Senior Team-Lead Conferences at Business Day Newspaper

You will be working in the group of Senior Team-Leads consisting of a number of like-minded and similarly qualified individuals.

Your job responsibilities include, but not limited to the following;

• Work closely with the General Manager, Conferences & Events to develop and execute plans and new opportunities for the department.
• Responsible forsales/marketing ofsponsorship for assigned conferences and events.
• Responsible for all assigned event and conferences operationsthroughout the year.
• Contribute to the ongoing achievement of team budgets/targets by managing events as required by business demands such as meeting with clients to discuss their needs and outlining sponsorship package options to meet these needs.
• Arranging and coordinating services, such as conference facilities, vendors, signage positioning, displays, audio-visual equipment, and accommodation for participants and sponsors.
• Managing, planning and implementing targeted and effective cross-channel marketing campaigns, with the goal of securing maximum delegate revenue.
• Working cross functionally, to define, manage and assist with the execution on the event goals, messages, audience generation/email campaigns, speaker plan, collateral, event website and registration, and event logistics.
• Provide the Conferences Manager with a clear marketing plan for each event.
• Manage and monitor the creation and scheduling of conference emails to the internal conference data lists, as per marketing schedule and Conference targets.
• Manage and monitor the Conference Marketing Executive to ensure events are promoted via relevant social media platforms, including (but not restricted to): Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
• Coordinate members of his/her assigned team to ensure that goals are met.