Events Content Creator - Financial Services & Pensions

We are working exclusively with a well-known, market leading UK Trade Association who are seeking an Events Content Creator on a permanent basis. The roles’ primary objective is to lead on the research and content generation for a series of high-profile event programmes.

PACKAGE

This opportunity will pay up to £40,000-£50,000 per annum. You’ll be working for a company based in the heart of London, but the role can be performed on a remote basis with travel into the office one day a week (more if desired). The company have a great pension scheme where the employer pays up to 15%. There is also a discretionary bonus of up to 10%, as well as death in service and group income protection scheme cover. Annual leave of 30 days (plus bank holidays!) which includes an obligatory 3 off during the Christmas break. Hours 9-5.30 Monday to Friday.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Research, create content, and assist in the delivery of high-quality event programmes for the Association, both face-to-face (f2f) and online, working closely with the Events team.
• Invite influential and high calibre speakers and chairs.
• Liaise and build relationships with internal teams and event programme sponsors to identify session topics and speakers.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders within the pensions and savings industry.

DUTIES:

• Extensively research and create content for event programmes - f2f and online.
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of current industry and policy issues in the world of pensions and lifetime savings.
• Write relevant, exciting, and commercially driven content for event programmes.
• Identify and secure high-level speakers.
• Liaise with speakers to agree session content and format and identify other ways they can help us in promoting the event.
• Hand over, in a timely manner and update as appropriate, details of speakers to the Events Programme Assistant.
• Conduct speaker briefing meetings pre-event and input into the speaker briefing notes, including session format, running order, housekeeping points, etc.
• Work closely with internal teams, to include Policy & Advocacy, Business Development and Marketing & Comms, to create and deliver the content for event programmes.
• Input into a speaker bank.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE

• Experience of having worked in the pensions industry for a minimum of two years, with good knowledge of pensions and lifetime savings is a must. Possibly you'll come from the civil service (i.e. the DWP or TPR) or an asset manager, maybe you'll have some policy or PR experience or maybe you'll have worked for a trade magazine..
• Experience of working with senior stakeholders and key relationship building. In this role you'll be speaking with high profile executives, politicans and press!

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE

• Experience of inputting into event programmes.
• Knowledge of the events industry in the financial sector.