Conference Production Team Manager

We are currently working on behalf of out trusted client who are looking for a Conference Production Team Manager. As the foremost provider of information, market intelligence, and conferences for the global plastics industry, our client’s primary objective is to empower you with business-critical insights, enabling you to make well-informed decisions.

What You Can Expect

• Work Type - Permanent
• Salary - Up to £60k
• Location - Bristol

Main Responsibilities as a Conference Production Team Manager

• Provide effective leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the Conference Production Team.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture to drive excellence and timely execution.
• Develop and implement a strategic content strategy for the conference department.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and operations Team Managers teams to create a cohesive conference department.
• Identify opportunities for growth, expansion, and innovation of the conference business aligning them with business objectives and industry trends.
• Oversee the creation of engaging and relevant conference agendas, ensuring they are high-quality, meet the expectations of target audiences and are customer focused.
• Identify areas for improvement in Conference Production processes and implement necessary changes.
• Manage schedules and resources to ensure programmes are completed on time.
• Recruit, train and mentor new producers to create a cohesive and effective team.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and development within the team.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment on conference.
• Produce several high-level programmes for specific events including:
• Primary and secondary research of markets and businesses through both personal and telephone interviews and desk research.
• Build a network of key industry professionals, inviting them to speak at the event and to advise on the latest industry trends.
• Project manage the event and collaborate with internal teams, including marketing, sales, and operations, to ensure seamless execution of conferences.
• Produce the text/content for effective marketing campaigns that can be used for email, postal mailings, social media, online magazines, conference websites etc.
• Work with designers and organisers to produce effective, industry-relevant, brochures.
• Work with consultants and data entry team to build targeted mailing lists.
• Regular travel to attend national and international events, both conferences and competitor events.

Experience & Skills Required

• Able to motivate and lead a team, with a real focus on driving results and constantly driving improvements.
• Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to deal with adversity and lead others through change.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to gain and sustain credibility with key stakeholders.
• Able to work autonomously and make independent decisions without supervision, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Strong track record of generating successful B2B conference programmes and securing high-level speakers - ideal.
• A keen and inquisitive mind able to gather, analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data to identify and forecast trends, strategies, and competitive dynamics within the researched sector.
• It would be an advantage to have experience of working on events in a related market - e.g. manufacturing, chemicals, oil & gas, materials, science, engineering, product design, automotive, medical, or packaging.
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to multi-task working on more than one project at a time and to tight deadlines.
• IT literate - Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) Internet and social media.

What’s in it For You?

• Amazing company to work for!
• Great progression opportunities
• Training and development
• Hybrid working (1-2 days in the office)
• International Travel
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays with the option to buy back extra leave + Your birthday off
• 35 hours working week
• A cycle to work scheme
• A health cash plan
• Life assurance
• Group pension scheme
• A refer a friend scheme
• A positive and supportive work culture with regular team events, incentives and social activities.

For further information on this Conference Production Team Managerrole apply below

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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