Event Manager - Advertising Firm

The ideal candidate would be a Post Graduate, with over 6-7 years of experience in handling events and communications. The candidate should be self-driven, an out of the box thinker and a highly motivated team player.

Preferential skills:

- Experience in organizing B2B industry events.

- Extremely strong writing and content skills.

- Ability to leverage technology for effective communication to all stakeholders.

- Very strong communication skills, critical thinking and analytical ability

- Interpersonal skills and team work

- Knowledge and ability to leverage Social Media through effective use of Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks and forums

- Experience or Knowledge of the IT industry

Essentially, the role will include:

- Event Agenda Development

- Liaise with speakers

- Liaise with vendors

- Develop marketing collateral

- Market the event i.e. coordinate on delegate sales

Job Details:

- Analyse research and using critical thinking to develop conference programs that meet the stated needs of the market

- Conduct telephone, web based and in person research within a target market to develop conference agenda

- Identify, invite and confirm appropriate speakers for conferences

- Meet established deadlines

- Write marketing copy for promoting conferences (includes mailers, website including updates and other mailing pieces)

- Conduct ongoing research within an assigned area to further industry knowledge and develop potential new conference ideas

- Establish and maintain relationships with key professionals, industry leaders and senior executives within relevant market verticals

- Develop a senior advisory network on each event

- Service clients/speakers in a professional, service-oriented manner during execution of daily work and onsite at conferences

- Attend and oversee conferences, including providing speaker assistance and support

- Provide the sponsorship team with strategic information on potential sponsorship opportunities.

- Work with and support a cross-functional team on an ongoing basis to ensure successful delegate marketing and sponsorship of conferences.

- Ensure that all projects are tracked against budget and spend reported.

- Oversee all assigned events and projects ensuring close alignment with stakeholders and high quality, fit for purpose output.

- Plan for a post-conference Internal report

- Assist in any logistics planning, pre-event logistics management (including printing of collateral, procurement of delegate bags etc.), as well as onsite and post-event logistics

- To be experienced in using project management tools.

- Engage in the relevant social media

- Relevant database management

- Additional duties may be assigned and key responsibilities modified from time to time to accommodate changing circumstances and needs