Job Details

Location
Preston
£150 - £151 per day
Job Type
Permanent
Ref
CR/082580_1677519733
Posted
about 1 year ago

Job Details

Location
Preston
£150 - £151 per day
Job Type
Permanent
Ref
CR/082580_1677519733
Posted
about 1 year ago

We have an exciting new Conference Producer role. This will initially be on a temporary contract but there is the opportunity to become permanent.

Working closely with the Events Director to meet the event strategy, you will take the lead on identifying topics for conferences through in-depth market research and will writes and produce a commercially viable conference programme that will offer networking and knowledge transfer opportunities to delegates, sponsors and exhibitors.

Our exciting agricultural client are the people behind the UK's largest agricultural information business. They work alongside some world-famous brands within the agriculture community.

Responsibilities

  • Development and management of new and existing relationships with relevant market stakeholders, including industry leaders, partner organisations, vendors and the media
  • Leadership to ensure onsite delivery is executed with excellence and speaker and attendee/sponsor relationships are strengthened
  • Recruiting highly-esteemed leading experts, industry representatives, regulators, government representatives, and other relevant speakers to your programme faculty
  • Researching and providing strategic information required to market and sell conferences to the marketing and sales functions, including:
    • detailed information on the target market both in terms of sector and geographic markets
    • relevant industry associations and publications
    • competitive events

Requirements

  • Excellent networking and information gathering abilities
  • Engaging, professional, and diplomatic demeanour
  • Comfortable conducting regular phone calls and meetings with industry figures
  • Strong teamwork skills to ensure the efficient running of the event team across content, marketing, sales and operations
  • Self-Disciplined and able to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Problem solver with the ability to break down complex concepts, make logical comparisons, and identify underlying patterns and connections

Benefits

  • 25 days annual leave, increasing to 27 after two years service

  • An additional day off for your birthday
  • Matched pension contribution up to 6%
  • EAP service
  • Long service awards
  • Employee of the month
  • Referral bonus scheme
  • Hybrid working/ Remote
  • Summer and Christmas Parties
  • Monthly town halls and socials

We Are Aspire Ltd are a Disability Confident Commited employer