Senior Conference Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop/design the program topics based on the briefings from Sales and Research or training Teams, draft up the topics and identify the appropriate practitioners of the industry to do a presentation, in the formulation of product marketing and promotional programmes, and the agenda;
• Track the attendance response for the briefings and work with the marketing and forums staff (if required) to ensure we achieve the objectives and deliverables;
• Run the events onsite, and all the pre and post logistics arrangements and cost control;
• Assist in managing the overall project management from planning strategising and execution of all programmes including the co-ordination of events such as conferences, seminars, roundtables, training, sourcing for speakers/moderators, managing speakers and content of the speech & etc.;
• Provide guidance to new staff members when required.

Core Skills:

• Ability to provide information, write and edit marketing materials for the events’ EDMs, brochures and handbook;
• Ability to co-ordinate and assist telesales team in delegate marketing and invitation;
• Ability to contribute to the profitability of conference, forums, webinar and/or training business;
• Ability to demonstrate to oversee event production and management skills (research, copy-writing, speaker/trainer’s acquisition, sales/marketing briefing and support, on-site management and time management) that could contribute to the development of the business as a whole.

KPIs:

• Sponsors’ satisfaction in achieving their marketing ROI, clients’ satisfaction and valuable feedback
• Speakers/moderators delivered numbers;
• Delegates’ satisfaction in finding the briefings useful and beneficial, and achieve the target numbers;
• Well-planned logistics/administrative support/event profitability;
• General execution skills/& customer satisfaction.

Requirements:

• Possessing a good Bachelor’s degree is required;
• 5-8 years of experience in content development for a research or conference-based organization;
• Candidates with prior journalism experience and a flair for financial services are encouraged to apply as the job will be 80% research based and 20% forums;
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage effectively with senior executives from the industry;
• Superior research and analytical skills with a creative slant;
• Ability to multi-task manage the forums team;
• Ability to support sales by building networks and relationships with speakers, the media, associates, partners, third parties, other intermediaries and potential clients of the Company.

Interested candidates please write to [email protected] with your updated CV, cover letter to include your current and expected salary. Kindly visit our website via www.tab.global and www.theasianbanker.com to learn more about our products and services.