United Kingdom · Events Experiential Marketing · Entry Level (0-2 years)

Associate Trade Show Coordinator

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandEntry Level (0-2 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toTrade Show Coordinator
  • UK framework levelUsually someone starting out, or keeping a process running

Also advertised as Junior Events Assistant · Marketing Events Support · Exhibition Assistant

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1What this role really is

This role is all about getting stuck in and learning the ropes of trade shows. You'll be the backbone for our more experienced coordinators, making sure all the little pieces are where they need to be, when they need to be there. Think of it as the ultimate apprenticeship in event logistics. You won't be making big strategic calls, but your attention to detail will keep everything running smoothly. Honestly, it's a busy job, but you'll learn an incredible amount about how large-scale events actually come together.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Event Management Platform (e.g., Cvent, Bizzabo)Basic

Entering attendee data, pulling standard registration lists, or updating basic event information as instructed by your coordinator.

Project Management (e.g., Asana, Monday.com)Basic

Completing assigned tasks, updating task statuses, and using pre-built project templates for specific event workstreams.

CRM (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot)Basic

Pulling pre-defined lead lists, updating contact records with event notes, or running basic reports on campaign members under supervision.

Budgeting & Expense (e.g., Excel, Expensify)Basic

Populating budget templates with quotes and actuals for small items, and accurately submitting your own expense reports according to company policy.

Collaboration (e.g., Slack, MS Teams, Notion)Intermediate

Participating actively in team channels, responding to requests promptly, finding information in existing Notion pages, and attending virtual team meetings.

Lead Capture (e.g., iCapture, Ativio)Basic

Using the app on-site to scan badges, adding basic notes, and ensuring the device syncs data correctly after the event.

Google Workspace / Microsoft Office SuiteIntermediate

Creating and editing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations for internal use, and managing your calendar and email efficiently.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Vendor Selection (small items)No independent decision. You'll gather quotes from pre-approved vendors and present them to your coordinator for review and selection.Can select vendors for routine, low-value items (under £500) based on established criteria, informing manager.Selects and negotiates with vendors for workstreams up to £5K, with manager approval for new vendors.
Budget Allocation (specific line items)No independent decision. You'll populate budget templates with actuals and flag any discrepancies to your coordinator.Manages specific budget lines for small shows (up to £10K), flagging variances but not making re-allocation decisions.Manages budgets for major shows (up to £50K), making minor re-allocation decisions within approved parameters.
Shipping MethodNo independent decision. You'll follow the shipping instructions provided by your coordinator for each item.Chooses between standard vs. express shipping for routine items based on deadlines and cost, informing manager.Determines optimal shipping strategy (advanced warehouse vs. direct-to-site) for entire shows, considering cost and risk.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

On-Time Material Delivery
Ensuring all assigned marketing collateral, promotional items, and booth equipment are shipped and arrive at the advanced warehouse or show site by the specified deadline.
Target · 99% of assigned shipments on time

For the 'Marketing Live' show, you were responsible for shipping 10 boxes of brochures. All 10 arrived by the advanced warehouse deadline, meaning a 100% on-time rate for that task.

Budget Line Item Accuracy
Correctly populating expense trackers and reconciling invoices for specific, smaller budget items assigned to you.
Target · Within +/- 2% variance for assigned line items

You tracked the catering budget for a small hospitality suite. The budget was £500, and your final reconciled cost was £505. That's a 1% variance, which is spot on.

Lead Capture Device Readiness
Ensuring all lead retrieval devices for assigned shows are charged, tested, and ready for staff use on-site.
Target · 100% of devices operational at show open

Before the 'Tech Connect' show, you checked all 15 iCapture devices. You found one wasn't charging, replaced it, and confirmed all were working before the team flew out.

Task Completion Rate
Finishing all assigned administrative and logistical tasks within the agreed-upon deadlines in our project management tool.
Target · 95% of tasks completed on schedule

Out of 20 tasks assigned in Asana this week (e.g., booking flights, ordering pens, updating contact lists), you completed 19 by their due dates. That's a 95% completion rate.

