Senior Conference Producer - Africa Portfolio/Energy
London Office x4 days/International Travel
Circa £45,000 + Bonuses + Extensive Benefits
My client… is a multiple award-winning producer of conferences for Africa’s energy sector, due to the next phase of growth a unique role has arisen for a talented Conference Producer to work on an unrivalled series of Online & In person events.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work towards creating, organising and executing, a high-quality and creative portfolio of online and in person events.
- Conduct in-depth market and industry research over the phone and in person to develop strong topical and commercially successful event agendas.
- Investigate and generate new and creative topic and format ideas in alignment with business goals.
- Develop strong engaging relationships with key stakeholders, shareholders, advisors, associations and senior government representatives including Ministers.
- Work with the, Group Director/CEO to produce a strong strategy for future direction of the events.
- Keep the news feed regularly updated with content on the Beyond Privilege platform
- Manage long term supporters as well as connect with and build relationships with new clients, speakers and media partners.
- Work closely with marketing team to help produce promotional materials for the event programmes
Desirable Qualities & Experience:
- The right attitude and passion to deliver to the best possible standards as a dedicated team player.
- Previous experience producing high quality conferences with demonstrable success in growing both the delegate and sponsorship revenue through the production of commercial programmes is a must.
- Enthusiastic & confident with a creative and imaginative approach to production,
- Ability to think outside of the traditional conference realm to produce exciting events which appeal to the youth and clients alike.
- Proven ability for strategic thinking and forward planning.
- Must be an excellent team player.
- Proactive, results driven, and highly motivated.
- Resilient, motivated and a starter/finisher, with excellent project management and delivery skills.
- Positive attitude and passion for delivering events to the best standard possible.
- Excellent communicator - great verbal and written communications skills that can translate into trusting long term client relationships.
- Must be able to travel for events when needed.