Speaker Associate

UNITED MEDIA; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic media organization based in London is seeking a Speaker Associate. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead research, create content programs, and build relationships with industry leaders. No specific experience is required, but candidates should possess a strong work ethic and excellent communication skills. The position offers significant growth potential and is located onsite in Buckingham Gate, London.

Benefits

Unlimited growth potential

Opportunity for travel

Operational experience

Qualifications

• No specific previous work experience required; training provided.
• UK work permit is necessary.
• High levels of proactivity and commitment are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead research to identify rising industry trends.
• Create comprehensive content programs for conferences.
• Develop relationships with industry-leading companies.
• Align key senior executives for content delivery.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Curiosity about people

Organisational skills

Proactive attitude

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

About us

United Media (https://www.united-media.com/) focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. To this date, we have organically launched six companies and acquired one.

What we offer you

As our Speaker 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 and 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.

Startdate

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.