Graduate Events Co-ordinator

A fantastic entry-level opportunity for someone who is looking to work within events, working for a leading consultancy just outside of Marlow, Bucks. Would be good for a smart graduate with some events/scheduling and commercial experience

There will be an element of home working with this role but must be happy to attend the office in Bourne End and also travel occasionally! (in February you will hopefully be going to Miami for a client event!)

What will I be doing?

•  Work with speakers to promote various events, liaising with them throughout the time leading up to the conference.
• Monitor the quality of the speakers’ presentations.
• Design and write the conference programme from start to finish.
• Pro-actively create and manage the content for conference programmes and liaise with editorial and research team to increase relevance of topics and variety of speakers.
• Manage speaker invitations and all communications with speakers once confirmed, including the collection of bios and presentations.
• Assist the Head of Events with pre-and onsite operational duties.
• Support all departments with researching and creating thought led pieces for marketing and conference themes.
• Enable communication channels between all staff and departments to ensure industry knowledge and programme content is shared.
• Supporting both Media and Research departments with content opportunities and ideas.
• Be responsible for the virtual event webcasting and online conference content.

What skills and experience do I need?

• Excellent attention to detail and an efficient administrator
• Confident communicator, articulate with strong written skills
• Commercially aware – able to research and adapt to new industries rapidly
• Analytical mind and a proactive nature
• A team player with the ability to multitask and work on multiple projects
• Experience of working for a B2B company, or research/ journalistic led role (desirable)