Graduate Conference Producer \xe2\x80\x93 Asia

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 produces commercial conferences for the energy and commodities markets. We specialise in agriculture, bioenergy, crude oil, the energy transition, fertilizers, genfuels, LPG, metals, net zero, oil products, and petrochemicals. With a global portfolio of 35 events, Argus have dedicated conference teams in Houston, London, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore.


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?


We are looking for a passionate, driven and resourceful Graduate Conference Producer to join our expanding global team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with no/limited Conference Production work experience to establish and grow their career in Conferences. You will be tasked with delivering commercially successful, well attended and critically respected conferences.


Your primary responsibility will be to research and write the conference programme, identify and secure the entire speaker faculty, drive the commercial strategy of the event and manage the project from inception to completion. This will include international travel to attend all the events you deliver.


Conference production offers a rich, varied international career for intellectually curious and commercially driven minds. You will quickly get under the skin of complex global commodities industries. As a graduate, you will be equipped with skills and afforded autonomy and responsibility found in other career paths. This role allows for face-to-face meetings worldwide with senior figures from industry and politics. Creativity and lateral thinking are essential, as you will create commercially successful, stand-out events.


https://www.argusmedia.com/en/conferences-events

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  Using desk, telephone and face-to-face client research, write topical and focused conference programmes reflecting the needs most pertinent to the sector.
• Identify the leading names in each sector, which organisations/individuals are most innovative and secure these bellwethers as speakers on every programme.
• Define the commercial proposition of each event.
• Build and understand a market map for each conference with insight into the value and strength of each buy-sell relationship.
• Develop a clear and concise growth strategy for each event and communicate this to the project team.
• Work effectively with peers in sponsorship sales, delegate marketing, conference operations, delegate sales and customer service to ensure complete and effective delivery of each project.
• Communicate professionally with Argus editorial, business development, consulting and subscription sales to ensure we benefit from synergies with the rest of the Argus business and speak with one voice to our clients.
• Complete projects to deadline and on budget.
• Understand how market developments will impact the sectors in which you operate, and where an opportunity arises, propose new/launch conferences because of this.
• Network with clients at Argus events and in the market.
• After an initial year of 4 conferences, you will need to be able to deliver all the above on five or six conference projects annually

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

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  Intelligent \xe2\x80\x93 educated to degree level (or equivalent). Knowledge of energy and commodity markets is preferred but not essential.
• Commercial \xe2\x80\x93 understand more than what is just interesting, but what each market development means for our clients and Argus and how we can monetise it in a conference setting.
• Driven \xe2\x80\x93 ambitious and a self-starter that is motivated to exceed targets.
• Networkable \xe2\x80\x93 the ability to develop strong professional relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Client-focused \xe2\x80\x93 empathy and strong client relationship skills.
• Confident \xe2\x80\x93 sure of oneself without displaying arrogance. Ability to listen and act on feedback.
• Deadline-focused with strong attention to detail \xe2\x80\x93 the ability to multi-task and deliver projects on time while under pressure.
• Strong written and verbal communication with colleagues and clients at all levels of seniority.
• Able to work independently while also engaging and collaborating in line with the Argus values: Excellence, Integrity, Partnership, and Inclusivity.

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it for you :

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  Associate yourself with an industry leader and a growing company
• Competitive salary plus a target-driven incentive programme
• 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

If this sounds like an opportunity that you would like to undertake, please apply directly as we are not engaging any recruitment agencies for this role.
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.