Conference Producer
8 days ago
City of London
Job Title: Conference Producer Location: Victoria, London. Hybrid (three days in office) About Us: The International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC) are devoted to creating and executing content driven B2B events for senior executives globally. We are an entrepreneurial business and a market leader recently celebrating our 50-year anniversary. With offices in New York, Toronto, Sydney, Berlin and Singapore, every year we deliver around 1500 events across the globe. The Role: The Conference Producer is at the heart of what we do. You will identify topics through in-depth market research, write and produce a commercially viable conference agenda that offers excellent relationship building, knowledge transfer and BD opportunities for delegates, sponsors and speakers. Becoming a Subject Matter Expert, project managing, and fostering strong relationships is key. Responsibilities: • Deep research, keeping ahead of trends and gaining insights by staying in contact with the community, • Strategy and project management, • Copywriting and producing conference agendas, • Speaker acquisition, • Delivering marketing strategies, formulating marketing copy, forging media partnerships, • Working closely with and briefing the sales teams, • Working closely with clients- speakers, sponsors and delegates, to ensure the smooth running of events from product development to onsite delivery, • Ensuring conferences run to schedule, within budget, • Public speaking- opening the conference and addressing a large audience Requirements: • Commercial acumen, • Confidence and ability to customer-face, on the phone and in-person, • Can assimilate complex information quickly, • A positive attitude and strong work ethic, • Proven verbal and written communication skills with a passion or flair for copywriting, • The ability to sell an original idea to senior management, • Strong time management and able to work under pressure and to deadlines, • Entrepreneurial and creative inclination, • Able to react and respond quickly to market needs / internal factors This career offers: • Intellectual challenges and the need to overcome problems, • Interaction with global business leaders, • A dynamic environment, • Financial rewards for high performance, • Opportunity for rapid career progression, • Comprehensive training and development What we offer you: • A hybrid work environment with an office in central London (3 days in office / 2 days at home), • Full training for the role through in-house managers and peers as well as workshops led by external coaches, • Career growth opportunities within the company as you gain more experience, • A supportive and fair work environment with equal opportunities for all, • Opportunity to travel internationally to events (Europe and US), • 25 days holiday entitlement per year (plus 1 extra day for each full year of service up to a max. of 30 days), • Health Cash Plan providing a range of wellbeing benefits, • Life Assurance Scheme, • Optional Pension Scheme (3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution), • Access to Victoria Privilege Card (discounts at local retailers, restaurants, etc)