Brand Director / Production Manager - Leading Global Events Co.

Media IQ Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading events and insights business in London is seeking a Brand Director / Conference Production Manager, responsible for driving profitability and strategic direction for multiple events. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of B2B conference production experience, proven leadership skills, and a strong methodological approach to growth strategy. This role requires working from the London office 2 days a week.

Qualifications

• 3+ years B2B conference production experience, including launch and repeat events.
• Proven production skills.
• Understanding of high-quality production execution.

Responsibilities

• Drive overall profitability of P&L(s) within the business.
• Set strategic direction on portfolio and product level.
• Accountable for delivering yearly commercial results.

Skills

B2B conference production experience

High-quality production execution

Advanced time management

Leadership

Project management skills

Job description

Brand Director / Production Manager - Leading Global Events Co.

Job Sector

Conference + Content Production / Event Management

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

London (2 days) + working from home (3 days)

Job Reference

MediaIQ-HdofProd1201

Do you have experience of producing successful repeat and launch conferences?

Do you have experience of hiring, managing and developing more junior conference producers?

Want to work for an extremely fast growing, large and highly respected conference and insights business?

If yes, please read on

The Company

A large, highly respected events and insights business operating across a variety of b2b markets is looking for a Brand Director for their production division. They have a friendly, collaborative and entrepreneurial culture with a highly regarded team culture.

The Role of Brand Director / Conference Production Manager

Responsibilities

• Drive the overall profitability of P&L(s) within the business. You’ll have multiple P+L responsibility to both generate new launches, as well as grow established repeat events
• Set strategic direction on both portfolio and product level through established assets and identifying launch opportunities within your area with robust validation and analysis
• Accountable for delivering the yearly commercial result and budgeted product load
• Robust seed idea generation and validation within the company's process framework to create more product opportunities
• Strengthen existing portfolio, or organically create your own, to maximise market penetration
• Management, training and development of a junior producer

Requirements for this Brand Director/Conference Production Manager position

• 3+ years B2B conference production experience, with proven production skills across a variety of conferences, including launch and repeat events
• Understanding of high-quality production execution, advanced time management and organisational skills
• Experience of managing at least 1 conference producer
• Demonstratable leadership and advanced project management skills to influence commercial results of your products
• Methodological approach such as data-driven analysis to devise growth strategy for repeat events
• Experience of strategic portfolio development and/or new event idea validation with commercial viability
• A natural entrepreneur who is interested in combining research and advanced business skills to have true ownership of your conference products’ financials and commercial trajectory
• Able to work from London offices 2 days a week

If you think that you could be the Brand Director / Conference Production Manager that our client is looking for, please apply!