Senior Conference Producer
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About the Role
Tahaluf seeks a Senior Conference Producer to produce high-level conference programmes for large-scale B2B events in Riyadh. The role involves market research, speaker liaison, and on-site event management, requiring extensive experience in conference production, ideally in tech or gaming sectors.
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Responsibilities
- Produce high level relevant industry conference programmes
- Liaise with key professionals/institutions and companies in the production of conference programmes
- Engage with recommended speakers and confirm their attendance
- Ensure the speaker database is updated to provide current and accurate speaker lists and files for event management
- Prepare and communicate creative brief documents to the Marketing team
- Assist providing leads to the sponsorship team and attend sales meetings as appropriate
- Mentor other conference producers within the team
- Conduct a post show analysis of the event including job title analysis
- Effectively research topics with relevant industry professionals and the target market
- Develop new conference ideas and programme content through meetings and tele research with key experts
- Collaborate with the Exhibition Director and other sales team members to generate ideas for enhancing the conference portfolio
- Identify key opinion leaders/institutions and companies related to the event
Requirements
- Extensive proven experience in conference production, with a focus on the tech or gaming sectors
- Demonstrable experience in successfully delivering conferences within large scale events, managing conference tracks and budgets
- Good understanding of and experience in the KSA market, ideally with exposure to government entities
- Ability to thrive in dynamic, fast paced environments by maintaining a solutions focused mindset and delivering results under pressure
- Passion for driving continuous improvement with a proven track record of enhancing processes and successfully implementing new initiatives
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Company Description
- Tahaluf is the largest B2B live and on demand events organiser in Saudi Arabia by space, attendance, colleagues, and revenue.
- It is a joint venture between Informa PLC, the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP), and the Events Investment Fund (EIF).
- Tahaluf produces record breaking events: LEAP, Cityscape, Black Hat MEA, and CPHI Middle East.
What you will do Conference Production
- Produce high level relevant industry conference programmes.
- Liaise with key professionals/institutions and companies in the production of conference programmes.
- Engage with recommended speakers and confirm their attendance.
- Ensure the speaker database is updated to provide current and accurate speaker lists and files for event management.
- Prepare and communicate creative brief documents to the Marketing team.
- Assist providing leads to the sponsorship team and attend sales meetings as appropriate.
- Mentor other conference producers within the team.
- Conduct a post show analysis of the event including job title analysis.
Market Research and Industry Networks
- Effectively research topics with relevant industry professionals and the target market.
- Develop new conference ideas and programme content through meetings and tele research with key experts.
- Collaborate with the Exhibition Director and other sales team members to generate ideas for enhancing the conference portfolio.
- Identify key opinion leaders/institutions and companies related to the event.
- Maintain existing and build new relationships to develop a conference with topics and speakers.
- Look at additional add ons and other ways of attracting more delegates i.e. workshops, poster sessions, partnering with associations etc.
Speaker & Delegate Liaison
- Assist with onsite duties as required for the duration of the event, which may require longer working hours.
Qualifications
- Extensive proven experience in conference production, with a focus on the tech or gaming sectors.
- Demonstrable experience in successfully delivering conferences within large scale events, managing conference tracks and budgets.
- Good understanding of and experience in the KSA market, ideally with exposure to government entities.
- Ability to thrive in dynamic, fast paced environments by maintaining a solutions focused mindset and delivering results under pressure.
- Passion for driving continuous improvement with a proven track record of enhancing processes and successfully implementing new initiatives.
Additional Information Core Benefits
- Medical Insurance for individual and family.
- Annual leave – 28 days.
- School fees contribution, 40,000 SAR per child per year, up to a max of three children.
- Wellbeing Benefits.
- Remote working on Sundays.
- Working anywhere – 2 months every year.
- Family visa costs (up to a max of three children).
- Individual annual flight allowance (Expat only).
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