Awards Researcher, Events

Thomson Reuters; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 420,000 - 620,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexibility & work-life balance

Career development opportunities

Industry competitive benefits

Global and inclusive culture

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking an Awards Researcher to organize its Asian Legal Business events, manage nominations, and coordinate judging processes. The role involves researching opportunities, engaging with leading legal practitioners, and driving high‑quality submissions.

The ideal candidate has strong English skills, robust research and organization abilities, and experience in regional events. Occasional travel is required, with hybrid work options available for office‑based roles.

Qualifications

• Degree or above; strong spoken and written English.
• Strong research, analytical and organizational capability.
• Able to work independently, multitask and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and customers positively and interactively.
• 5 years of awards organization, event research, marketing or project management experience preferable.

Responsibilities

• Manage research for law awards, including nomination forms, award methodology, and judging packs.
• Identify opportunities and target markets for local and regional events in Asia; maximise product reach and attract participants.
• Identify, invite and secure finalists, judges and prestigious guests; coordinate regional efforts.
• Manage database growth and proactive communications with target audience; outreach to leading companies and C‑level legal practitioners.
• Oversee event marketing via email campaigns, websites, social media and other platforms.
• Leverage social media and digital solutions to enhance research, marketing and event experience.
• Coordinate production of events from conception to completion.
• Assist with on-site logistical management of events.
• Conduct pre and post-event evaluation with data, analysis and reports.
• Collaborate with sales, circulation and editorial to ensure smooth awards processes.

Skills

Research & analysis

Organizational skills

English communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Job description

The Awards Researcher is responsible for organizing Asian Legal Business (ALB) events, such as its series of award programmes and events across Asia.

The incumbent is primarily responsible for managing the nomination and judging process for the awards and the promotion of awards processes, mainly via online marketing, eDM, social media marketing, telephone, and more.

This role may also consist of all aspects of work within the Awards business segment and requires a meticulous attitude toward tasks and a positive personality toward customers and other stakeholders.

About The Role

• Manages the research for law awards, including the preparation of nomination forms, award methodology, and judging packs
• Conducts research to identify opportunities and target markets for local and regional events in Asia, maximises the product reach, and brings in potential participants
• Identifies, invites, and secures the award finalists, judges, and prestigious guests, working closely as part of the team to coordinate the regional efforts
• Manages database growth and proactive communications with the target audience, such as outreach calls to leading companies and C-level legal practitioners to promote the awards programme and drive high-quality submissions
• Manages event marketing via e-mail campaigns, websites, social media, and other platforms.
• Leverages social media and digital solutions to enhance the research process, marketing, and continuous improvement of the awards programme and event experience
• Coordinates the production of events from conception to completion
• Assists with the on-site logistical management of events
• Conducts pre and post-event evaluation, including data, analysis, and reports
• Works closely with other team functions such as sales, circulation and editorial in order to carry out the awards process smoothly and successfully.

About You

• Degree or above, strong spoken and written English skills
• Strong research, analytical and organizational capability
• Able to work independently, multitask and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and customers in a positive and interactive manner, creating a strong customer experience
• 5 years of awards organization, event research, marketing or project management experience is desirable, work experience in regional events/projects is preferred.
• Knowledge in legal or financial industry is beneficial but not essential
• Position requires occasional travel (up to 8 times a year), subject to business needs

What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognised, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialised software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, colour, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

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