MANAGEMENT LEVEL

Excellent opportunity to join a real market-leader, with a wealth of expertise and second-to-none reputation in its sectors. Our client, an international business information provider, has created a new role for a Head of Conferences to take control of its fledgling conference business and drive its growth over the coming years. As Head of Conferences, you will inherit a portfolio of existing events, enhance their profitability and devise and launch new conferences and awards. You will manage a small, existing team, hiring additional staff across the production, sales, marketing and logistics functions as you expand the portfolio. You will join a rapidly expanding company, led by am extremely well-regarded industry figure. The company’s breadth of products mean that you will have access to the best possible speakers, in an environment where you will often become aware of future topics well ahead of the competition. Quality is key to this role - the events tend to be delegate, rather than sponsorship, driven and our client is proud of its sense of business ethics. If you have a track record in leading business-to-business conferences, most likely having worked your way through the production route, and fancy a move to an environment away from the typical churn approach of many of the commercial conference firms, this could be an ideal opportunity.

Highly-respected, established events organisation based in SW London seeks experienced Operations Manager. As Operations Manager, you will be responsible for the overall operational and health and safety management for a portfolio of exhibitions held at some of the UK’s most prestigious venues. This will include sourcing and managing contractors, liaising with the venues, setting, forecasting and managing budgets, client relationship management, preparing and producing exhibitor manuals and other show documentation, designing and managing floor plans, show features and signage, logistics manager and working closely with other team members. Candidates will need to be experienced Operations Managers with a background in medium to large scale trade exhibitions. You must also hold, as a minimum, an IOSH Managing Safely qualification, although a NEBOSH General Certificate/Diploma would be preferred.

Rapidly expanding, international events organisation seeks Marketing Manager to work on a major portfolio of business-to-business conferences from its Dubai office. In this varied role you will be responsible for managing the marketing campaigns from initial brief through to completion, including carrying out research and analysis, database management, creative marketing, sponsor marketing, budgeting, cost control and supplier management, traffic management and fulfilment, setting Internet strategy and liaising with the sales team. You will therefore enjoy a strong degree of autonomy whilst still working in a supportive and collaborative team environment. Candidates should have already gained experience in a business-to-business marketing environment and preference will be given to those who have worked in the conference sector. Highly competitive basic salary will be furthered by a bonus and good benefits.

Major international events group seeks talented Marketing Manager to devise and run marketing campaigns across a portfolio of large scale events. As Marketing Manager you will be given plenty of responsibility and work autonomously to drive delegate revenue through creative direct marketing campaigns. This will include having budget and supplier management responsibility, setting strategy, and running campaigns via web, email and print marketing in addition to negotiating contra deals and forming relationships with media partners. As the events are serious revenue generators and amongst some of the most sizable in the industry, the successful candidate will need to be a heavy-hitter with a significant track record in business-to-business conferences. Experience of working on large scale events would be advantageous, although not essential. Highly competitive basic salary will be boosted by a generous bonus system.