We are looking for an experienced Conference Producer (known within GDS as a Summit Producer) to join the Summits arm of our event delivery team. The Summit Director team have overall responsibility for the planning and execution for each event.
As a Summit Producer you are responsible for the creation and delivery of our Summit programmes. On a day-to-day basis, this includes researching, identifying, qualifying and securing senior executives to speak at our conferences across our core verticals (Data and Security, CX, Sales & Marketing, Business Operations and Industry IT)
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Conduct desk and phone research to identify market trends, and commercially viable conference programmes, tailored to the needs of the industry
- Write engaging conference agendas
- Convey compelling new topic ideas to senior executives and secure them to speak
- Identify and acquire senior level speakers
- Create briefs for sales and marketing
- Support the live delivery of your event
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Strong communicator and confident in telephone speaker research, acquisition and management
- 4 years of direct experience in delivering conferences, with a bias towards In-Person events
- Strong experience with research, interviewing and content management, for a C-level audience
- Enthusiasm, confidence, a strong professional work ethic and strong business acumen
- Ability to establish and build relationships with high-profile business executives
- Superior organisational and project management skills, along with attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and synthesise information quickly and effectively
- Demonstrated ability to learn new subject matter quickly and high intellectual curiosity
- Effective interviewing skills
- Professional business and/or technical writing experience
- Proven track record managing multiple projects and deadlines
- Preference working in a collaborative team environment
- Confident using CRM systems and other collaboration tools, e.g., Salesforce, Microsoft Teams and Monday.com
- The successful applicant will have excellent time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
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City-centre location – 225 Liberty Street, New York
- Ongoing training. Throughout your career at GDS Group you will receive continued career development support from our leadership and development team
- High earning potential. Structured commission scheme
- Exceptional career progression. We're ever-evolving, if you work hard and do well - with our help and support there are no artificial limits to your speed of progress
- Fantastic social events and rewards throughout the year
GDS Group is a global B2B solution provider of insight, content, pipeline growth, production studios and creative services delivered through our virtual platforms and face-to-face experiences.
Founded on our thirty years of expertise, our mission is to be our client’s pipeline partner by bringing business solutions and targeted audiences together within dynamic environments.
Being a technology pioneer and marketing services provider, we produce unique immersive experiences and create unparalleled access to industry thought leadership to enable transformation within their organizations.
Trusted by the world’s leading brands, we connect c-suite executives, using real-life, real-time human interactions, to help solve their shared challenges and accelerate projects, so together, we outpace the speed of change.