Conference Marketing Specialist

Department: Marketing
Department detail: Conference Content
Location: London
Position type: Permanent

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators with over 350 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem. Our mission is to further the strategic, commercial, technological, developing world and advocacy interests of our members. The GSMA produces industry-leading events such as MWC
Barcelona, MWC Shanghai, MWC Las
Vegas and the Mobile 360 Series
conferences.

Every day we work to harness the power of mobile to achieve our industry purpose - Connecting Everyone and Everything to a Better Future - through four main activities:

- We provide strategic direction and thought leadership to our members
- We drive collaborative industry programmes aimed at maintaining operator relevance in the digital world
- We advocate for the industry to regulators, policymakers and society as a whole
- We convene the broad mobile communications ecosystems and adjacent industry sectors at our industry-leading events

About the Team

The conference content team research, create and deliver agendas for 8 to 10 industry leading events around the world each year. Events range from 200 up to over 80,000 attendees and range in complexity and expectations. The delivery and organisation of these events is crucial to the attendee, exhibitor and speaker experience. The conference content team plays a major role in delivering the GSMA’s premium portfolio of events.

The team environment ranges from working with a small team on smaller events, to working with 30 to 40 people on larger events.

What the hiring manager says

“The role provides the opportunity to join a team that plays a key role in planning and developing the world’s leading trade shows, among other premium events spread across the globe. Events are by their nature full of hard deadlines, and we often work at a fast pace both in the lead up and on site at events.
The team work very closely together and teamwork is critical when onsite at events, due to the pressure and live nature of the work. A positive can-do attitude and good interpersonal skills are therefore crucial, along with excellent organisational skills and calmness under pressure.”

About the Role

The role of conference coordinator will be responsible for keeping the team of conference content managers ticking. A key link between the content and production team, this role will be responsible for ensuring the team are on track to meet event deadlines, reporting on the latest stats, managing speaker logistics, Content Management Systems (CMS) across all events, speaker enquiries and communication pre and post event. This is a hands-on role which will suit someone who is highly organised with attention to detail, excellent at Excel and enjoys being part of a team who work hard but always with a smile.

About You
- You have a good understanding of Excel - experience in CMS a big plus
- You will be deadline driven with an eye for detail
- You have the ability to remain calm under pressure
- You will be highly organised and able to juggle multiple projects
- You enjoy events ensuring a high-quality delivery of our conferences onsite.
- You will be a real team player

Contract type
RegularWorker type
Employee
What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

To learn more about the GSMA, visit our career site
, our LinkedIn
page and our Twitter
page.

Being You at the GSMA

Flexible Working

Here at the GSMA, we are committed to being an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements supported by our BeWell programme. Our BeWell programme provides comprehensive benefits, tools and initiatives to encourage a happy and healthy working environment.