Conference Operations & Logistics Manager, EMEA

Since 1997, Campden Wealth has provided unrivalled knowledge and intelligence to a community of the world’s wealthiest families, their family offices, and ultra-high net worth investors. Families connect directly with each other in a private peer-to-peer environment providing them with unique access to innovative, educational, and networking resources worldwide. Campden Wealth has organised over 200 private forums for families and family offices globally across Europe, the US, Asia, and the Middle East. Campden Wealth also publishes leading international business titles such as CampdenFB, CampdenFO, and CampdenNXG, providing real-time news and features both online and mobile. The research division, Campden Research, delivers proprietary data and analysis on strategic topics including global family philanthropy, wealth management, and responsible investment in Asia.

Salary: £50,000 basic + annual bonus

Role Description

This is a position in a niche private wealth market for a confident and highly organised B2B Conference Event Manager with a minimum of 3 years’ experience of high level, proven Conference management, operations and logistics expertise. A successful candidate will be expected to deliver consistent results correlated to targets across Campden Wealth’s European event portfolio and the annual flagship Congress in UAE. International travel will be required.

Responsibilities:

• Sourcing and selecting excellent venues for Campden forums in London and outside the UK, with attention to detail and within the agreed budget.
• Providing the events team and the company with full operational support, which includes, but not limited to liaising with corporate partners, sponsors, and venues; organising event apps and digital agendas; booking reception venues and sending out post event feedback; running events on the day in London and internationally.
• Managing the event audience: qualifying guests, managing regular communication and managing contacts and lists in the company CRM timely and diligently.
• Forward planning and project-managing events strictly to budgets, reconciling all costs after events completion and reporting the results to the Head of Events EMEA and the Director of Finance.
• Developing harmonious relationships with all key Campden members, partners and sponsors.
• Undertaking other duties as required by direct report.

These key attributes are required to meet the requirements for this demanding role; only those applicants who meet these criteria may apply:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in B2B conference/congress/summit event management.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality business events, demonstrating the ability to work effectively with venue providers, suppliers and budgets.
• Diligent forward planning and organisational skills with strong attention to detail and discipline.
• Ability to find and negotiate cost-effective solutions with strong adherence to budget requirements.
• Excellent team-player able to work calmly in a pressured environment.
• Excellent writing and customer service skills as the candidate will be expected to communicate with clients on a regular basis and prepare written post-event reports.
• The applicant must be able to live and work in the UK and travel internationally without visas as well as speak excellent English.

Additional skills which will be looked upon favourably, but are not essential:

• Experience of leveraging CRM/building databases to enhance productivity.