Conference Producer (7 Months Contract)
Informa Markets
- Cairo
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To research and produce high quality and innovative agendas for 3 - 4 conferences, business breakfast and networking programs using in depth phone based and desktop research of key subject areas.
- To research important industry topics and keep up to date with industry trends to ensure streams of content are relevant to our audience.
- To source, select and secure the participation of high level, industry leading speakers through research, networking, and existing contacts to achieve your target requirements.
- To assume full project ownership of each event from a content perspective and to ensure that events run to deadline and to schedule close working with the cross functional team.
- To produce all content related copy for your events including sales-driven brochures, websites, direct mail and emails.
- To contribute to social media activity for the events through regular participation on LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media channels to nurture a community as well as promote the events.
- To be responsible for the onsite delivery of the events through meticulous on-site execution of the conferences to exceptional customer standards.
- To provide input for the sales and marketing strategy for the events by identifying and suggesting possible sponsors, supporters and media partners.
- To contribute towards portfolio development by generating topics to deliver a forward schedule of commercially viable programmes and to conduct due diligence and assist in the development of new ideas for expanding the portfolio.
- To make and maintain relationships with industry stakeholders and the client base to develop and build communities around the events in the portfolio.
- To work with other departments to ensure all processes are as efficient and effective as possible, suggesting new processes where necessary.
- To work with the senior management team to grow and enhance the product and service offering across the portfolio to maintain market leadership.
- Educated to degree level.
- At least 1 - 2 years of experience in conference production, preferably in a B2B commercial environment, and ideally experience in creating editorially powerful, well written programmes with innovative, interactive formats across a range of topics and subject areas.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver on time.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - written and verbal.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- A high level of commercial awareness and are target and deadline driven
- Strong networking skills.
- Ability to quickly understand a market and draw up list of appropriate topics and speakers.
- Arabic speaking candidates are preferred due to the nature of the project.