Speaker Coordinator
2 weeks ago
About Founders Forum:
Founders Forum Group is an event-powered community and family of businesses supporting innovative entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys. Founded in 2005, our invite-only forums unite founders, investors, corporate and government leaders to tackle era-defining questions in iconic locations across the globe. Since 2019, Founders Forum has partnered with Informa Tech to celebrate the strength and diversity of UK tech through London Tech Week
In 2023, Founders Forum acquired Tech Nation. The transfer will see FF Group continue to execute against Tech Nation's mission to empower tech entrepreneurs, scale innovative startups, and provide a united platform for UK tech founders.
Founders Forum Group's Values:
- Community first: More than just fellow founders. Everything we offer is centred around the founders we work alongside.
- Entrepreneurial to our core: Preserving our startup mentality is the key to being able to empathise with and fully support our growing community.
- Founding the future: We are forward thinkers. Always at the forefront of innovation.
- Excellence without ego: We don't take ourselves too seriously, but are proud of what we do. We work together, recognising the expertise of those around us, and understand the value in differing points of view. We are committed to excellence and always hold ourselves to the highest standard.
Job Description
A new opportunity has arisen to join our content team as a speaker operations coordinator across a series of our global events.
The role will play a key part in our conference production, through managing relationships with stakeholders and speakers, collecting key information where required, facilitating introductions, researching new speakers, following up on invites and, ultimately, contributing to and executing on our vision across the Founders Forum Group.
This fast-paced role will require ambition, strong research skills, the ability to build relationships with senior industry and government figures, the ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities and excellent internal and external stakeholder management.
This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who is interested in the tech and startup ecosystem with the chance to liaise with some of the most exciting names in tech
Key areas of responsibility:
- Collaborate with the content team, and other internal teams, to ensure the smooth delivery of innovative programmes
- Manage communications with high-profile speakers - founders, investors, tech leaders - including invites, follow ups and briefings for various events
- Maintain a comprehensive, up-to-date speaker database
- Provide exceptional on-site support during events, ensuring speakers have a positive and memorable experience
- Research and identify the tech world's rising stars, supporting to secure fresh, new speakers for our events
Requirements
Experience and qualifications:
- Some knowledge and experience of the B2B event world is desirable, not essential
- Ability to work in a fast-paced commercial organisation
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrable experience of the ability to build positive relationships with multiple different stakeholders
- Interest in the tech startup ecosystem
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Ambition and strong attention to detail
- A positive, can-do attitude
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Desire to improve processes and workflows
- Ability to build relationships with senior industry and government figures
- Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities
- Excellent internal and external stakeholder management
- Excellent communication skills and networking abilities
- Resilience, flexibility, and ability to work autonomously
Measurements of success will involve:
- Maintaining an accurate speaker database
- Successfully automating processes for speaker outreach & chasers
- Identifying and securing participation from a targeted number of new, diverse, high-profile speakers
- Effective and professional communication with speakers, providing timely responses and valuable assistance
- High speaker satisfaction with pre-event and onsite support
Benefits
Benefits:
We offer a range of flexible, discretionary benefits to our team. These currently include:
- 25 days contractual annual leave.
- Enhanced discretionary leave provision, including an additional day off for your mental health, wellbeing, and learning and development stipends.
- Lunch 1x/week, office snacks, and regular team drinks.
- Quarterly team activities and annual team trip/day out.
- Access to the Founders Forum Group network of businesses and wider tech ecosystem.
We have a hybrid working model with 4 days spent in the office and 1 day with the option to work remotely/from home.
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