Role Accountability and Duties:
- Work with Show Director to create strategic plans to achieve revenue goals by generating new program ideas, formats, and issues.
- Work closely with the Stakeholders to determine topic relevance and projected success. Includes scheduling and planning conference calls and meetings, writing and distributing minutes, and communicating with Council on a regular basis.
- Develop, manage, and maintain conference budget by providing accurate forecasts, ensuring costs do not exceed budget and reviewing processes for cost saving initiatives.
- Determine and confirm all speakers, topics, titles, content, bios, and presentation needs.
- Develop conference schedules that are comprehensive, balanced and offer attendees maximum opportunity to participate.
- Develop and produce conference evaluation forms (electronic permissible,) distribute on-site and tally survey results in a timely manner after the show.
- Work with Marketing Manager to develop marketing strategies specifically for the conference program. This could include the use of and maintenance of various forms of social media.
- Work with Marketing to ensure conference information on show websites is timely and updated frequently.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with relevant industry associations including attending their annual meetings if needed.
- Provide clear, direct, timely communication with speakers.
- Assign meeting space for exhibitor clients.
- Manage all on-site conference activities, including temporary personnel, speaker coordination, introductions, room sets, audio visual requirements, etc.
- Track industry trends and issues to identify current, new, and alternative growth areas that can be captured for educational programming.
- Analyze processes, increase efficiencies, and cost savings to programs.
- Function as integral part of overall show management team / effort in performing additional duties as required. The right candidate can earn additional Show Management responsibilities and duties.
- Travel, as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Five or more years’ experience in conference or meetings management.
- Ability to develop and manage budgets.
- Strong time management skills with the ability to effectively multi-task.
- High level of proficiency in the use of standard computer software including Word and Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Project oriented with superior attention to detail and outstanding organizational and prioritization skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills as it relates to managing strong personalities of partners.
- Excellent customer service skills as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong team player who interacts well with external clients, vendors, and internal teams.
The salary range for this role is 80k to 90k depending on experience.
We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com
Our benefits include:
- Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive, and we support a range of working patterns
- Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
- Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
- Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
- Time out: 15 days PTO rising to 20 after three years and 25 after six years, plus 10 national holidays, a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
- Competitive benefits, including a 401k match, health, vision and dental insurance, parental leave and an ESPP offering company shares at a minimum 15% discount
- Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, free access to a wellness app and more
- Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programs
- As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world
We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.
At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.
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