Proactive Problem Spotting
Identifying potential issues before they become actual problems and bringing them to your coordinator's attention.
  • You flag an upcoming deadline that might be missed due to a vendor delay. You notice a discrepancy in a shipping manifest before the truck leaves. You ask clarifying questions that uncover a potential mistake.
Learning & Application
Quickly picking up new processes, tools, and industry terminology, and applying that knowledge independently.
  • You're asking fewer repeat questions about the same process. You start using new features in Cvent without prompting. You can explain 'drayage' to a new sales rep without hesitation.
Team Collaboration & Support
Being a helpful and reliable team member, offering assistance and communicating clearly with colleagues.
  • You offer to help a colleague with a task when your own work is done. You respond promptly to team messages. You keep your coordinator updated on your progress without being chased.
Attention to Detail
Consistently producing work that is accurate and thorough, catching small errors before they escalate.
  • Your expense reports are always submitted correctly first time. The inventory list you create matches the actual items packed. You spot a typo on a print proof before it goes to the printer.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Learning and Growth

You'll be asking 'why' we do things a certain way, taking notes, and actively seeking to understand the bigger picture of event logistics. You'll enjoy the challenge of mastering new tools and processes.

After helping pack for a show, you ask your coordinator about the difference between advanced warehouse and direct-to-site shipping, wanting to understand the implications.

Being Part of a Team

You'll enjoy the camaraderie of working closely with a small, dedicated team. You'll feel a sense of accomplishment when the team successfully pulls off an event, knowing you played a crucial part.

You're the first to offer help when a colleague is swamped with packing, even if it's not strictly 'your' show.

Tangible Results

You'll get satisfaction from seeing the physical manifestation of your work – the perfectly packed boxes arriving, the booth materials looking great, the event running smoothly because of your efforts.

You feel a sense of pride walking onto the show floor and seeing the booth you helped prepare, knowing all the little details you handled contributed to its success.

What frustrates people
  • Dealing with the sheer volume of small, fiddly tasks that need to be done for each show.
  • The occasional absurdity of event logistics, like paying a fortune for 'drayage' (the fee to move your stuff from the loading dock to the booth).
  • Chasing down internal teams for simple things like their travel details or content for print materials.
  • The physical effort involved in packing, unpacking, and generally moving things around for events.
  • Not always seeing the 'big picture' impact of your work immediately, as you're focused on the details.
What this role does not give you
  • Significant strategic input or decision-making authority for the overall event programme.
  • A quiet, predictable 9-to-5 office job; there will be some busy periods and occasional travel.
  • A role where you're constantly innovating new processes or technologies (you'll be learning existing ones).
  • A chance to lead large teams or manage big budgets directly (you'll support these functions).

6Who you work with

Your work directly supports the smooth execution of our trade show programme, ensuring our brand is represented professionally and effectively. Getting the details right means our sales team can focus on selling, not on missing equipment or late deliveries. It’s about making sure the foundation is solid so the rest of the event can succeed.

Inside the business
  • Trade Show Coordinators (your direct team)
  • Marketing team (for collateral and messaging)
  • Sales team (who work the booths)
  • Finance (for expense reports and basic budget tracking)
Outside the business
  • Shipping companies and freight forwarders
  • Promotional item vendors
  • Show services contractors (like Freeman or GES)
  • Hotel and travel agents

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • A genuine 'can-do' attitude and eagerness to learn about event logistics.
  • Excellent organisational skills – you'll need to keep track of many small details.
  • Reliability and punctuality – especially important for deadlines and on-site work.
  • Basic computer literacy, including using email, word processing, and spreadsheets.
  • The ability to lift and move boxes (up to 15-20kg) occasionally, as part of event packing and unpacking.
  • A valid UK driving licence (preferred, but not essential, for occasional local errands).

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Project Management Tool Use

As you take on more responsibility, you'll need to do more than just update tasks. You'll start to see how different tasks connect and how to use the tool to manage dependencies and track progress more effectively across multiple shows.

Creating new project templates for recurring tasks · Setting up basic automations within Asana or Monda · Understanding task dependencies and how they impac · Generating simple progress reports from the tool f

  • This month: Explore the 'template' library in Asana/Monday.com and suggest one that could be adapted for a specific recurring task.
  • Next month: Try to build a simple project plan for a small, hypothetical event from scratch using the tool.
  • Month 3: Ask your coordinator to show you how they use the tool to track multiple shows simultaneously.
  • Ongoing: Look for online tutorials or courses on advanced features of our project management tools.

Quick win: Start using custom fields and tags in Asana to better categorise your tasks. It's a small change that helps with organisation.

Enhanced Spreadsheet Modelling

While you start with populating templates, you'll eventually need to build more complex budget trackers or simple analysis sheets. Stronger spreadsheet skills mean you can do more detailed cost comparisons and post-show reporting.

