Established and dynamic business events & online media organisation requires an experienced event/conference producer, to become an integral member of the events division to deliver between 8 - 10 events per year.
As the Event Producer, you will be required to:
- Conduct extensive desktop, telephone and face-to-face research with core audience, target sponsors and other industry contacts to develop engaging topics and write cutting-edge conference programmes.
- Recruitment of, and liaison with senior-level speakers, taking full responsibility for all pre-event speaker briefings and speaker on-site experience.
- End-to-end project management of each event, working to detailed timelines and taking responsibility for ensuring that all internal stakeholders are aware of all relevant deadlines.
- Write promotional copy for marketing campaigns, brochures, delegate packs and any other types of event collateral
- Work with the marketing team to identify target contacts for each event for marketing campaigns
- Brief sponsorship and delegate sales teams at the beginning of each event cycle, to provide them with the relevant data and information that will help them maximise sales opportunities.
- Oversee the event sponsorship and delegate sales campaigns throughout the event cycle, ensuring milestones are achieved and intercept any potential issues
- Liaise regularly with existing event sponsors to ensure we deliver on their event partnership agreements.
The key skills required for the role include:
- Proven experience in a B2B events environment, producing events
- Confident and commercially minded
- Research and analytical skills
- Ability to acquire and interpret a broad range of industry insights and translate these in to engaging and relevant event programmes
- Strong communication skills
- A creative flair, with the ability to 'think outside of the box'
- Experience in collaborating with internal sales staff and existing or potential sponsors to identify commercial opportunities for events
In return, you will receive a competitive salary - 28k - 34k + 4k OTE + excellent benefits