priorities
  • Objectives, audiences and measures of success
  • Event concepts and formats
  • Budgets, timelines and work plans
  • Internal stakeholder coordination

Venues & suppliers

  • Venue research and site visits
  • Supplier sourcing and quote comparisons
  • Negotiation and booking coordination
  • Review of booking terms, payment schedules and cancellation deadlines
  • Catering, audiovisual, furniture and décor
  • Supplier briefs and logistics

Guests & hospitality

  • Invitations, registration and ticketing setup
  • RSVP tracking and follow-ups
  • Guest communications
  • Seating plans, place cards and guest badges
  • Dietary and accessibility requirements
  • Accommodation, transport and itineraries
  • VIP arrangements and destination hosting

Event design & brand experience

  • Creative concepts and styling
  • Signage and branded materials
  • Coordination with your marketing and design teams
  • Photography and videography
  • Merchandise and gifting

Program & content

  • Agendas and event programs
  • Speaker sourcing and booking
  • Host and panel coordination
  • Speaker biographies and session descriptions
  • Briefings and rehearsals
  • Entertainment and activities
  • Presentation coordination and slide formatting
  • Presentation and production schedules

Onsite event management

  • Setup and supplier arrivals
  • Run sheets and event timings
  • Guest welcome and registration
  • Coordination of speakers, suppliers and event staff
  • Pack-down and departures

Post event management

  • Guest feedback and surveys
  • Post-event communications
  • Budget reconciliation
  • Results against agreed objectives
  • Debrief reports and recommendations

We keep your events program aligned with your business priorities, from strategy through to delivery.

A partnership built around your business

As your fractional event manager, we combine strategic direction with hands-on delivery through a bespoke monthly retainer. Scope and monthly capacity are tailored to your business priorities.

Our partnership includes:

  • Dedicated monthly capacity for planning and delivery
  • Strategic advice and practical event management
  • A shared planning space with visibility of tasks, timelines and budgets
  • Regular progress updates and agreed decision points
  • Onsite event management where included in your scope

Venue, supplier and travel costs are budgeted separately.

How the partnership works

We begin with an initial four-month commitment, billed monthly. This gives us time to understand your business, establish priorities and progress the agreed work, with a review before the next term.

  1. Discover

    We explore your business objectives, audiences and existing plans to identify where events can add value and where your team needs support.

    You gain: Clear priorities and an agreed scope, with responsibilities and measures of success defined.

  2. Plan

    We turn those priorities into event briefs, budgets and delivery schedules, establishing what needs to happen and which decisions your team needs to make.

    You gain: A practical plan with visibility of costs, deadlines and approvals.

  3. Deliver

    We manage the agreed work, coordinate stakeholders and suppliers, and keep you informed as planning progresses through to event delivery.

    You gain: Experienced event management that keeps the details moving and your team focused on the decisions that matter.

  4. Review

    We assess progress and completed events against the agreed objectives, capture feedback and recommend where to focus next.

    You gain: A clear view of results and recommendations to guide future investment.

Let’s discuss your event needs

Tell us what your business wants to achieve, what’s coming up and where you need support.

Discuss a retained partnership