My client is a global brand with over 1200 employees worldwide & a leading innovator of world class conferences to the Finance & Banking space, as part of growth within the finance division a role has arisen for a talented Conference/Content specialist to work on a large-scale event, the candidate will create, direct and deliver thought-leading event products through market research, working closely with senior-level executives from the finance space.
Duties & Responsibilities
Conduct extensive research with the industry and align market trends to the event products.
Produce compelling conference agendas and recruit high-level speakers, maintaining a position of credibility by producing the best events in the industry.
Establish and maintain relationships with key professionals, industry leaders, senior executives and media within the market and develop leads for speaker acquisition.
Work with the editorial team, Industry Leads and Product Owners to draw together expert knowledge.
Write copy for events products including marketing emails and other marketing initiatives communicating the brands mission and event goals/purpose.
Help generate leads through market research for the sales team to pursue.
Generating topics ideas for new events and assessing commercial viability of new products
Manage onsite/online delivery of content at physical and virtual events.
Skills & Experience
Experienced conference producer with strong editing and writing skills.
Confident in conducting phone and desk research with senior executives to identify market challenges/developments.
Experienced in copywriting and producing content-driven conference agendas or similar.
Experience of having delivered and managed growth in conference revenues.
Demonstrable experience in creating new events from scratch understanding the commercial viability of new products.
Travel in the UK/Europe/USA required when we are able to run physical events.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Candidate Competency Skills
Self-motivated, hardworking, determined.
A team player and able to collaborate with other peers across the business in other functions.
A good communicator who can manage relationships with senior executives.
Highly organised, able to work under pressure, to deadlines and multi-task