PEI Group
About The Role
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
Senior 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:
About You
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
Personal Attributes:
Benefits
About Us
Who we are:
PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company. With our multi-talented global team of over 490 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. Wherever our markets are active - in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and elsewhere - PEI is hard at work examining crucial market forces and shifting investment themes, identifying active investors and their capital allocations, and scanning ahead for regulatory changes, new compliance requirements and other risk factors.
At PEI we value diverse talent and welcome applications from everyone - regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this.
PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.
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
Senior 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:
- Driving the strategic direction of a multi-million dollar portfolio of three US based events.
- Overseeing and taking full responsibility for the P&L accounts for each event within the portfolio.
- Working alongside each program's editorial champion to ensure alignment between their editorial expertise and our programming.
- Researching and write compelling program agendas and ensure PEI's data is being showcased where applicable.
- Recruiting high level industry speakers to speak at these events
- Recording speaker outreach and progress in appropriate manner (Excel and eventually in CRM).
- 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 sponsor speakers across US private equity fund markets.
- Managing the delivery of the portfolio by working closely with the logistics team.
- 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.
- Liaising with Network manager and help set membership strategy. Assist where needed with outreach and virtual events with weekly touchpoints across the membership product.
- 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 including working with your AD to identify and vet new opportunities in your specific market to assist in launching new events that grow and develop your portfolio further.
- Some US based travel will be a requirement of the job
About You
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
- Minimum 3 years of commercial conference production or commercial experience in another field
- A minimum of three years speaker recruitment experience
- Experience working within financial or private equity conferences role is desirable but not essential
- Experience working within a senior level finance professionals is desirable but not essential
Personal Attributes:
- Innovative: able to lead by example from the front and be the face of a new sub-business area for the company
- 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
- 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 prioritized
- High degree of personal pride in own and company work, constantly striving to improve
Benefits
- Generous Leave: 24 days PTO (+10 public holidays), Holiday-Flex and a gifted December break.
- Volunteer Time: 4 days of volunteer leave per year to give back to the community.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Up to 56 hours of sick leave annually, Medical Coverage including prescription coverage varied by insurance carrier.
- Financial Perks: Employee Incentive Reward Scheme, Matched 401k & Family friendly policies.
- Employee Support: Employee Assistance Program to enhance employee's wellbeing & Referral Scheme to help reward your network.
- Flexible Working: Enjoy a flexible working policy to balance your professional & personal life.
About Us
Who we are:
PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company. With our multi-talented global team of over 490 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. Wherever our markets are active - in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and elsewhere - PEI is hard at work examining crucial market forces and shifting investment themes, identifying active investors and their capital allocations, and scanning ahead for regulatory changes, new compliance requirements and other risk factors.
At PEI we value diverse talent and welcome applications from everyone - regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this.
PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.