Speaker Associate at United Media

United Media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

United Media is seeking a motivated Speaker Associate in Greater London to thrive in a fast-paced environment. This role offers operational experience and the chance to work closely with top executives.

Responsibilities include researching industry trends and creating engaging content for conferences. Ideal candidates will show strong verbal and written communication skills, possess a drive for excellence, and be well-organized. A UK work permit is required for this position.

Qualifications

• UK work permit required.
• Relentless drive and desire to excel.
• Ownership of tasks and proactive follow-through.
• Curiosity about people and relationship building.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead research on trends shaping the industry.
• Create engaging content for conferences.
• Maintain relationships with senior executives.
• Prepare for quality content delivery at events.

Skills

Excellent verbal communication

Excellent written communication

Organizational skills

Research skills

Relationship building

Job description

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

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

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.