Head of Conferences
- Employer
- ESP Recruitment
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £35000 - 40000 per annum
- Closing date
- 14 Dec 2018
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- Function
- Event Operations
- Sector
- Event Management
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Job Role
- Event Director
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Job Details
A public sector organisation seeks a Head of Conferences to carry out all activities associated with the delivery of their large scale, high profile events. Managing a small team of permanent staff and volunteers, you will be responsible for strategic business planning, budgeting, logistics, sales and marketing, stakeholder and sponsor management, as well as security and media liaison.
Management - heading up a team of 3 staff, plus a wider team of volunteers. Business planning - feeding into the organisation's overall strategic plan, forward planning to 2020. Logistics - responsible for supplier management and procurement, venue and accommodation selection and any subvention negotiations, production and stage set. Ultimate responsibility for all event logistics and on-site event management. Sales - overseeing the commercial arm of conference - exhibitors, smaller events and advertising, branding and sponsorship opportunities. Financial - budget and target setting and management. Financial forecasting and reporting. Setting of overall pricing strategy including registration rates. Marketing and databases - expanding the use of digital media to market and promote the benefits of conference, inform attendees and to expand advertising revenues streams. Overseeing the production of all hard copy materials, App and conference website. Security - setting out, negotiating and implementing a security plan appropriate to the threat and vulnerability levels of each conference Media - working with national and international press and broadcasters to ensure that the logistics are in place to facilitate optimum news coverage of conference. Conference documentation - overseeing the delivery of the production of all conference documentation - Agenda & Directory, Conference Daily Newspapers.
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable background of delivering successful and profitable large scale events as well as negotiation skills and management experience.
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable background of delivering successful and profitable large scale events as well as negotiation skills and management experience.
Company
As specialists in our market, we offer integrity, honesty and confidentiality. As we concentrate on doing one thing and doing it really well, we have built up an extensive network of candidates at all levels and some of the most highly regarded clients in the events industry.
Offering the widest range of jobs in events worldwide, esp work on permanent, contract and freelance recruitment solutions at all levels from graduate to managing director, across the UK and internationally.
esprecruitment recruit for the following sectors:
- Event Management Agencies
- Production Companies
- Experiential Agencies
- C&I Agencies
- Corporate in-house
- Venues
- Hotels
- Associations
- Charities
- Public Sector
- Commercial Conference Companies
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition & Event Services
Company info
- Website
- http://www.esprecruitment.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 020 7299 2960
- Location
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Ground Floor
36 Manchester Street
London
W1U 7LH
GB
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