Conference Producer

First, we have a few questions for you:Do you love working in a team that is passionate, enthusiastic, and driven?Are you a team player who looks to help your colleagues?Do you have a passion for journalism, media, and research, and are willing to learn and develop further in these areas?Are you enthusiastic, driven and always striving to deliver to the highest possible standard? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment?Answer yes to any of the above? Then please read on! As a conference producer, you will identify and research leading edge, business-to-business issues and develop strategic conferences for target audiences that meet revenue expectations.  You will take the lead in researching, determining, and refining the themes, content and stories that will be covered and discussed before, during and after each event.  You will identify and recruit high-level thought leaders and the next generation of industry pioneers to initiate discussion and provide thought leadership. This is a hybrid role (3 days a week in person) open to candidates based out of Boson, MAKey ResponsibilitiesProgram Development: Content and Audience CurationCreate and curate world class contentConducts extensive market research with internal and external stakeholders to determine the commercial viability of products based on research resultsWrites and produces commercially and editorially driven content for conferences, liaising with senior industry experts, analysts, and practitionersDevelops an engaged community by producing powerful content that has the potential to shift market sentiment and thinkingHits key production cycle milestone deadlines including research, draft programs, handovers, speaker recruitment, program sign offServes as the project lead; works with different members of the cross-functional teams to ensure that objectives and deadlines are met or exceededDevelops a global network of industry peers and contacts, becoming a voice for your sector with the ability to attract the most influential speakersCollaborates with sponsorship and marketing to ensure profitability of the eventProgram Delivery and ExecutionSupport sales team as required including writing and presenting the briefing document, joining sales calls as required, working with sponsors to place editorial thought leadership packages into the programSupport marketing team as required including writing and presenting briefing document, website set up, email copy writing and proofing, sourcing content for emailsTravels to conference sites to oversee production of commercial conferences including oversight of conference flow, faculty management and topic generationSupport speakers as required e.g., arrange and moderate panel callsSupport/OtherParticipate in cross-departmental training and meetings and all deliverables associatedAttend training and conferences as requiredPerform adhoc duties as needed