Senior Conference Producer
Reporting directly to the CEO, the Senior Conference Producer leads the development of designated conference series by researching market priorities, creating strong agendas, confirming speakers and building relationships with key companies and associations.
The role also helps drive the revenue and profitability of the series. Strong organisation, time management and confidence when working with senior-level representatives are essential.
Key responsibilities
- Produce up to ten high-quality, independently researched conferences each year, supported by complete agendas that accurately reflect the industry and its current market priorities.
- Understand industries and their value chains quickly, and identify the right audience for each event.
- Meet production and marketing deadlines while communicating essential information across the team.
- Develop new industry relationships, event ideas, formats and partnerships with associations and businesses.
- Manage the complete conference process and contribute practical improvements to how events are produced.
- Mentor new team members as the series grows, understand budgets and help control costs.
- Provide excellent service to speakers, sponsors and delegates, building relationships that encourage continued business.
Requirements
- Two to five years’ experience in B2B events, preferably within finance or telecommunications.
- University graduate with strong written, verbal and research skills.
- Fresh ideas, commercial awareness and an imaginative approach.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a deadline-led environment.
- Strong IT skills; additional languages are useful.
