The Role
The Conference Producer manages relationships and content for conferences, ensuring program development, speaker acquisition, and event execution excellence.
Summary Generated by Built In
***PLEASE NOTE: This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract***
JOB PURPOSE:
The Conference Producer’s responsibility is to deliver all aspects of the conference, as the lead owner of content, the product, and relationships within the industry, including all aspects of the programme lifecycle:
• Development and management of new and existing relationships with relevant market stakeholders, including industry leaders, partner organisations, vendors, and the media
• Programme research and development
• Speaker acquisition
• Leadership to ensure onsite delivery is executed with excellence and speaker and attendee/sponsor relationships are strengthened
• Continual assessment of regional and global market dynamics to identify opportunities for the development of conference content offerings
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Conference Production
• Liaising with Conference Chair/s and Governing Body members.
• Organising and running Governing Body meetings to determine conference themes, topics, session chairs, and speakers
• Conducting telephone and in-person research with potential attendees in the target market to develop programme agendas
• Joining SPEX calls and meetings with existing and potential clients
• Ensuring that the conference agenda is at the highest level of commercial viability for both sponsorship and delegate sales
• Recruiting highly-esteemed leading experts, industry representatives, regulators, government representatives, and other relevant speakers to your programme faculty
• Researching and providing strategic information required to market and sell conferences to the marketing and sales functions, including:
o detailed information on the target market both in terms of sector and geographic markets
o relevant industry associations and publications
o competitive events
• Attending conferences to promote the conference, gather market intelligence, and to network with potential speakers and delegates to establish and maintain relationships pre- and post- conference
Conference Project Management
• Maintaining close links with management to ensure that they are kept up to date with the status of events
• Preparing and sending weekly / monthly reports, as appropriate
• Working closely with the operations team to ensure delivery of a first-class on-site conference experience for attendees
• Travelling nationally and internationally to conferences and onsite project and team management to ensure the successful, high-quality delivery of customer services and the event experience to delegates, as well as speaker liaison to ensure all speaker preparation and requirements are taken care of and that the faculty feel welcome, comfortable, and happy to participate in our conferences
• All persons in production are required to use Sales Force for pre-event , during event and post event. All speakers are to be recorded on Salesforce as well as the Conference Management Platform
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS:
• You will be passionate, dedicated, and knowledgeable about developing smart, profitable, and industry-leading conferences and have proven and comprehensive experience of applying efficient and effective processes to your own successful conference portfolio.
• You will demonstrate the ability to simultaneously manage a portfolio of international event products
• You will show how you are able to create leading-edge marketing and sales campaigns
Skills and Behavioural Competencies
• Excellent networking and information gathering abilities
• Engaging, professional, and diplomatic demeanour
• Comfortable conducting regular phone calls and meetings with industry figures
• Strong teamwork skills to ensure the efficient running of the event team across content, marketing, sales and operations
• Self-Disciplined and able to work both independently and as part of a team
• Problem solver with the ability to break down complex concepts, make logical comparisons, and identify underlying patterns and connections
• Agile learner with the ability to develop in-depth technical knowledge on diverse topics and an understanding of key commercial drivers underlying your products
• Resilient, with a strong desire to succeed
• Foreign language skills or the willingness to learn foreign languages is desirable
You should be open to international travel, as required by the job role.
dmg events is an equal opportunity employer. If you have not had feedback from us within 14 days, please consider your application as unsuccessful for this round.
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The Company
What We Do
dmg events is a leading organizer of face-to-face events and publisher of trade magazines and information services. Our aim is to create dynamic marketplaces to connect businesses with the right communities to accelerate their growth in today’s rapidly evolving landscape.
With a presence in over 25 countries and organizing more than 80 events each year, dmg events is a global leader in the industry. Attracting over 425,000 attendees and delegates annually, we organize events in the construction, hospitality, interiors & design, energy, coatings, entertainment, and transportation sectors.
To better serve our customers, dmg events has offices in 10 countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, South Africa, the UK, Canada, and Singapore. By being on the ground, we can better understand market needs and nurture relationships to create unforgettable experiences for our attendees. Our flagship events including the Big 5 Global, The Hotel Show, INDEX, ADIPEC and Gastech.
Founded in 1989, dmg events is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT, www.dmgt.co.uk).
