Graduate Associate - Content at Retail Insights

Retail Insights; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail intelligence firm in London is seeking a Content Associate to take ownership of content initiatives and develop impactful programs. Responsibilities include leading research to identify industry trends and maintaining relationships with executives. Candidates should possess strong communication skills, a proactive attitude, and a drive to succeed. Training is provided, and a UK work permit is required. Join our vibrant team to create innovative events throughout the year.

Benefits

Travel opportunities

Unlimited growth potential

Close mentorship from leadership

Qualifications

• No specific prior work experience required; training provided.
• Must have a UK work permit.
• Desire to excel with a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Lead research to identify rising trends in the industry.
• Create content programs for best-in-class conference experiences.
• Maintain relationships with key industry executives.

Skills

Excellent verbal communication

Strong writing skills

Proactivity

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Job description

London, United Kingdom

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 people? If so, you might be our next Content Associate.

About us

Retail Insights is Northern Europe’s leading retail forum. We are strengthening the retail ecosystem by building a platform for insights, inspiration, and networking, connecting more than 3,000 leaders yearly from more than 15 countries.

Retail 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 Content Associate you get the unique opportunity to take ownership of one of our key business areas. You’ll be working in-person in your HQ in London where you will constantly be pushed out of your comfort zone. To ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• Opportunity of having a real impact - You’ll be getting operational experience in a start-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matter to the business.
• Inspiration and guidance - A chance to work closely with our high performing team as well as with the CEO and founder of our company.
• Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally.
• Travel opportunity: You would be joining our conferences overseas.
• Invaluable transferable skills - boost your interpersonal, research, organisation, outreach and project management skills through experience and training.

Your Responsibilities

Responsibilities in this job will vary however, they will be mostly centred around:

• Leading research to identify rising trends that will define the future of the industry.
• Creating comprehensive content programs with formats that produce best-in-class conference experience and engagement.
• Maintaining and developing long-standing and fruitful relationships with industry-leading companies, new and existing senior executives across the globe.
• Preparing and aligning with such key senior executives at leading companies for the delivery of top quality content and interactions on stage.

What we expect from you

Please note that this job does not require any specific previous work experience as training is provided and we are looking to incorporate candidates across different levels of experience. However, we do require you to have a UK work permit.

Furthermore, we are looking for candidates who:

• Have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what they do;
• Possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency;
• Take ownership of everything they do, are proactive and follow through on commitments;
• Are curious about people and love to speak, build and nurture relations;
• Are an excellent communicator (especially) verbally and in writing;
• Are well-organised and display the ability to structure and prioritise their work.

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.