Mastering common Excel/Google Sheets functions (SU · Creating simple pivot tables for summarising data. · Building basic formulas for cost calculations and · Understanding how to protect sheets and share them

  • This month: Identify one recurring calculation you do manually and try to automate it with a formula in Excel.
  • Next month: Take an online course on intermediate Excel or Google Sheets functions.
  • Month 3: Offer to help your coordinator build a simple cost comparison sheet for a new vendor.
  • Ongoing: Practice building small, functional spreadsheets for your own personal organisation.

Quick win: Use conditional formatting in your budget trackers to highlight when a cost goes over budget. It's a visual way to spot issues quickly.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attending industry webinars or virtual events to learn more about the events and experiential marketing sector.
  • Joining relevant online communities or forums to connect with other event professionals and learn best practices.
  • Taking short online courses in areas like advanced Excel, basic project management, or digital marketing fundamentals.
  • Seeking out opportunities to shadow senior team members at events or in planning meetings to understand the bigger picture.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Basic AI Tool Application

AI isn't just for data scientists anymore. Simple AI tools can dramatically cut down on the time spent on repetitive administrative tasks, making your role more efficient and allowing you to focus on more interesting challenges. Competitors are already using these to speed up their processes.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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Built for Associate Trade Show Coordinator

4 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Organise promotional events for the music industryQualifications Scotland · covers 5 of 10 standardsLevel 3
  2. Contribute to the advancing of tours, shows and eventsAIM Qualifications · covers 4 of 10 standardsLevel 2
  3. Support the organisation of creative or cultural events or exhibitionsPearson EDI · covers 3 of 10 standardsLevel 2
  4. Organise and coordinate eventsCity and Guilds of London Institute · covers 2 of 10 standardsLevel 3
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Basic AI Tool Application

AI isn't just for data scientists anymore. Simple AI tools can dramatically cut down on the time spent on repetitive administrative tasks, making your role more efficient and allowing you to focus on more interesting challenges. Competitors are already using these to speed up their processes.

  • Understanding how to write clear 'prompts' for AI
  • Using AI for summarisation (e.g., exhibitor manual
  • Leveraging AI for basic content drafting (e.g., in
  • Knowing the limitations of AI and when to double-c

Data Organisation & Hygiene

As we collect more data from events (leads, attendee feedback, budget actuals), being able to organise and keep that data clean becomes even more critical. Messy data means bad decisions and wasted effort later on.

  • Understanding consistent naming conventions for fi
  • Basic spreadsheet functions for cleaning data (e.g
  • The importance of data privacy and security when h
  • Connecting data entry directly to business outcome

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Logistics & Freight Management Basics
  • Vendor Communication
  • Budget Reconciliation Fundamentals
  • Show Services Understanding
  • Lead Management Process Awareness

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Administrative Assistant / Office Manager

    1-2 years

    Skills to master

    • Organisation, scheduling, basic budgeting, vendor communication, attention to detail, managing multiple small tasks.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You're the go-to person for keeping things organised in your current role.
    • You enjoy coordinating logistics for office events or team outings.
    • You're consistently praised for your accuracy and reliability in administrative tasks.
  2. 2

    Retail / Hospitality Assistant

    1-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Customer service, problem-solving under pressure, managing inventory, working in a fast-paced environment, attention to presentation and detail.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You thrive in busy customer-facing environments and can handle unexpected issues calmly.
    • You're great at ensuring displays are perfect or stock is organised.
    • You've shown initiative in resolving customer complaints or operational issues.
  3. 3

    Marketing Intern / Assistant

    6 months - 2 years

    Skills to master

    • Understanding marketing campaigns, content creation, basic digital tools, working with different teams, supporting event logistics.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You've already helped out with small events or marketing campaigns.
    • You understand the basics of brand guidelines and messaging.
    • You're keen to move into a more hands-on, logistical marketing role.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey starts here, learning the foundations of a fascinating and impactful industry. With dedication and a willingness to learn, the world of events offers a clear and rewarding career path.

