Conference Producer

Remuneration:	negotiable depending on experience
Location:	Pretoria, Centurion
Remote work:	Some remote work allowed
Education level:	Diploma
Job level:	Mid
Travel requirement:	Occasional
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#ConfPro_August 2024
Company:	IT News Africa

Are you meticulous, organised, and passionate about event planning? Do you thrive on research and staying ahead of emerging business trends? Are you skilled at writing and confident in communicating with senior executives?

We are seeking an enthusiastic, hardworking, and talented conference producer to join our team. In this role, you'll focus on building our in-person conference brand in the African market, expanding our virtual series, and developing new conference products across our sectors.

Our culture emphasises dedication, full ownership, and empowerment.

To apply for this role, you must have a minimum of two years of conference production experience in the B2B commercial conference industry.

Responsibilities:

• Build a portfolio of market-leading virtual and in-person conferences.
• Analysing the feasibility of developing potential conference topics into commercially viable events that meet the stated needs of the market.
• Attending and overseeing conferences, including providing an opening introduction, speaker assistance and support.
• Providing the sponsorship department with strategic information on potential sponsorship opportunities. Providing ongoing support to sponsorship as required.
• Working with and supporting a cross-functional team on an ongoing basis to ensure successful marketing and sponsorship of conferences.
• Conduct telephone research and produce detailed benefit-driven need-to-know agendas reflecting today’s burning issues, while also delivering a program with a strong buy-side/sell-side.
• Source and invite fresh high-level speakers and industry leaders who can address the need-to-know issues reflected in the agenda you created.
• Write all event website copy, marketing copy and sales and marketing briefs.
• Present briefs to sales and marketing providing clear strategies and constant support to drive revenue growth.
• Hit research calls and speaker acquisition targets and deliver an innovative product schedule of conferences that meet and exceed profitability targets.

Requirements:

• A proven track record in speaker acquisition is preferred.
• Excellent networking and information-gathering abilities.
• Traveling required.
• Project management experience will be advantageous.
• Two-plus years of demonstrable conference production and topic-generation experience.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• High energy, resilient, positive and confident. You're outgoing and confident in securing senior industry leaders as speakers.
• Highly organised and with a self-motivated can-do work ethic, willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines.
• For the products you manage, you will be the main point of contact through the whole product delivery cycle and hence it is important you are a detail-oriented multi-tasker with excellent organisational skills, you have exceptional time management skills and you thrive in a deadline-driven environment.
• You are highly curious, inquisitive, and ambitious with the desire to be the best at whatever you do.
• Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines with minimal management
• High degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends

To apply:

Email your CV and a cover letter with your salary expectations.

Posted on 05 Sep 08:35, Closing date 3 Nov