Events Producer / Conference Producer

Headliners Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in London is seeking a hands-on Events Producer to join their editorial-facing events team. This role involves delivering high-quality conference programmes for clinical and healthcare audiences, conducting market research, managing client relationships, and ensuring successful event delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience in producing healthcare events, strong communication skills, and excellent project management abilities. This is a hybrid, fixed-term role with a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Experience producing conferences or CPD-style events, ideally healthcare-related.
• Strong research skills to identify market opportunities and sponsorship potential.
• Ability to manage stakeholder relationships and join client calls confidently.
• Strong project management skills to track timelines and flag risks.
• Excellent communication skills for briefing and coaching speakers.
• Attention to detail with compliance considerations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market and audience research to identify event themes.
• Identify and qualify potential commercial partners and sponsorship opportunities.
• Design and develop conference agendas and session formats.
• Research, approach, and interview speakers for alignment with session aims.
• Manage client relationships and provide progress updates.
• Collaborate with marketing and event operations to repurpose content.
• Support on-the-day event delivery and follow up with speakers.

Skills

Experience producing conferences or CPD-style events

Strong research and commercial awareness

Excellent stakeholder management skills

Strong project management

Confident communicator

Attention to detail

Job description

Events Producer (Conferences & Commercial Events) - 12 months FTC London (Hybrid) Salary £39K

We re looking for a hands-on Events Producer to join a busy editorial-facing events team delivering high-quality, professional Conference programmes for clinical and healthcare audiences. This is a 35-hour week, 1-year fixed-term role based in central London with flexible/SMART working in place.

Why this role matters

You ll turn sector insight into compelling learning experiences researching the market, shaping conference programmes, building trusted relationships with speakers and commercial partners, and helping to maximise the lifecycle and commercial performance of events.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct market and audience research to identify event themes, validate demand and monitor competitor activity.
• Identify and qualify potential commercial partners and sponsorship opportunities via desk research, interviews and surveys.
• Design and develop conference agendas and session formats that meet clear learning objectives for the target clinical audience.
• Research, approach and interview speakers; secure chairs; brief speakers to ensure presentations align with session aims.
• Manage client relationships day-to-day: join calls, provide progress updates and ensure event deliverables meet client expectations
• Work closely with marketing, sales and event operations to repurpose content (recordings, transcripts, blogs), track engagement and use feedback to improve future programmes.
• Support on-the-day delivery and follow up with speakers and stakeholders afterwards.

What we re looking for

• Experience producing conferences or CPD-style events, ideally aimed at healthcare or professional audiences.
• Strong research and commercial awareness able to identify market opportunities and sponsorship potential.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and confidence joining client calls.
• Strong project management able to track multiple workstreams, flag risks early and keep things on schedule.
• Confident communicator (written and verbal) with experience briefing and coaching speakers.
• Attention to detail and comfort working to compliance constraints where required.