Conference Producer

Faversham House Ltd; East Grinstead; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Enhanced pension

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing support

Volunteer days

Job summary

Faversham House Ltd is seeking a proactive Conference Producer to drive our events from initial idea to final delivery. You will shape programmes by researching industry trends, interviewing delegates and speakers, and creating compelling agendas for utilities and sustainability sectors.

You will own speaker management, write invitations and promotional copy, and coordinate with sales and marketing to maximise delegate and sponsor engagement, while adhering to schedules and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role with enthusiasm and professional work ethic.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills to juggle multiple deadlines.
• Strong research, analytical and written communication skills including copywriting.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Develop commercially successful conferences from concept to delivery, turning trends into agendas and formats.
• Secure high-quality speakers and manage their interaction from invitation to day-of coordination.
• Write promotional copy for invitations, brochures, event pages and emails; brief sales and marketing teams.
• Keep projects on schedule using SOPs and hit delegate and sponsorship targets.

Skills

Research

Copywriting

Project management

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

Background to the role

• Work as part of our conferences team, taking a share of our events from first idea to final curtain, and helping us grow and build on the programme.
• Real responsibility from day one: take control of your own workload and shape events in a growing content production team.
• Spend your time with business leaders across utilities and sustainability, turning what you learn into events the industry wants to be part of.
• Real variety: one day you're on a call with a speaker, the next you're writing copy, briefing sales or trialling a fresh event format.

• Research and develop commercially successful conferences - including interviews with potential delegates and speakers - and turn industry trends into compelling agendas and innovative formats.
• Secure a high-quality, diverse range of speakers and be their main point of contact, through to managing speakers and chairs on the day.
• Brief our sales and marketing teams and write results-driven copy for speaker invitations, brochures, event pages and emails.
• Keep every project on schedule using our standard operating procedures, hit delegate and sponsorship targets, and build a network that strengthens our content.

Person Specification

You'll need:

• Previous experience in a similar role, with enthusiasm, confidence and a professional work ethic.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills - juggling multiple projects and deadlines with a keen eye for detail.
• Strong research, analytical and communication skills, including excellent grammar and copywriting.
• The confidence to build relationships with high-profile business executives, and to work autonomously and in a team - plus a willingness to travel in the UK and internationally.

It would help if you also have:

• An undergraduate degree in a relevant subject
• A genuine interest in the sectors in which we operate

Why us?

Faversham House is an independent, award-winning B2B media and events company of 70+ people, based in a newly refurbished, collaboration-focused office in East Grinstead. We run two market-leading brands - Utility Week (utilities) edie (sustainability), reaching thousands of B2B professionals through digital publishing, events, conferences and awards.

Our values aren't just words on a wall, we live them, every day:

• Ambitious: Be brave and achieve great things
• Creative: Think differently and try something new
• Caring:Love what you do and do what's right

• 96% of our people are satisfied working here and we have a 91% staff retention rate
• We promote from within - 40% of our current team have been promoted at least once in the last three years.
• B Corp certified - our commitment to people and planet is independently verified, not just claimed.
• Genuine hybrid working - typically 3 days in our East Grinstead office, 2 from home, with flexibility around our core hours of 10am - 4pm
• Enhanced pension, private medical insurance and a medical cash plan.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• 22 days plus bank holidays, rising to 27 days with service. You also get extra time off over Christmas and your birthday off
• A training budget for every employee - because we invest in growing your career, not just filling a seat.
• Wellbeing support - including a wellbeing scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and financial planning support.
• 2 paid volunteering days per annum to give back to a cause you care about
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and technology purchases

At Faversham House, we believe great work comes from diverse perspectives. We encourage applications, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, relationship status, pregnancy/parental status, race, religion, or sexual orientation.