Conference Producer
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
The successful candidate will be tasked with running a portfolio of conferences taking place primarily in the North America region. We expect our newest team member to grow and develop the portfolio conferences in conjunction with management and production team. The idealConference Producer will be expected to make a significant contribution to the growth of the global conferences business at this critical time in PEIs conferences development.
- Own project management responsibilities while driving longterm strategic direction across all assigned US inperson conferences
- Write compelling program agendas that integrate relevant PEI data highlight current market trends incorporate attractive business development opportunities and leverage creative session formats to elevate the overall audience experience.
- Work alongside each programs editorial champion to ensure alignment between their editorial expertise and our programming.
- Build speaker line-ups that feature Csuite finance leaders and ensure each event includes highly relevant subjectmatter experts alongside a balanced mix of established voices and fresh perspectives
- Record and report on speakeroutreach activity in a clear timely and appropriately documented manner to ensure full visibility into progress and pipeline status.
- Align with Business Development on sponsor deliverables to guarantee all contracted speaking opportunities and onstage integrations are fulfilled smoothly and professionally.
- Advise our in-house delegate sales team on the portfolio of events and providing unique selling points for the programs and help develop the audience for the events alongside our dedicated in-house marketing teams.
- Work with the marketing team to highlight the most relevant speakers and content throughout the sales campaign.
- Work closely with Business Development to provide market intelligence leads and other useful information on all events within the portfolio to help achieve agreed targets for each event
- Manage the delivery of the portfolio by working closely with the in-house event logistics team on venue selection headcounts AV requirements room layouts signage registration needs and other core event logistics.
- Make a significant contribution to the overall growth of the global conferences business including working with your AD to identify and vet new opportunities in your specific market to assist in launching new events that grow and develop your portfolio further.
- Liaise with CFO Network manager and help set membership strategy.
- Assist where needed with outreach and virtual events with weekly touchpoints across the membership product.
Essential Experience
- Minimum 3 years of commercial conference production or commercial experience in another field
- A minimum of three years speaker recruitment experience
- Experience working within financial or private equity conferences role is desirable but not essential
- Experience working within a senior level finance professionals is desirable but not essential
Personal Characteristics
- Self-motivated and willing to take responsibility
- Ability to work independently
- Resilient under pressure able to remain focused in the face of multiple competing priorities and ensure key deadlines
- Personable and pro-active able to work across different teams
- Able to display multi-faceted communication skills in a persuasive but diplomatic way to ensure that outstanding results are achieved and the right deadlines and initiatives get prioritized
- High degree of personal pride in own and company work constantly striving to improve
Motivation
- Highly goal-focused and motivated by achieving high personal standards in all aspects of work ambitious to meet own personal and organizational goals
- Desire to be part of a dynamic business with high growth expectations
- Keen to stretch self and develop career at PEI
What we do:
PEI sits at the centre of one of the most dynamic industries in global finance. Private markets have grown from a niche corner of the investment world into an industry with $15 trillion AUM spanning dozens of strategies hundreds of geographies and thousands of funds. The professionals navigating it rely on us to make sharper decisions.
Today PEI operates a range of platforms each dedicated to a major asset class or investment theme; from private equity and infrastructure to real estate private credit and beyond.
What makes us genuinely different is what we bring together. Data-enabled tools. Data-enriched insight. Built on powerful proprietary datasets. Editorial insights based on deep market knowledge and experience. The networks and communities that convene the people who move and manage capital. No other business is this well connected. This shapes everything we build every hire we make and every decision we take.
Who were looking for:
Our 500 team spans Europe APAC and the Americas researchers journalists data scientists product engineers events professionals marketers and commercial specialists all working to give private markets professionals the intelligence edge they need.
Central to everything we do is our people. Weve built a culture where talent grows careers are built with intention and everyone has the opportunity to learn grow and make their mark.
Required Experience:
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