Gather Event Talent
Your team, extended.
Experienced event talent.
Flexible capacity.
When the workload grows, your team doesn’t always have to.
Events are cyclical. Workloads peak, major projects land, new events need to be launched, portfolios expand and deadlines don’t move.
But adding permanent headcount every time capacity becomes an issue isn’t always practical.
And when you need experienced support, bringing in someone who still needs to learn the industry, the stakeholders and the way events work can create more work for the team you were trying to support.
GET gives event organisers access to experienced event professionals who can embed into your team, contribute from day one and flex with your workload.
PROJECTS | CONTRACTS | MATERNITY COVER OUTSOURCED CAPACITY | PERMANENT PLACEMENT
The pressure is real. The capacity isn’t always there.
You may be dealing with:
A major event cycle ahead
Your workload is about to increase, but you don’t need another permanent employee year-round.
A gap in your team
Someone has left, gone on maternity leave or is unavailable, and the work still needs to get done.
A new event or portfolio
You need experienced people to help get something off the ground without building an entirely new team.
Too much sitting with too few people
Your existing team is capable, but stretched across too many projects, deadlines and stakeholders.
A skills gap
You need expertise you don’t currently have in-house, whether that’s operations, marketing, sales, sponsorship, project management or conference production.
A need for flexibility
You need experienced capacity now, but you don’t necessarily want another permanent headcount on the payroll.
The challenge isn’t simply finding another pair of hands.
It’s finding someone who already understands the job.
Experienced people. Not just extra hands.
GET connects event organisers with experienced, vetted event professionals who understand what it takes to deliver.
Because event experience matters.
They understand deadlines that don’t move, stakeholders who need managing, budgets that need protecting, clients who need looking after and events that have to happen whether you’re ready or not.
They can step into an existing team, understand the brief, take ownership and start contributing without needing to learn the fundamentals of the industry first.
That’s the difference between adding capacity and adding capability.
That’s why GET is built by event people, for event people.
Why GET?
60+ years of event experience behind the network
GET was founded by Denis Kampel and Leatitia van Straten, bringing more than 60 years of combined experience across exhibitions, conferences, events, marketing, operations and business development.
That experience sits at the heart of how we identify and match talent.
A network built from the industry
We don’t start with a generic recruitment database. We start with relationships and experience developed across the event industry.
Flexible by design
Scale your capacity around your workload, project requirements and event calendar.
Global capability
Access experienced South African event professionals who can support international organisers and teams remotely, with limited travel where required.
Less permanent overhead
Add experienced capability without immediately committing to another permanent headcount.
Need more experienced hands?
Whether you’re facing a capacity gap, preparing for a major event cycle, launching something new or simply need additional experienced resource, let’s talk.
Tell us what you’re trying to solve and we’ll explore whether GET
has the right people to help.
Are you an experienced event professional?
We’re building a network of exceptional event talent across South Africa for exciting local and international opportunities.
If you’re an experienced event professional looking for project, contract or permanent opportunities, we’d like to hear from you.