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Cameron James Professional Recruitment are working with a National Communications organisation who are looking to add a Senior Programme Manager their growing production team. The role promises to be exciting and engaging. You�ll be working in a fast moving, challenging and target driven environment.
At any one time, you�ll be working on a number of different forums and events, covering various areas within a designated sector.

Responsibilities
� Topic generation after probation : produce innovative and commercially viable conference topics
� Conducting industry research to formulate commercially successful events
� Creating and developing commercially attractive conference agendas based on the results of industry research and inviting high level, senior speakers to present on specific topics in the programme
� Planning, organising and managing a series of high profile forums, events and workshops
� Full management of events, including liaising with stakeholders, before, during and after an event
� Developing and building harmonious relationships with speakers, sponsors and associations
� Liaising with and briefing sales and marketing teams on the event topic and agenda, and working closely with all teams involved to ensure the event is a success
� Creating web copy and responsibility for programme and speaker pages on conference website
� Attending the events to ensure smooth running on the day and continued networking with speakers
� Help to grow portfolio and drive revenue for division

Person Specification:
� Proven production experience within B2B commercial conference industry is essential
� Oil & Gas/ Energy sector experience would be a distinct advantage but not essential
� Experience within B2B conference production and track record of topic generation, establishing profitable conferences
� Educated to degree level or equivalent
� Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
� Time management : an ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines and targets
� Highly motivated and organised with the ability to multi-task, you will need to have a proven track record of producing high-quality work and display outstanding organisation skills and attention to detail
� Quick learner and commercially driven
� Must show evidence of working effectively within a team
� Confident and able to speak to senior industry personnel over the phone and face to face
� Additional European languages is not essential but beneficial