Content Executive - Infosecurity Europe & 360° IT
- Location:
- Richmond jobs
,
Surrey jobs
- Salary:
- £Competitive + Benefits
- Company:
- Reed Exhibitions - UK
- Job type:
- Contract jobs
- Date posted:
- 23/11/2009 18:03
- Job id:
- 45834481
- Contact:
- Asif Khan
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/CONTENTEX EC
Content Executive
Infosecurity Europe & 360° IT
1 year FTC – IT/Comms portfolio
Reed Exhibitions
A new and exciting opportunity currently exists for a Content Executive to join the IT/Comms division within Reed Exhibitions. The role reports to the Content Manager, and involves supporting the Content Manager in the delivery of high quality content and educational programmes for both exhibitions and their related activities.
Working to tight deadlines, the successful applicant will be working across a number of exhibitions and affiliated events, assisting the Content Manager in producing content programmes for these exhibitions and events. On the exhibitions the educational programmes include keynote/VIP programmes, vendor seminars, workshop, and clinics, ‘live exercises’ and much more. Outside of show time, this includes networking events and dinners, and the types of event are growing all the time. This role will also assist the Content Manager in the creation and sourcing of online content for the related websites and portals, such as podcasts, interviews, polls and surveys to develop industry analysis etc.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the IT/Comms team as a key content team member - The main responsibilities are as follows, however a degree of flexibility and adaptability will also be needed by the successful applicant to meet the demands of rapidly changing markets and events:
- Immersion into relevant marketplaces and attending relevant industry events with the Content Manager in a professional manner, to ensure you are knowledgeable in the markets you will be operating in, through self-initiated research. The successful applicant will also then need to be able to communicate this knowledge to the Content Manager and the wider team, to feed in to the content for all show activities
- Assist the Content Manager in the whole process of the education programmes/events to ensure high quality, market-leading delivery, pre-show and onsite logistics and management
- Assist the Content Manager to input into the development of the marketing plan, to deliver a comprehensive promotional campaign for the content
- Research markets thoroughly, with a view to assisting the Content Manager in sourcing high quality speakers to ensure the best educational programmes
- Assist the Content Manager in keeping up-to-date speaker databases across all events
- Assist where needed with proofing seminar programmes on the web, and other printed materials
- Responsible for collation of speaker collateral
- Constantly monitor and update speaker and session changes on the website and affiliated event documentation
The candidate will have experience at junior conference producer level, and be looking for experience within exhibitions.
This position requires an exceptionally well-motivated conference professional – a strong team player and communicator, who can support the Content Manager effectively whilst being able to take responsibility for their own individual projects, delivered to deadline. Candidates should therefore be able to demonstrate:
- Experience in the IT/Comms sector would be an advantage
- Experience in researching educational content and being able to deliver to tight deadlines
- Excellent organisational and multi-tasking skills
- A good understanding of IT and technical research
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong creative thinking
- Excellent customer service skills – building relationships, ensuring communication is professional, timely and of high-quality
- A strong desire to ‘over-deliver’ and to ‘pull out all the stops’ to achieve success
- Self-motivation with a determined and mature approach
Interested:
If this position interests you or you know someone it would, please send written applications to Asif Khan at asif.khan @reedexpo.co.uk with a covering letter and your salary expectations. Or you can apply online at www.reedexpo.com
Due to the large volume of applications, we are unable to respond to all applications individually. Therefore, if you are not contacted by the company within the next three weeks, we regret to advise that your application has been unsuccessful.
