• At least 4-5 years’ event project management and production/content experience
• Demonstrable understanding of the end-to-end event lifecycle, processes and the stakeholders involved
• Experience of working on medium and large-scale events
• Organised and enthusiastic self-starter
• Professional manner and excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills and command of English – a confident communicator, able to converse easily at senior level both by telephone and in person
• Persuasive recruiter of presenters and facilitators
• An understanding of creative event concepts
• Able to produce engaging, incisive, attention-grabbing copy
• Able to manage and report budgets efficiently
• Capable of multi-tasking and prioritising
• Able to travel internationally
• Good attention to detail in all aspects of work
• Desirable: An understanding and interest in business topics, industry sectors (in particular IT and Technology)

• Manage the relationship with our Partner counterparts throughout the project, effectively leading on meetings and calls and acting as the go-to contact at T.A. Cook for all aspects of the event
• Working with the entire project team (internal and external) to clearly communicate the vision for the project, as well as clarifying strategic requirements, explaining the way forward clearly, and managing expectations
• Keep project on track throughout, with clear task lists, tracking, status reporting, presentation of work, meeting notes, and identification/resolution of challenges as they arise
• Defining scope of the event project, including setting of goals, deliverables, schedule, deadline and budgets
• Ultimate accountability and ownership for the event P&L, setting revenue targets and scenarios, and budgets for logistics and marketing
• Event owner and ‘responsible face’ on-site at event
• Identifying and outlining creative and focused agenda concept and format ideas
• Researching event content with the market through telephone and online research
• Writing compelling and market led conference programmes based on research results and the latest industry trends
• Source and recruit senior level decision makers and innovative keynote presenters to provide presentations and interactive sessions
• Ensuring a balanced and quality event format, and tracking of speaker and workshop facilitator invitation status
• Produce ‘winning’ marketing copy for event websites, external emails, press releases and other marketing collateral
• Building the marketing brief, and ultimate sign off of external marketing plans
• Tracking the effectiveness of marketing activity
• Utilise social networking to enhance event visibility within our communities
• Identifying content for content marketing opportunities
• Own the event website, it’s development and upkeep
• Assist in managing the relationship with our event sponsors
• Support event logistics and operations pre, during, and post-event
• Lead discussions on the more operational aspects of the event process (staging, AV, exhibition layouts etc.)
• Technical and managerial on-site support at events
• Acting as key project support on the production of others’ larger events

T|A|C Events offers exactly the right mix for a fulfilling career: a high degree of freedom and responsibility combined with ambitious projects an attractive employee benefits. A broad range of opportunities which are challenging and provide the exposure you need to develop your own personal field of expertise. A fun and collegial working environment, which enables and supports long-term personal growth.

• A proven track record of success in a competitive sales environment
• A demonstrable track record of building and maintaining commercial relationships
• Experience in writing sales/sponsorship proposals
• An all-round great communicator and negotiator
• Able to develop creative, bespoke sponsorship packages
• Effective at managing a number of projects at the same time
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English and German
• 3-5 years’ relevant work experience in sponsorship, delegate sales or similar sales environment
• Educated to degree level, or equivalent
• Relationship management experience
• Ability to quickly problem-solve complex issues and develop practical solutions
• Attention to detail and dependable
• Communicative and open
• Excellent MS-Office skills
• Willingness and flexibility to travel as and when required

• Research of new potential sponsors and associated contacts, including blueprinting new sponsor organizations
• Carry out sponsor acquisition activities, including communication of sponsor packages, negotiation and closing of sponsor deals
• Development of bespoke sponsorship packages
• Account management of sponsors, ensuring needs are met both pre-event, on-site and post-event
• Reporting of sponsorship results
• Attend site visits, and support events on-site
• Manage some of the sponsor logistics process for your events, working closely with our Event Logistics and Operations team

We look forward to receiving your application! Please note: Due to the high volume of applications that we are currently receiving, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We are offering an opportunity for development within a fast-paced and sometimes pressured environment. You will take on full responsibility for your portfolio of conferences and develop into your own area of expertise within a growing team.

If flexibility, being a quick learner, working independently and the ability to integrate into an international team are familiar to you, then we look forward to receiving your application including CV, credentials, earliest start date and salary expectations.

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

If you are interested in applying for this position please forward your cv and covering email to Janette Kuehl j.kuehl@tacook.com.

• Attract delegates to attend the event, selling individual delegate and group passes across a number of business conferences, workshops and seminars
• Get involved in the end-to-end process of delegate acquisition, working with marketing, production, and registration teams to deliver a successful event
• Take on the role of account managing our key customers, informing them of upcoming events, and being their main point of contact
• Get to grips quickly with the content offered at our events, to determine unique selling points of each, and effectively convey these to potential delegates
• Research, identify and build relationships with new contacts (decision-makers)
• Continuously track conversations and results, and deliver status reports to event stakeholders
• Commit to maintaining the quality of our database in an organized and efficient manner
• Build a network of industry contacts with a view to developing new business opportunities

• Graduate calibre with 1 – 2 years telesales/telemarketing/customer service management experience (B2B experience preferable)
• Organised and self-motivated with lots of energy and enthusiasm to hit and exceed targets
• Professional manner and excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and command of English
• Enjoy being on the phone and building relationships
• A confident communicator, able to converse easily
• Be comfortable making ‘cold calls’ to build new relationships
• Able to report and feed-back accurately and concisely
• Capable of multi-tasking and prioritising
• Willing to learn quickly and constantly develop your skills
• Bring a tenacious and persuasive approach
• Commercially aware with good research skills
• Excited by working with a collaborative team
• Keen to take ownership of the role and progress
• A second European language would be an advantage (esp. German)

T.A. Cook Conferences offers exactly the right mix for a fulfilling career: a high degree of freedom and responsibility combined with ambitious projects an attractive employee benefits. A broad range of opportunities which are challenging and provide the exposure you need to develop your own personal field of expertise. A fun and collegial working environment, which enables and supports long-term personal growth.

Location: Berlin, Germany | Salary: Dependant on experience, details on application | Position: Full-time