Conference/Event Producer \xe2\x80\x93 Commodities Market

Based in Singapore

About Argus


Argus is an independent media organisation with 1,300 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 29 offices in the world\xe2\x80\x99s principal commodity trading and production centres. Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences. Companies in 140 countries around the world use Argus data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets as well as for analysis and planning purposes.


Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic and Hg, the specialist software and technology services investor. Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women\xe2\x80\x99s network. Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.


What will you be doing?


As part of the events team, the Conference Producer will play a pivotal role in the company\xe2\x80\x99s growth. This is a very exciting and fast-paced role blending content and commercial skills to develop conferences in the energy and commodities market.


You will be tasked with sourcing speakers, creating high-quality agendas, and supporting all event production and administration aspects. The successful candidate must have excellent verbal and communication skills, preferably a marketing, business, economics, or journalism degree. You will be self-motivated and able to set priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment while working as part of a team or independently with minimum supervision. This role is ideal for someone with a strong passion for the energy and commodities markets and event production who is looking to make their mark within the exciting, rapidly expanding field of our highly successful commercial conferences and events. Our conferences are hosted in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, so you must be independent and confident to travel as and when required.


You will have the opportunity to be creative and network with the industry\xe2\x80\x99s leading thinkers. You do not need experience in the energy and commodities sectors, but you should be willing to dive in and learn about the companies, people and projects that drive the sectors forward. After an initial year of four conferences, you will deliver six conference projects annually.


Argus takes pride in curating commercial conferences on agriculture, oil products, energy transition and petrochemicals for the energy and commodities markets. We produce a global portfolio of conferences/events that attract delegates worldwide. From technical presentations to inspirational panel discussions, our event sessions bring the best out of our speakers to educate, entertain and deliver value to our clients.
https://www.argusmedia.com/en/conferences-events

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  You will be researching and analysing the viability of the conference, looking at specific topics and conducting research through the internet and other desk-based tools.
• To achieve this, you will approach and conduct telephone interviews and face-to-face meetings with Senior Business Leaders, Subject Matter Experts and Thought Leaders within your conference\'s market or sector to understand the challenges. It would help if you used your influence and relationships to secure Speakers and Facilitators for your conferences. The role involves the drive and determination to spend much of your day on the phone. You also need the creativity and logical thought process to work out the essential issues and design your event to add value to those within the market or sector.
• Research competitor events, identify potential sponsors, briefing the team.
• Develop conference agendas that address the needs and interests of our target audience.
• Develop and manage conference budgets.
• Write compelling marketing copy to promote your conferences.
• Work collaboratively with sponsorship sales, delegate marketing, conference operations, delegate sales and customer service to promote events, drive attendance and deliver commercial conferences.
• Analyse event performance and provide insights for future improvement.
• Deliver conference on-site in a high-paced environment.

What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for in you


We don\xe2\x80\x99t expect these skills all in one person, but if you think you might be good at two or three of them, we would like to hear from you:

• A degree level in Marketing, Communications, Journalism or a Business-related subject.
• At least 1+ years of experience in conference/event production.
• A thirst for knowledge - knowledge of energy and commodity markets would be advantageous
• Confident and efficient telephone manner with the ability to connect to others at all levels of an organisation
• Ability to work independently; a self-starter who can multitask
• Able to present ideas and see opportunities
• The confidence to communicate with senior level stakeholders.
• Able to travel overseas to execute conferences
• A high level of energy, enthusiasm, creativity and drive to succeed
• Able to work independently while engaging and collaborating in line with the Argus values: Excellence, Integrity, Partnership, and Inclusivity.

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it for you


You will be able to learn while working with C Level decision-makers across the energy and commodities sectors and understand business problems. So whilst there is a structure in your role and the overall business, you have the ability and influence to drive change and share your ideas with our leaders to shape our organisation.

• Associate yourself with an industry leader and a growing company
• Intellectual challenge
• Interaction with global business leaders
• A fast-paced environment
• Financial rewards for high performance
• Flexible and Hybrid working model - Work from Home options available
• Excellent location at Raffles Place \xe2\x80\x93 close to public transport and amenities
• Group Healthcare Scheme (Comprehensive outpatient - GP and specialist, dental and hospitalisation)
• 20 days of annual leave
• Career development and promotion from within the culture
• Ongoing training, mentoring and development opportunities
• Employee Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme

We\'re not engaging any recruitment agencies for this role, so if you\'re interested, please apply directly.
We will conduct interviews continuously and reserve the right to take down the advertisement when we find the right candidate.

Please send in your application via our careers website at https://www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions. Jobs posted on other websites and that do not link to our careers website may not be legitimate and may be fraudulent. If you are contacted by someone whom you suspect may not be appropriately representing Argus, please send the details to us via an email with \xe2\x80\x9cRecruitment Fraud\xe2\x80\x9d in the subject title.