Event Coordinator jobs in United Arab Emirates

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Arena International Events Group, part of GlobalData, runs over 60 international B2B conferences every year, with a dynamic calendar of events that is always evolving. Our portfolio spans three main industry sectors; Financial Services, Consumer and Technology taking place in three primary regions Europe, USA and Asia.

This is an opportunity for a Conference Producer looking for the chance to become a Senior Conference Producer and to become a critical part of our ambitious team. Based in a fantastic central London location, you will provide research-based insights to the team, entrench yourself in your industry and produce compelling, commercial agendas centred on cutting edge trends in the Financial Services division of our events business.

• Use primary market research, as well as insights from GlobalData s proprietary data, to inform cutting edge agendas, demonstrating good writing skills. Write compelling copy to promote the benefits of the agenda.
• Recruit quality, senior speakers via multiple channels, including email, social, video conference calls and inperson meetings within best practice timeframes and meeting KPIs.
• Innovate: generate new topic ideas and demonstrate entrepreneurial skills in order to bring those ideas to life. Recruit out of the ordinary, inspirational speakers. Reconceptualise formats to ensure quality, interactive, commercial products that provide unrivalled value to our delegates and sponsors.
• Support the sales team to hit and exceed financial objectives. Demonstrate a commercial mindset when writing agendas, during client prospecting, onboarding and management.
• Prepare full sponsorship sales and marketing briefs, demonstrate excellent communication skills when delivering them, as well as collaborating with the wider team on clientfacing agendas and media packs.
• New product development: actively contribute to the portfolio schedule with wellvalidated product launches which respond to market trends and complement the portfolio.
• Ensure the profitability of events meet event budgets and keep overall costs in control.
• Run international conferences professionally on onsite, dealing with sponsors, speakers and delegates alike.
• Provide pre and post-conference content, reports and summaries, for the event websites, social channels and emails.

Successful candidates will have a strong track record of developing key relationships with end-user and supplier companies and shaping the evolution of commercial events. You will report to the Head of Event Content and be responsible for growth planning, product innovation and delivery of the global Financial Services events portfolio.

• A minimum of three years working in B2B conferences and commercial production.
• Track record of contributing to the growth of events/ events series by working closely with sponsorship and delegate sales teams and contributing to their hitting and exceeding of targets.
• Evidence of generating new ideas for events and successfully producing launch conferences.
• Experience working in international markets.
• An understanding of technological advances impacting global industries, and how business transformation is enabled by cutting edge tech.

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