Trainee Event Director & Conference Producer
- Location:
-
North London (N21) jobs
- Salary:
- £18,000 - £22,000 Basic (DOE) + Commission
- Company:
- London Business Conferences
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 22/11/2009 21:00
- Job id:
- 45782887
- Contact:
- Zainab Abiola
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/ProdTra01
We are looking for exceptionally bright and self driven graduates (minimum of a 2.1 degree with one years commercial experience) who are looking to build a long-term career in the commercial B2B events sector.
This is a results driven trainee position. We offer an excellent basic salary and commission package that increases at regular six-month intervals, depending on successful completion of each training stage.
The end game is to become a fully independent Event Director.
You will be eventually be responsible for creating, leading, managing and fulfilling every aspect of a commercial conference. The role has an emphasis on business research, sales and commercial management rather than operations and logistics, which is an equally important but very different skill set.
The fully structured training programme offers “hands on experience” of creating, producing, selling, and marketing business conferences. The full training programme lasts for 24 months, although exceptional performers will be accelerated into positions with increased commercial responsibility at a much faster rate.
At the end of the training period you will gain entrepreneurial business skills and competencies that will stay with you for life. The core skills include:
- High level business research and trend analysis skills
- Solution orientated business writing skills
- CEO level interpersonal communication skills – verbal and written
- Consultative selling skills
- Marketing and copy writing skills
- Business project management skills
- First class physical presentation skills – for example, you will be regularly opening conferences in front of 150-200 senior delegates
- And above all, an ability to create real business value and “make things happen”
YOU will possess:
- A Good Degree (Class 2.1) We’re especially interested in the contexts surrounding your study including your understanding of the business world and your key achievements.
- Action Orientated Persona With Plenty Of Energy A well-rounded attitude to life: ambitious, positive thinking, pragmatic, solution and goal orientated.
- High level Creative and Analytical/Skills You will need to think differently and independently about solutions to business problems
- An Intense Nature With Plenty Of Passion! This is an emotional job – it is IMPOSSIBLE to do it consistently well if your approach is half hearted.
- A Disliking Of The Mundane The successful candidate will possess at least one outside interest that makes you stand out – whether that’s completing marathons or triathlons – a passion for creating outstanding sporting success or an intense passion for the arts.
- A Genuine Desire To Succeed In The Commercial World - We may be living in the era where banker bonuses are scorned, but there is nothing wrong with earning a fair financial reward based on hard work and genuine value creation!
