Event & Experience Associate at CFO insights

CFO Insights; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An international finance events company in London is searching for an Event & Experience Associate. This role offers the chance to shape conference strategies and innovate on event experiences while working closely with management. Successful candidates will possess strong event planning abilities, excellent negotiation skills, and a creative mindset. Join a fast-paced environment focused on building exceptional events and growing internally.

Benefits

Operational experience in a scale-up

Unlimited growth potential

Close collaboration with senior management

Qualifications

• Outstanding results in your degree.
• Experience in event planning or coordination, marketing, or public relations.
• Exceptional attention to aesthetics and details.

Responsibilities

• Plan, structure and coordinate all conferences strategically.
• Innovate on creative conference experiences.
• Negotiate with vendors for catering and other services.
• Ensure smooth execution of conferences.

Skills

Event planning

Negotiation skills

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Creativity

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Overview

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about creating events? If so, you might be our next Event & Experience Associate.

About us

CFO Insights is Northern Europe's largest CFO forum and aims to connect and develop CFOs, finance leaders, and tomorrow's innovators by addressing the issues of the future CFO. We are connecting more than 11,000 professionals from more than 15 countries.

CFO Insights is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

What we offer you

As our Event & Experience Associate you\'ll have the unique opportunity to be part of building and scaling a company. By providing you with the ownership of our operations, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You\'ll be working out of our HQ in London and to ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• An opportunity for getting operational experience in a scale-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matters to the business
• A chance to work closely together with the CPO on the strategy for our conferences
• Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will vary; however, some of them will be to:

• Plan, structure and coordinate all conferences on a strategic level; decide on dates, choose venues and negotiate best price
• Create the greatest conference experiences by innovating on creative new opportunities and ideas
• Negotiate with vendors (catering, accommodation, transportation, facilities)
• Plan conferences on an operational level e.g. floor planning, invitations, signage, special needs requirements, printing etc.
• Manage conferences by ensuring everything runs smoothly on the days of our conferences enabling us to always surpass our former high attendee satisfaction

What we expect from you

You possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency. You have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what you do. You take ownership of everything you do, are proactive and follow through on commitments. Moreover, you\'re humble and you share our passion for building and executing new businesses. Furthermore, we expect that you:

• Have acquired a bachelor or master's degree with outstanding results
• Willing to work in a role with outstanding performance within event planning or coordination, marketing, public relations or another relevant field
• Have an UK work permit
• Have an exceptional eye for aesthetics and details
• Are well-organised and able to structure and prioritise your work
• Like to build and nurture relations
• Possess great negotiation skills

Start date

Flexible

The role is onsite, Monday to Friday, based in our offices at Buckingham Gate. It is essential we work at a fast pace and collaborate in person to create market-leading, unmatched events throughout the calendar year. It will be great to have you as part of our team.