Speaker Producer - Mandarin

Web Summit; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare & EAP

Pension 6%

L&D department access

Laptop provided

Generous annual leave

Wellness subsidy €1000/year

Job summary

Web Summit in Ireland seeks native Mandarin speakers to join the Speakers Team, ensuring the world hears from China’s tech leaders at our events. You will research potential speakers, craft compelling pitches, and navigate complex scheduling with high-profile offices.

Travel within China is required, and attendance is hybrid from Dublin, Lisbon or Porto. Strong writing, outreach, and editorial skills, plus fluency in English and Mandarin, are essential for success in our fast-paced team.

Qualifications

• Native Mandarin speaker with fluent English.
• Proven ability in pitch writing and presenting.
• Experience in PR, talent agency, journalism, events or hospitality.
• Strong research and outreach skills for speaker sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Research potential speakers and their business needs.
• Craft and pitch session concepts and narrative angles.
• Manage speaker data and confirm statuses; coordinate scheduling.
• Coordinate travel and logistics for speaker engagements including China trips.
• Prepare briefings for meetings with VIPs to align goals.
• Assist in maintaining long-running discussions with speakers.

Skills

Mandarin language

English language

Research

Outreach

Editorial writing

Travel coordination

Event coordination

Team player

Tools

WeChat

Weibo

Douyin

Zhihu

Job description

About us:

How did Web Summit become, in the words of Forbes, “the best tech conference on the planet”? Meaningful connections. Our tech events are unmissable because we make it easier for the right people to meet and connect. Everyone at Web Summit works towards this goal.

And we’re just getting started.

We’re always looking to build on the impact we have already made at Web Summit. In the coming years we’ll take Web Summit to new markets, promoting global connectivity, highlighting important issues and connecting global leaders – all while making a positive impact on the environment and communities we encounter.

To build a better company, we have to better ourselves. We do that by finding the most ambitious people to work with us.

About the team:

The role of Web Summit’s Speakers Team is simple: we attract the speakers that make Web Summit so successful.

Now, that will be your job.

In recent years, Web Summit has been the first - sometimes only - tech event to call out the growing global impact of Chinese technology across every sector: AI, robotics, energy, transport, research, health, and infrastructure to name just a few.

We are looking for native Mandarin speakers to ensure the world gets to hear from and engage with China’s tech leaders, creators and thinkers at our events.

What you’ll do

• Behind every speaker confirmed for Web Summit is a mountain of research, flawless logistics, and relentless follow-up.
• Target Intelligence: Conduct deep-dive research on potential speakers, their recent announcements, and their business needs to help craft the perfect pitch.
• Outreach: Outreach with compelling & high-level pitch. . You’ll also be responsible for keeping the momentum alive in long-running discussions.
• Editorial: Pitch in on session concepts, titles, and narrative angles.
• Administrative Excellence: Manage speaker data, track confirmation statuses, and coordinate the complex scheduling requirements of high-profile offices.
• Briefing & Preparation: Ensuring that when pitching or meeting with a VIP, we know everything about them - and the best ways to ensure their goals are met by attending Web Summit.
• Travel: Trips within China required, in addition to standard event travel.

Skills we like to see

• Drive: Nothing beats hard work and a relentless determination to achieve your goals
• Experience: Fast-paced environment (PR, talent agency, journalism, events, TV, Radio, or high-end hospitality).
• Communication: Exceptional writing and presenting skills. You must be able to sound professional, persuasive, and succinct.
• Contextual intelligence: Grounded understanding of China’s tech and business ecosystem - players and dynamics - and knowing how best to navigate your way to booking them
• Tools proficiency: Fluent with China-specific research and outreach tools, including WeChat, Weibo, Douyin, and Zhihu
• Team player: An excellent collaborator, with the ability to work equally well on your own initiative.
• Curiosity: Willingness to learn, ask questions, and scale skills quickly.
• Personality: High Social IQ. You need to be someone people enjoy working with, even under intense pressure.
• Language: Fluent English is a must, alongside native-level Mandarin.
• Location: Hybrid attendance from offices in Dublin, Lisbon or Porto.

Benefits and perks:

• Subsidised healthcare, dental, employee assistance programme (EAP) and more.
• Pension contribution up to 6% (Irish-based only)
• A dedicated in-house L&D department, with access to workshops, online learning and resources to help you excel in your career development.
• Company laptop, generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements.
• Our very own Tramway Team, which drives community and morale-boosting events for employees to participate in.
• Annual company get-togethers, charity days, and monthly wellbeing talks.
• Wellness subsidy issued to all employees of €1000 per year

At Web Summit, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We want talent from all walks of life to help us on our journey to digitise the conference sector. Hiring decisions are made purely on experience, skills and the needs of the business.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.