Graduate Engineering Conference Producer
2014-11-21 16:07:44
2015-01-04 00:00:00
- London, London Central
- £22-24k
- 4th Jan ’15
- Closed
This company is a conference and business intelligence organisation, offering specialist business conferences and publishing in the engineering and IT sectors.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong technical interest who would like to help deliver expert, tailor made conferences to the engineering sector. You will conduct a combination of desk based and telephone based market research in order to develop compelling content for leading international events.
As a Conference Producer you will work closely with a Conference Director and you will work as part of a small, passionate team. There are fantastic opportunities to travel globally to attend your conferences and you will work within a relaxed but entrepreneurial environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Researching key industry trends and hot topics in order to develop exciting market focused conference and webinar agenda
- Telephone based research in order to speak with industry specialists to find out their opinions
- Writing an exciting conference agenda which reflects market needs
- Building up a network of contacts within the market
- Identifying and confirming senior level experts as speakers for events
- Attending international events and acting as project manager on the day
- Writing post event reports
- Working closely with internal teams such as marketing and sales
Requirements:
- 2:2 or above ideally in Engineering, IT, Product Development or related degrees, or a passion for working as a Conference Producer with an engineering focus
- Strong interpersonal, organisational and research skills
- Articulate and persuasive telephone manner
- Passionate about a career within the commercial conference and events industry
Desired skills:
- Any experience within an engineering or product development environment
- Any experience in conference or content production
- Telephone research experience
- Sales experience