Senior Production Lead
£60,000 - £70,000 Base + £10,000 - £20,000 Bonus
Hybrid (2 days in the office)
London
Industry leading global news agency seeks a highly accomplished Senior Production Lead to join their business.
This is a unique opportunity for an outstanding senior conference producer / senior production lead who has strong commercial experience of working alongside an editorial team within a news focused business.
The successful client will be working on a flagship US event portfolio which proudly boasts some of the biggest named speakers including presidents, CEOs of investment banks, and CEOs of elite brands such as Ferrari.
As a Senior Production Lead, you will:
* Lead the success of their flagship live journalism event to deliver a market-leading product.
* Manage production timelines and deliver against revenue, attendance, and marketing targets for the entire project.
* Lead the recruitment and relationship management of A-list speakers, in collaboration with editorial colleagues.
* You will likely be asked to mentor other Conference Producers including deadline management, monitoring event performance, planning (strategic, financial and operational) and providing guidance and coaching.
* Be the central driver for event execution, working with a cross-functional team to build the full event product, including agenda, speaker faculty, audience and other elements.
About You
To be our Senior Production Lead, you will most likely:
* Have demonstrable experience in leading major global news and media events, or events with a high level of editorial collaboration.
* Have a track record of commercial success, excellent project and time management skills, and the ability to work in changing circumstances.
* Have strong communication skills and be comfortable engaging with senior-level executives to manage speaker and sponsor relationships.
* Have managed entire projects at scale and/or grown commercial events/products from scratch.
* Be commercially driven first and foremost - you should understand the commercial drivers behind our customers' decisions, as our job is to help them make smarter ones!
* Be someone with the ability to identify new and interesting business trends coupled with the drive to develop great events that senior business people can’t afford to miss.
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