Please login or register to receive PlusPoints. (What are PlusPoints?)

Company Profile - SMi Group Ltd

Overview

SMi Group Ltd is a highly Professional, Independent and Global event producing company that specialises in Business to Business Conferences, Workshops and Masterclasses and online Communities. We create and deliver events in Defence, Security, Energy, Utilities, Finance and Pharmaceutical industries.

Our aim is to provide you with the Highest Quality Events, which are timely, relevant and important to you and your company!

We pride ourselves on being connected to the best and most Knowledgeable Expert speakers in your business sector. We believe in bringing you together with your peers in order to Learn, Engage and Network with the very best. We hold events in over 15 major cities throughout the world including London, Paris, Singapore and have welcomed over 7,000 participants from 80 countries to our events.

We are Experts in knowing Experts and have been bringing you this Expertise since 1993

Career Opportunities

Currently we are looking to recruit a Defence conference producer, the description is as follows:

Overall Purpose of the Role

To provide key industry sectors with business to business information through the forum of conferences
To develop a breadth of understanding within specific industry of strategic and commercial issues through speaking to industry representatives, reading trade journals and press releases and web-based research
Develop ideas into quality two day on – target revenue-generating events
To deliver at least one full or half day interactive workshop on a complimentary subject to the conference
To pass leads/ideas to Telesales, Marketing, Sponsorship and other Producers within your team

Key Tasks

To research, write & produce a minimum of 7-9 business conferences per annum depending on the sector.
To produce each event to the highest quality possible within 23- 27 days - depending on the sector, working to the specifications outlined in the conference brief and adhering to the requirements of the production schedule (see separate details)
To produce a minimum of one workshop in association with each conference, detailing a subject introduced in the main event (a minimum of 9 workshops must be produced per annum)
To set up and carry through at least two meetings with industry personnel per event
To invite at least 100 potential speakers per event (all invitees must be relevant and have received written details of the conference)
To ensure data is requested and received from all speakers and workshop leaders and added to the SMi database on a daily basis
To secure 16 speakers and 2 chairs and be in receipt of their confirmation forms by the end of the production cycle
To ensure deadlines are met and production targets achieved and exceeded
To keep the Head of Production fully informed and aware of the progress of each conference and any problems
To maximise event profitability (not paying speakers fees, keeping speakers expenses to a minimum)
To work with Sponsorship, writing brief, passing on leads and suggesting potential sponsors
To work with Telesales, writing brief, passing on leads and, where necessary, researching additional leads
To work with Marketing, writing brief, checking all marketing material relevant to your conferences, advising them on how best to attract potential delegates, making suggestions of associations, societies and journals suitable for external marketing activity. Provide a mid-production marketing brief to add any developments or refinements to the initial research brief symbol 183 \f "Symbol" \s 10 \h
To add additional value to the conference programme wherever possible
To complete all aspects of conference administration (confirmation faxes, expense forms, guest place forms and handovers) accurately and on time
To ensure the conference information is displayed on the web site and that the material is correct and up to date
To ensure replacement speakers are found for existing conference programmes and that Marketing, Sponsorship, Telesales, the Conference Executive, Client Services and Website Support are aware of the changes
To contribute to the marketing of the event by adding any new data into the database
To attend and open conferences, bringing workshops and future events to the attention of speakers and delegates
To network with speakers and delegates to get new ideas for conferences, feedback and secure speakers for future events
Maintain confidentiality
Related duties as required including guesting of conferences and babysitting other events
To contribute a series of Master Classes to the summer and winter schools.

Training and Development

Systems and process training will be provided during the probation period.

What we look for

Key Requirements

The ability to assimilate information quickly and effectively ·
A tenacious and enthusiastic approach
Good time management capabilities and a can do approach
A commercial outlook on industry
The ability to deal with senior ranking directors and public sector individuals on a one to one basis
Excellent one to one communication and team skills
Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Access and Outlook
Monitoring Progress
Progress will be monitored on a daily basis and a reported to the team in weekly Sector meetings
All producers will have monthly appraisals with their Head of Production during their 4 month probationary period, followed by quarterly appraisals following signage of a permanent contract

To be considered: