Senior Booking Producer

POLITICO Europe; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Training opportunities

Flexible work abroad

Job summary

POLITICO Europe is seeking a highly capable Senior Booking Producer to join our Live team, supporting the programming and production of live events by identifying, researching and securing top-tier guests—from policymakers to thought leaders and experts.

You will identify, vet and book guests for European and global events, handle outreach and scheduling, and develop a broad network across EU institutions, governments, and media.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a speaker booker or senior producer in media.
• Proven track record of securing senior-level speakers.
• Strong understanding of European politics.
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Organized and detail-oriented with multi-project management.
• Fluent in English; additional European languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify, vet and book high-profile guests for European/global events.
• Draft outreach communications and manage scheduling.
• Develop and maintain networks across European capitals and institutions.
• Prepare briefing materials for hosts and moderators.
• Manage the booking process from outreach to event delivery.
• Collaborate with editorial, events, marketing and production teams.
• Maintain accurate booking records and reporting.
• Represent POLITICO with discretion and professionalism.

Skills

Speaker booking

Negotiation

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Description

POLITICO is seeking a highly capable and dynamic Senior Booking Producer to join our growing Live team in Europe. This producer will support the programming and production of our live events and other key moments by identifying, researching and securing top-tier guests — from policymakers and thought leaders to subject‑matter experts and newsmakers.

What You’ll Do

• Identify, vet and book high-profile and relevant guests for major European and global events, special projects and relevant live moments.
• Draft and send outreach communications, handle scheduling logistics, and manage guest communications with professionalism and discretion.
• Develop and maintain a strong network across European capitals, EU institutions, national governments, international organizations, business, press teams, public affairs professionals and civil society.
• Conduct background research on potential guests and topics; help the editorial team prepare briefing documents and interview materials for hosts and moderators.
• Manage the booking process from initial outreach and negotiation through to confirmation and event delivery, including guest check‑ins, technical prep (when virtual), and coordination with production teams.
• Work closely with editorial, events, commercial, marketing and production teams to understand program objectives and advise on the relevance, stature, balance and strategic value of prospective speakers.
• Support the development of repeat relationships and strategic speaker engagement across multiple events and formats.
• Maintain accurate booking records, contact databases and reporting on speaker activity.
• Represent POLITICO by handling sensitive or complex negotiations with discretion, professionalism and sound judgement.

What You’ll Need

• Significant experience as a speaker booker, senior producer, journalist, talent booker or equivalent role in broadcast, publishing events or another media organization.
• A proven track record of securing senior‑level speakers and high‑profile contributors.
• Strong understanding of European politics, with an eye for relevant stories and influential voices.
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Persistent, resourceful and creative in developing routes to hard‑to‑reach speakers.
• Organized and detail‑oriented, with the ability to manage multiple complex booking processes simultaneously.
• Calm and solutions‑focused when plans change or speakers withdraw at short notice.
• A collaborative team player who can work effectively across multiple teams, markets and projects.
• Ideally an existing extensive and trusted network across European politics, business, policy and public life.
• Fluent in English; additional European languages would be an advantage.
• We value our people
• Our benefits package is built for you, and includes:
• Our teams benefit from country‑specific, competitive compensation and benefits packages—including pension, healthcare, training opportunities and more.
• With a multinational team, strong ties to EU institutions, and flexible work options including working from abroad, we offer our employees an environment that supports both professional and personal development.

About Us

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow’s headlines, not reports on yesterday’s news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear‑eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world’s key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world’s premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don’t even know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision‑makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.

POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family‑owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles—first articulated as The Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II—remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer.