Head, Conferences and Events at Media Trust Limited

Media Trust Limited, publisher of DAILY TRUST and Aminiya, is desirous of recruiting competent, self-motivated and result-oriented candidates to fill the vacant position of:

Job Title: Head, Conferences and Event

Location: Abuja

Duties and Responsibilities

• Organize conferences and events in relationships with other organizations
• Manage and control events and budgets
• Develop event strategies to reflect sales and marketing goals

Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills as well as strong analytical ability
• Ability to lead others and develop strong teams and relations across the organization (Sales, Marketing, Functional Partners) to achieve event plan objectives
• Ability to effectively translate company objectives into creative event platforms
• Ability to manage staff and external vendors in order to maximize productivity of department
• Excellent knowledge of conference/event environment
• Ability to deal with confidential tasks with total discretion
• Flexible, ability to identify and resolve problems quickly
• Develop the conferences and events into a profitable Strategic Business Unit.

Qualification and Experience

• A degree in Marketing, Public Relations, Finance, Business Management or any relevant discipline with a good Master’s degree particularly an MBA from reputable University;
• Minimum of 7-.10 years’ cognate experience with at least 5 years at Senior Management level in the print media, agencies or experience in, consulting.
• Proven working experience in Conferences and Events Management
• Experience in identifying target audience and devising strategies that engage, inform and motivate readers to improve brand and market visibility

Remuneration
The Salary attached to the job is competitive and within the industry range.

Application Closing Date
5th January, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Curriculum Vitae/Resume by email only indicating the position applied for as the subject to: vacancies@dailytrust.com