Content Producer

Company Description

Serving over 1.2 million professionals in 185 countries, Aviation Week Network, a division of Informa, is the largest information and services provider to the global commercial, defence, maintenance/repair/overhaul (MRO), space and business aviation communities and plays a critical role in connecting industry professionals worldwide.

Aviation Week Network’s event portfolio includes conferences, award ceremonies, exhibitions, symposiums and roundtables produced by ATW, Aviation Week Network and SpeedNews.

Our portfolio serves the global civil and military air transport community with the most reliable business, technical and operational news and analysis. We provide the industry with access to leading speakers, professional briefings, aviation forecasts and deliveries, and best practices.

**Job Description**:
Dynamic opportunity to join the Aviation Week Network events group. An exciting position has arisen for a Content Producer (Conference) to join the team to help produce and deliver a series of events covering the latest trends in the aviation industry and featuring the top global industry thought leaders.

The Content Producer (Conference) will be part of an international team that puts on 10-15 events annually, from 200 person conferences to tradeshows for 15,000 attendees taking place across the globe. Exciting travel opportunities include trips to different countries in Europe as well as the US and possibly Asia-Pacific where the Content Producer (Conference) will be meeting and working with lively and engaged aviation professionals in a resilient and exciting industry.

The Content Producer (Conference) will research, write and deliver high quality and innovative agendas for programme of worldwide events, identifying and recruiting appropriate speakers at the same time as ensuring the marketability and commercial viability of each conference they are responsible for. Applicants must have strong project management skills and at least 12 months experience in a B2B commercial environment. The role will help support growth and revenue goals and work directly with senior level leadership.

Aviation Week are looking for a Content Producer (Conference) with a strong commercial acumen who can help to take the portfolio to the next level and has excellent team working, communication and interpersonal skills. This role requires someone with an enthusiasm to succeed, brilliant research and analytical skills and an interest and ability to travel internationally to attend events.

**Responsibilities include**:

- To research important industry topics and keep up to date with industry trends to ensure streams of content are relevant to our audience
- To source, select and secure the participation of high level, industry leading speakers through research, networking, and existing contacts to achieve your target requirements
- To assume full project ownership of each event from a content perspective and to ensure that events run to deadline and to schedule close working with the cross functional team
- To contribute to social media activity for the events through regular participation on LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media channels to nurture a community as well as promote the events
- To be responsible for the onsite delivery of the events through meticulous on-site execution of the conferences to exceptional customer standards
- To provide input for the sales and marketing strategy for the events by identifying and suggesting possible sponsors, supporters and media partners
- To contribute towards portfolio development by generating topics to deliver a forward schedule of commercially viable programmes and to conduct due diligence and assist in the development of new ideas for expanding the portfolio
- To make and maintain relationships with industry stakeholders and the Aviation Week Network client base to develop and build communities around the events in the portfolio
- To work with other departments to ensure all processes are efficient and effective as possible, suggesting new processes where necessary
- To work with the senior management team to grow and enhance the product and service offering across the portfolio to maintain market leadership

**Qualifications**:

- Educated to degree level
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver on time
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - written and verbal
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- A high level of commercial awareness and are target and deadline driven
- Strong networking skills
- Ability to quickly understand a market and draw up list of appropriate topics and speakers
- Interest in aerospace/aviation a plus

Additional Information

Alongside a competitive salary, Informa also offers the following employee benefits:

- Balanced working
- 25 days' paid holiday per year pro rata, increasing to 27 days after 2 years' service, as well as ban