Businessday is West Africa’s lending provider of business intelligence and information. Written by some of West Africa’s best journalists, it is the favourite newspaper among West Africa investor community.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Assistant Manager, Conferences & Event
Location: Lagos
Job Status: Full-time
Job Descriptions
- The Assistant Conferences & Events Manager must be an enthusiastic marketer with exceptional leadership and communication skills and a strong understanding of events and conference marketing operations and strategy.
- The primary focus of this position will be to lead all operational and marketing aspects of Businessday Conferences & Events.
- You will also manage the strategy and execution of special events and conferences that take place throughout the year.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Responsible for sales/marketing of sponsorship for all conferences
- Responsible for all event and conferences operations throughout the year
- Responsible for planning and managing the programs so that they are fully integrated across marketing vehicles.
- Managing, planning and implementing targeted and effective cross- channel marketing campaigns, with the goal of securing maximum delegate revenue
- Working cross functionally, the Assistant conference manager will define( manage and assist with the execution on the program goals, messages, audience generation/email campaigns, speaker plan, collateral, event website and registration, and event logistics.
- Responsible for mentoring and managing event teams
- Provide the Conferences Manager with a clear marketing plan for each event.
- Liaise with the Conferences Manager to identify and arrange cross promotion opportunities at events. This should be done for every event at least 2 weeks prior to the conference date.
- 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, Linkedln and Twitter.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's degree is required: Marketing/Business degree preferred
- 3-5 years of marketing experience: Events/conferences marketing background preferred
- Minimum of 2 years management experience
- Proven experience and track record of successful marketing campaigns and delivering world class conferences
- Strong understanding of event/conferences strategy, operations, and marketing
- Ability to create program goals, messaging, communication and overall event plans with minimal direction
- Superior communication and people skills with the ability to work across all levels in an organization and with external event agencies.
- Exceptional leadership skills with a proven track record managing teams to deliver effective, integrated event programs and results
- High energy, outgoing, “can do” personality. Ability to thrive in a changing environment
- Vast knowledge of a wide range of marketing techniques and concepts
Salary
Competitive.
Application Closing Date
Tuesday, 1st December, 2015.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their resume/CV to:
[email protected] or
[email protected]
Note:
- Applicants MUST indicate the position applied for on the subject of the mail.
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.