Pay & demand

Pay and demand for this role will appear here, each figure traced to a named authoritative source (e.g. the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, under the Open Government Licence). We don’t show numbers we can’t attribute.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Associate Trade Show Coordinator is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Organise promotional events for the music industryLevel 3

Applied to your work in Associate Trade Show Coordinator

This unit aims to enable learners to organise promotional events for the music industry, understanding roles, responsibilities, health and safety, and event co-ordination.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Associate Trade Show Coordinator

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • On-Time Material DeliveryEnsuring all assigned marketing collateral, promotional items, and booth equipment are shipped and arrive at the advanced warehouse or show site by the specified deadline.For the 'Marketing Live' show, you were responsible for shipping 10 boxes of brochures. All 10 arrived by the advanced warehouse deadline, meaning a 100% on-time rate for that task.99% of assigned shipments on time
  • Budget Line Item AccuracyCorrectly populating expense trackers and reconciling invoices for specific, smaller budget items assigned to you.You tracked the catering budget for a small hospitality suite. The budget was £500, and your final reconciled cost was £505. That's a 1% variance, which is spot on.Within +/- 2% variance for assigned line items
  • Lead Capture Device ReadinessEnsuring all lead retrieval devices for assigned shows are charged, tested, and ready for staff use on-site.Before the 'Tech Connect' show, you checked all 15 iCapture devices. You found one wasn't charging, replaced it, and confirmed all were working before the team flew out.100% of devices operational at show open
  • Task Completion RateFinishing all assigned administrative and logistical tasks within the agreed-upon deadlines in our project management tool.Out of 20 tasks assigned in Asana this week (e.g., booking flights, ordering pens, updating contact lists), you completed 19 by their due dates. That's a 95% completion rate.95% of tasks completed on schedule
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Associate Trade Show Coordinator to Trade Show Coordinator (Level 2), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 2 · in progressAI Fluency→ Trade Show Coordinator (Level 2)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey starts here, learning the foundations of a fascinating and impactful industry. With dedication and a willingness to learn, the world of events offers a clear and rewarding career path.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Associate Trade Show Coordinator
  • Logistics & Freight Management Basics
  • Vendor Communication
  • Budget Reconciliation Fundamentals
  • Show Services Understanding
  • Lead Management Process Awareness
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Associate Trade Show Coordinator is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Trade Show Coordinator (Level 2)

    2-3 years in the Associate role

    You'll move from supporting to owning smaller shows end-to-end, making more independent decisions within established guidelines.

    • End-to-End Small Show Management: Taking full responsibility for 5-10 smaller shows annually.
    • Basic Vendor Negotiation: Getting better deals for standard services and items.
    • Budget Management: Tracking and reconciling full budgets for smaller shows (up to £10K).
    • CRM Campaign Setup: Creating basic campaigns and reports in Salesforce/HubSpot for event leads.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Imagine having a super-efficient assistant that handles the tedious bits of event planning, freeing you up to learn more and contribute to the bigger picture. That's what AI can do for you in this role.

For an Associate Trade Show Coordinator, AI isn't about replacing your job; it's about making your life easier and helping you become more effective, faster. You'll spend less time on repetitive admin and more time understanding the 'why' behind our event strategy.

Exhibitor Manual Auto-Summariser

Use an AI tool to scan the often-dense 100-page exhibitor manual PDFs and automatically pull out all key dates, deadlines, and required forms into a simple, easy-to-read summary. No more sifting through endless pages for that one critical date.

Basic Comms Drafter

Leverage generative AI to draft routine emails, like 'confirming delivery' notes to vendors or 'travel details reminder' emails to sales staff. You'll still review and edit, but it cuts down on staring at a blank screen.

Post-Show Data Organiser

Feed raw lead capture data or survey responses into an AI tool to quickly categorise and clean up entries, making it much faster to get the data ready for analysis. It'll spot duplicates and standardise formats for you.

Inventory List Auto-Checker

Use an AI-powered spreadsheet tool to automatically compare incoming inventory lists against what was sent, instantly highlighting any discrepancies or missing items. It's like having an extra pair of eyes that never gets tired.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become an Associate Trade Show Coordinator?

Common routes in include Administrative Assistant / Office Manager (1-2 years), Retail / Hospitality Assistant (1-3 years) and Marketing Intern / Assistant (6 months - 2 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can an Associate Trade Show Coordinator progress to?

This role can lead on to Trade Show Coordinator (Level 2) (2-3 years in the Associate role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is an Associate Trade Show Coordinator in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 2 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for an Associate Trade Show Coordinator?

Increasingly, Basic AI Tool Application and Data Organisation & Hygiene. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows an Associate Trade Show Coordinator, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming an Associate Trade Show Coordinator: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 2

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Events Experiential Marketing

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll gain in this role – project management, logistics, budgeting, vendor relations, and stakeholder communication – are highly transferable. You could move into broader marketing roles, operations management, project management in other industries, or even become an independent event consultant.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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