Conference Content Manager

Responsibilities

• Map the market to identify key players in the industry and target segments for engagement
• Perform extensive research, including reading primary material, telephone and face-to-face conversations with industry experts, desk-based research and attending external events
• Engage with senior industry professionals and analyse their challenges and emerging trends to craft a timely and relevant agenda
• Identify, build and maintain relationships with multi-level contacts through regular correspondence
• Lead advisory boards with senior industry stakeholders
• Write market-leading agendas in a highly technical space, and develop, write and proofread programmes
• Research, recruit and manage high-level industry speakers
• Innovate commercial formats so that sponsor and delegate experiences continually improve and evolve
• Collaborate with sales, editorial and production colleagues to draw on their expertise and create compelling agendas
• Attend events and act as on-site speaker liaison

Requirements

• 3+ years' experience in a conference or events research and production environment, ideally as a senior conference producer or conference content lead
• Proven research and agenda-writing skills, with experience in event content creation and management, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong commercial mindset, with a demonstrable track record of driving revenue and gross profit growth in events
• Experience recruiting and liaising with senior speakers
• Demonstrable project management skills across multiple events within a pressurised environment
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English, tailored to the needs of the audience
• Highly organised, with effective time management and the ability to prioritise a busy workload
• Strong internal and external stakeholder management, and the ability to collaborate with sales teams to drive revenue
• Adaptable, accountable for the quality and timeliness of your work, and keen to learn quickly

Preferred

• An interest in financial markets, risk management, trading technology or political economy is desirable but not essential

Benefits

• Generous base salary, and commission structure
• Flexible and hybrid working based on employee needs
• 20 Vacation Days (rising to 25 days)
• 5 Sick Days
• Life Insurance
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401k Plan Plus Match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Commuter Benefits