Senior Conference Producer

Cogora; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Cycle to work loan

Flexible working hours

Work from home option

Job summary

Cogora in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Conference Producer to shape healthcare conference programmes, owning content from concept to delivery and collaborating with editors, sales, marketing and partners.

You will conduct audience research, build advisory boards, recruit speakers, manage on-site delivery and help drive revenue by aligning sponsor interests across live and virtual formats.

Qualifications

• Several years’ conference production experience.
• Healthcare conference experience preferred.
• Journalists moving into conference production welcome if strong in research and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Research healthcare audiences, markets and topics to identify opportunities.
• Develop conference programmes using primary/secondary research and advisory boards.
• Build and manage programme advisory boards to integrate audience insight.
• Create interactive formats for live and virtual events.
• Recruit, briefing and managing speakers; collect bios and presentations.
• Coordinate with sponsors to align content and gather speaker details.

Skills

Conference production

Audience research

Stakeholder management

Content development

Tools

Event management systems

CMS websites

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced, commercially minded Conference Producer to join our events team and play a key role in developing new healthcare conferences alongside our established portfolio.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys creating and shaping conference programmes and wants genuine ownership of the content proposition.

You’ll help develop new and evolving healthcare conferences, using audience insight, market knowledge and commercial understanding to create programmes that are relevant, practical and engaging. You’ll work across both face-to-face and virtual events, with the opportunity to influence the development of our new events in areas including community pharmacy.

Reporting to the Director of Event Strategy and Business Development, you’ll collaborate with colleagues across events, sales, marketing and editorial, as well as association partners, sponsors and speakers.

Responsibilities

• Researching healthcare audiences, markets, competitors and emerging topics to identify opportunities
• Developing conference programmes that meet our audiences’ needs through primary and secondary research, and collaboration with advisory boards and editorial teams
• Building and managing programme advisory boards to bring audience insight and expert perspectives into programme development
• Creating interactive and engaging session formats for virtual and face-to-face events
• Recruiting, briefing and managing speakers, including negotiating expenses and collecting bios, photos and presentations
• Liaising with sponsors to ensure sponsored symposium content aligns with the overall programme and that session and speaker details are collected in a timely manner
• Working closely with sales to identify revenue opportunities and ensure delegate and sponsor objectives are balanced
• Identifying and suggesting event contra partnerships with relevant healthcare organisations to support audience engagement and event reach
• Working with marketing to develop messaging and copy for websites, emails and advertising
• Managing programme and speaker delivery on-site at events across the UK
• Supporting virtual events, including webinar platforms, sponsor staging pages and on-demand content
• Developing your knowledge of the healthcare sector, competitor events and relevant compliance requirements, particularly ABPI

You’ll have several years’ conference production experience and be confident managing conference programmes from initial concept through to delivery. We’re also open to journalists looking to move into conference production, particularly those with strong research, content development and stakeholder management skills.

You’ll be:

• Curious: interested in audiences, markets and the issues affecting healthcare professionals
• Creative: able to develop compelling content and fresh approaches to conference programming
• Commercially aware: able to understand delegate and sponsor needs and identify revenue opportunities
• A community builder: passionate about bringing people and organisations together, creating meaningful connections and building engaged professional communities
• Proactive and autonomous: comfortable taking ownership and driving projects forward
• Highly organised: able to manage multiple conferences, stakeholders and deadlines simultaneously
• A strong communicator: confident chairing programme advisory boards and working with senior speakers, sponsors and internal teams
• Adaptable: comfortable working across live and virtual event formats
• Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical or medical events/publishing would be advantageous, as would experience with event management systems and website content management.

The role involves UK travel and occasional overnight stays.

27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, your birthday and loyalty days

Option to purchase
additional holiday

Cycle to work loan + Season
ticket loan

Flexible working hours and
working from home option

6 weeks full pay maternity leave and
2 weeks paternity

Volunteering / charity days
and contributions

About Cogora

Cogora is one of the UK’s leading full-service healthcare marketing agencies, building a reputation for excellence with over 30 years in the industry.

Through our market-leading brands and educational platforms, covering a range of therapy areas, we have cultivated and grown engaged communities of healthcare professionals, learning what they do, think and really need, in order to provide them with innovative and impactful education that helps them deliver high-quality care to patients.