Senior Conference Producer

Haymarket Media Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

Haymarket is a successful international specialist media company with over 60 market-leading brands. The Events team is responsible for delivering over 70 annual B2B events ranging from awards ceremonies, forums, conferences and networking events.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Conference Producer to join the team to work on high profile and engaging events primarily for our Marcomms, Charity and PR Brands. You will play a key role in developing the content ensuring our events remain at the leading edge and meet the changing needs of our growing audience. We are looking for someone who is able to build on the success of our events such as PR360 and PMW Unlocked.

Responsibilities

The role will focus on content research, working with key stakeholders across the industry, programme writing and speaker acquisition. The successful candidate will report into the Head of Content and will be responsible for a series of allocated events as well as team collaboration on the large scale events.

This role would suit a conference producer with a minimum of 18 months experience looking to take the next step in their career. A proven track record of delivering the full content programme for commercial events is a must.

Experience

• Proven experience producing commercial conferences as the content lead
• Ability to demonstrate excellent research skills
• Experience in a publishing/ media company is a bonus but not essential
• Experience of topic generation would be beneficial
• Experience in dealing with high level stakeholders, speakers and ability to manage high expectations
• Experience of working within an events team as a content lead, working within set processes and timelines
• Ability to run events on site and work across project teams
• Some knowledge of our Brands and sectors is a plus but not essential
• Experience in implementing new event formats

Skills / Experience / Knowledge / Minimum Criteria

• Excellent research and analytical skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to speak face-to-face with senior executives in the market
• Ability to multi-task on many different projects, whilst remaining highly-organised and hitting key event deadlines
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong copywriting ability
• Excellent organisational skills and time assessment
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and working under pressure
• Creative and innovative
• Excellent at building relationships and working with a range of stakeholders
• Used to working collaboratively with both event managers and marketers
• Used to working collaboratively with both editorial and commercial teams
• Work within our Sustainable Event Management system and be an advocate for sustainability at events and ensure line reports are adhering to SEMS processes.

We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria.

To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post. If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Why work with us?

Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. From paid content and subscription services; to integrated advertising and content marketing packages. We deliver market-leading branded experiences that inspire great decisions. From data and digital information solutions to live events, awards and professional education services.

Our benefits include:

• 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days
• Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments
• Generous contributory pension scheme
• Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more

More about working for Haymarket

Putting social and environmental responsibility at the forefront of our business we have aligned our current sustainability goals with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As we serve our audiences, clients and communities, we are committed to driving the meaningful change necessary to build a better world. The principles of diversity, inclusion, respect, responsibility and sustainability are at the heart of our business.

We want to support our people to balance their personal and professional lives and we believe our range of benefits encourages this. Nothing beats face-time with our colleagues to promote creativity and collaboration, we’ve therefore adopted a blended working model where full time employees can expect to spend 3 days of their week in the office and the other 2 working at a location of their choice.

Haymarket is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Come and join us and see for yourself how Haymarket is a rewarding and exciting place to work.