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London, Greater London
Senior Conference Project Manager - Africa & Latin America Events
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £45,000 per annum |
Overview
Senior Conference Project Manager - Africa & LatinAmerica Events London UK - Travel Up to £45000 Extensive Bonuses 25 days holiday & other benefits The Client…Is a niche conference provider to one of the most exciting and fastest growing sectors in the world- Africa and Latin America’s Power Sectors. A new role has arisen for a talented producer with an interest in Energy Markets, this is a role that will act as a Deputy & oversee 1 large event & other growing conferences. The Role The Senior Conference Producer/Project Manager will be responsible for managing and delivering high level conferences in Latin America and Africa. The role involves working alongside the production, marketing and sales teams to ensure the events achieve their goals and targets and meets the needs of the audience and sponsors. The role requires strong production and project management skills. Key Responsibilities: Work towards managing and leading a high quality portfolio of events focused on the development of the powersector. Lead the project and your teams - including, production, sponsorship sales, marketing and delegate sales to deliver high quality and commercially successfulevents. Manage the production team to ensure timelines aremet. Conductin-depthmarketandindustryresearchoverthephoneandinpersontodevelopstrongtopical eventagendas. Investigate and generate new topic ideas in alignment with global and regional trends and provide direction to the conferencecontent. Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, shareholders, committee members, advisors, associations and senior government representatives includingMinisters. Work with MD and Group Director to produce strategy for future direction of theevents. Managelongtermsupportersaswellasconnectwithandbuildrelationshipswithnewclients,speakers and mediapartners. Work with the marketing team in the successful promotion of the twoportfolios. Write promotional copy for the event programs. Work with and direct the sponsorship team and delegate sales team to ensure commercial targets are met. Excellent management of conference onsite, including dealing with speakers and delegates and logistical arrangements to ensure flawless delivery of theevent. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude and Behaviours Previous experience in a similar role producing high level conferences with demonstrable success in growing both the delegate and sponsorship revenue through the production of commercial programs. Educated to degree level or equivalent experience. Strong project management skills. Strategic thinking and forward planning. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills. Knowledge of relevant [sector], digital marketing and new technologies a plus, but not required. Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required. Strong relationship developer, will be able to develop larger advisory boards of senior industry buyers and leverage these relationships to drive spexability and commerciality of the program A strong copy writer, able to clearly communicate an effective value proposition across their team Proven experience in developing new topics and launching events profitably Proactive, results driven, highly motivated Ability to lead and motivate your project team Excellent working knowledge of French and Spanish (plus but not required)