PEI has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Conference Producer to join our growing US based events team.
The successful candidate will be tasked with running a portfolio of conferences taking place primarily in the North America region. We expect our newest team member to grow and develop the portfolio conferences in conjunction with management and production team. The ideal Conference Producer will be expected to make a significant contribution to the growth of the global Conferences business at this critical time in PEI’s conferences development.
This position will hold P&L responsibility and have full ownership and responsibility for delivering US event portfolios.
The senior conference producer will be responsible for, but not limited to
- Recruiting high level industry speakers to speak at these events and researching and writing compelling program agendas
- Working closely with Business Development to provide market intelligence, leads and other useful information on all events within the portfolio to help achieve agreed targets for each event.
- Building strong relationships with senior level speakers and sponsors across US private equity fund markets.
- Overseeing and taking full responsibility for the P&L accounts for each event within the portfolio.
- Managing the delivery of the portfolio by working closely with the logistics team. This includes building and managing a virtual events platform.
- Developing the audience for the events alongside our dedicated in-house marketing teams.
- Advising our in-house delegate sales team on the portfolio of events and providing unique selling points for the programs.
- Facilitating research and validating new event ideas to grow and develop the portfolio further.
- Making a significant contribution to the overall growth of the global Conferences business.
- Some US based travel will be a requirement of the job.
About us
PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company. With our multi-talented global team of over 300 people, spread across EMEA, USA & Asia, our purpose is to inform and connect investment professionals across global, specialised markets. We identify specific high growth, high value investment sectors and themes where deep insight, strong market relationships and active capital flows are critical for success.
What we do:
PEI Group provides industry-leading journalism, data, and market insight to subscribing clients via a wide portfolio of specialist brands supported by our robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics, and database platform.
We also track the firms and individuals who shape markets and bring client-communities together to enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development through professional networks and events.
Essential Experience
- Minimum 3 year of commercial conference production or commercial experience in another field
- A minimum of three years speaker recruitment experience
- Experience working within a financial or private equity conferences role is desirable but not essential (desired)
Personal Characteristics
- Fast learner and a passion for sustainability
- Self-motivated with a results-driven approach
- Personable and pro-active, able to work across different teams
- Ability to work independently
- Self-motivated and willing to take responsibility
- Innovative: able to lead by example from the front and be the face of a new sub-business area for the company
- Comfortable operating in a grown-up working environment where regular feedback is provided and the eyes of several (senior) interested parties will always be focused
- Resilient under pressure – able to remain focused in the face of multiple competing priorities and ensure key deadlines
- Diplomacy: able to display multi-faceted communication skills in a persuasive, but diplomatic way to ensure that outstanding results are achieved, and the right deadlines and initiatives get prioritised
- High degree of personal pride in own and company work, constantly striving to improve
Motivation
- Highly goal-focused and motivated by achieving high personal standards in all aspects of work – ambitious to meet own personal and organisational goals
- Desire to be part of a dynamic business with high growth expectations
- Keen to stretch self and develop career at PEI
Benefits
- Medical coverage options include prescription coverage and vary by insurance carrier,
- Matched 401K
- 24 days PTO annually
- Paid sick leave
- Flexible and hybrid working options
- Career progression support
- Family friendly policies
- Employee Assistance Program offering free/low-cost resources
PEIHP
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Life insurance
- Referral program
Schedule:
Supplemental pay types:
Application Question(s):
- Are you happy to work hybrid, between home and office?
Experience:
- Speaker Recruiting: 3 years (Required)
- Conference Production: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10036
