Senior Content Producer, Events And Training

Senior Content Producer, Events and Training
Birdcage Walk, London
About Us
With over 115,000 members in 140 countries, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has been at the heart of the mechanical engineering profession since 1847.
We strive to improve the world through engineering by developing engineers, promoting engineering, informing opinion and encouraging innovation.
We are now looking for a Senior Content Producer to join us on a permanent, full-time basis.
The Role
As a Senior Content Producer, you will be key to the development and delivery of a programme of exciting, technical conferences and Training courses, focusing on addressing challenges in mechanical engineering. This is your chance to facilitate cutting-edge technical discussions and influence the direction of engineering and industry, particularly aligned with the IMechE’s policy areas.
Specifically, the Senior Content Producer is responsible for developing:
- Highly topical event programmes that deliver technical knowledge and drive attendance at the Institution’s conferences, seminars, and other events
- A portfolio of technical CPD training, designed to boost the skills of engineers and deliver real value to their organisations and employers
You will undertake detailed research with industry experts, including technical committees and special interest groups, to identify key topics and industry-leading speakers and trainers to deliver professional development programmes which address key engineering challenges.
Reporting into the Head of Programmes and working with project teams, you will promote and deliver a portfolio of repeat Events and new professional development programmes to the engineering community, working with multiple delivery formats and subject matters.
About You
To be considered as a Senior Content Producer, you will need:
- 2 plus years’ previous experience in a B2B Conference Production role
- The ability to rapidly develop competent knowledge on diverse and highly technical topics
- Strong research skills, with the ability to conduct in-depth research interviews over the
telephone or through face-to-face meetings
- Sound interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with and relate to individuals at all levels, both internally and externally
- The ability to produce benefit-led copy for marketing collateral that drives enquiries and bookings, ensuring all copy produced is grammatically and technically accurate, in language appropriate to the market
The Benefits
- Salary of circa £38,000 per annum depending on experience plus bonus
- 26 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Benefits including stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance and private health cover
- Continuous training and career development
- A range of wellbeing benefits to encourage a healthy work-life balance
If you are excited by the prospect of managing and building on a thought-provoking varied portfolio of Events and Training for our world-leading engineering institution, this is the perfect role in which to grow and develop.
Your expertise will boost the skills and value of countless engineers and organisations, enriching the future of engineering and adding value to what we do as well as the industry as a whole.
What’s more, we are committed to your professional development and, with Investors in People Gold accreditation, will support you to gain valuable experience, build upon your skills and grow your career.
Please note that interviews will be held on an ad hoc basis as suitable applicants apply and an immediate start is available for the right candidate.
Other organisations may call this role Senior Conference Producer, Senior Events Content Producer, Programme Manager, Events and Programme Manager, or Event Programme Manager.
Webrecruit and Institution of Mechanical Engineers are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you want to join us in an engaging role as a Senior Content Producer, please apply via the button shown. The closing date for applications is 19th April 2024 and this date can be brought forward if we have found the right candidate.
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