Position: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Location: Brighton
We have an exciting opportunity for a Conference Producer to join our Rethink Events team. As a Conference Producer, your role will be to research, design, and deliver high-impact international B2B conferences focusing on the rapidly growing sectors of food-tech, ag-tech, and materials innovation. Responsibilities include creating engaging agendas, securing high-profile speakers, collaborating with sales and marketing teams, and co-managing live and virtual events globally.
Rethink Events, part of the William Reed Group, is a fast-growing company specialising in international business conferences focused on sustainability and innovation in the food, agtech, materials, and water sectors. Known for delivering major global events, Rethink's summits take place in San Francisco, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Chicago, Dubai, Mexico City and London.
What you'll be doing:
- Conducting in-depth research into industry trends, challenges, and opportunities.
- Writing engaging and timely agendas for international conferences.
- Securing high-profile speakers and industry thought leaders for each event.
- Collaborating with sales and marketing teams to drive sponsor, exhibitor, and delegate engagement.
- Contributing to marketing content for websites, brochures, and emails.
- Traveling internationally to co-manage live events, and act as MC on stage during conference delivery.
What you'll need
- Strong research skills to quickly master new industry topics and identify key trends and influencers.
- Commercial acumen to understand how to structure conferences that deliver real business value.
- Excellent communication skills, particularly in engaging senior business leaders and crafting persuasive content.
- Project management skills, with the ability to self-organise, meet deadlines, and collaborate effectively within a team.
Company Benefits Include:
- 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays- increasing by one additional day after 6 years, up to a maximum of 30 days.
- An additional day of leave for you to take on a cultural celebration day or on your birthday if you like. A day for you! At William Reed, we call this our "MeDay".
- Contributory Pension
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Group Income Protection
- Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
- Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee assistance programme and a 12-month wellness calendar for company-wide health, wellbeing, diversity & inclusion awareness dates.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Why work for us:
We provide a supportive work environment and are committed to maintaining a healthy work/life balance for all of our employees. Working for William Reed means that you will be joining a stable organisation that is committed to developing its employees and brands.
We warmly welcome and encourage applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds and characteristics.
If you need any support in accessing this opportunity, please do not hesitate to discuss this with us.