Senior Conference Producer (JR101121)

At Clarion, our people are at the absolute heart of what we do. We’re proud that our core values of PASSION, CARE, IMAGINATION, and TRUST define the way we carry out our work across all of our exhibitions and conferences.

If you share our values and want to be a part of a successful, dynamic, and creative global business then we want to hear from you.

The Opportunity:

The role is working for a specialist energy full value chain networking platform, focused on high-level events and initiatives. Energy Council is a 15-year established brand that runs a series of successful events for its global network of investors, financiers, energy, and technology providers.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build on the success and growth in the portfolio of live events as well as bespoke tailored event offerings across upstream, midstream, and the downstream sector.

The ideal candidate will be someone who is passionate about the industry; can offer industry knowledge; enjoys working in a dynamic and fast-paced team environment, whilst having autonomy to use their creativity to shape the events moving forwards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct a minimum of 25 research calls identifying key themes and topics.
• Build Audience Development Initiative lists throughout the campaign.
• Identify the top 2-3 job titles (minimum) from each company to add to the target market list, targeting 200 names by agenda launch date. Throughout the campaign, names to be added via identification in articles etc., aiming for 400 names (minimum) at campaign end.
• Build a speaker target market list targeting 150-200 names (ideally by agenda launch date).
• Build SPEX target market list – targeting 50 companies 2 weeks after launch of agenda.
• Joining 5 calls per week with the SPEX team to promote selling in tandem.
• Content pieces x3 to be released throughout the event campaign such as speaker interviews; podcasts; press releases/updates from sponsors.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours:

• Experience of looking beyond the traditional conference industry revenue model and open to embracing and creating new ideas around a commercial model.
• A proven track record in Confex, or the energy, finance & investment sectors.
• Strong project management skills.
• Confident and can build rapport and lasting relationships with senior executives.
• Excellent organisational skills and able to multitask, working on multiple events at the same time.
• Experience of working with systems, including but not limited to Salesforce, and Pardot.
• Interest in the energy, energy transition, cleantech, finance and investment

Our Values:

Always Deliver: Can you demonstrate that you go above and beyond in your tasks and projects?

Creativity: Do you think outside the box and come up with new ideas?

Passion: Can you show commitment to a passion either in or outside of work?

Deep knowledge: Eager to grow and develop knowledge to best serve our customers?

About Clarion Events

Clarion Events is one of the world’s leading event organisers, producing and delivering innovative and market-leading events since 1947. (https://clarionevents.com/welcome)

Clarion Events embrace diversity and equal opportunities in all that we do. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Clarion is private equity backed and owned by Blackstone. Blackstone is one of the world’s leading global investment funds, investing capital for the long term in order to build successful, resilient businesses. (https://www.blackstone.com/)

Our purpose is to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and experiences, by making every connection count.

Our vision is we want every one of our products to be a market leader in customer satisfaction and delight.

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• End of year wellbeing shutdown (closed for the last week of the year)
• Celebration day off (e.g. birthday, Diwali, Eid, etc)
• Summer Hours in August (3pm finish on Fridays)
• Helping Our World (HOW) Days – one paid day per quarter to carry out charity work
• Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a 24/7, 365-day confidential helpline
• Subsidised Café
• Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free on-site gym and shower facilities
• Free eyesight tests
• Free flu vaccination – offered on site once a year for all employees

Last updated on Aug 6, 2024