Commercial Conference Producer - Energy & Utilities - HOLLAND

Commercial Conference Producer - Energy & Utilities - HOLLAND

Salary Negotiable DOE

Location - Nr Amsterdam (30 mins approx.)

The Client….

A world leading Events Company is currently seeking a bright, hard-working, focused conference producer, who is looking for a new adventure abroad. The candidate must have fluent English and a proven interest in conference production. The candidate must also demonstrate good and open communication skills, strong attention to detail, multi-tasking abilities and excellent rapport with other team members.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducting in-depth industry research, both on the phone and face to face, speaking with senior level executives. Building strong relationships with key industry figures
• Developing a minimum of three detailed, profitable conference programmes per year based on your research findings of the hottest topics within the energy and utilities industry
• Liaise with industry professionals, create and maintain advisory boards, invite industry leaders to speak and participate at the events
• Networking during conferences to develop future ideas for topics and develop business relationships
• Call prospective sponsors to diagnose their interest in investing in your event
• Write the promotional copy for your conference programmes and sales letters/emails
• From market research, provide copy for all promotional literature including the conference programme, website homepage and all electronic promotional campaigns.
• Creative and original copy writing is a must together with attention to detail and logical thinking
• Create and maintain social media communities to build data and credibility
• Developing and maintaining contacts to improve the event in the future and to bring on stream new conferences
• Providing post conference content and market reports and analysis, both for internal use and publication on the event’s website

OBJECTIVES

• Previous experience in a commercial conference production based company essential  - candidates with relevant transferable skills and experiences may be considered
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in order to carry out research and to write detailed programmes.
• Strong project management and organisation skills with the ability to multi-task working on more than one project at a time and to tight deadlines
• Able to work efficiently to deadlines and pick up the latest trends in an ever-changing environment
• Commercial awareness and experience required
• Flexibility and hands-on mentality
• Knowledge of the utility or energy sector not essential
• International travel required