Careers Opportunities

Welcome to our careers opportunities page. We are a 100% remote working company with staff members spread across the world. Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment. This is a place for people with integrity, who want to be the best at what they do, and who care about exceeding customer expectations. 

You will be part of a team where we all support each other, challenge each other, and use our best judgement.

Our Vision.

Proqis exists to help senior executives solve their greatest challenges and truly ignite their imagination on what's possible. 

We do this by deeply understanding and analysing the problems executives are facing by truly forging long term relationships. 

We then create inspiring intentionally intimate environments, both in-person and virtual for meaningful conversations, with the most progressive experts, best-in-class practitioners and cutting-edge disruptors, who are going beyond convention and are successfully solving those very problems. 

Our Core Values

Below are our core values, the specific behaviors and skills we care about most. The more these values sound like you, and describe people you want to work with, the more likely you will thrive at Proqis.

Open & Honest Communication 

We are an open and honest organization and you should feel very comfortable calling out issues knowing it will never affect the security of your position or promotion, in fact it will do the opposite, it will create a higher level of trust. It is all part of a healthy relationship for the greater good of all and the company. 

Solution Focussed / Full of New Ideas

You are constanting thinking of new ideas to take the business forward. You are solution focussed, you bring solutions to weekly meetings to discuss, not problems. You transform problems into solutions & practical strategies to accomplish your goals. 

Highly Proactive

You are naturally a high energy person, who brings a strong sense of urgency and activity o acheiving your goals. You bring high energy and positive team spirit to all obstacles.

Entrepreneurial 

You figure out stuff yourself. You display an owners attitude. If something needs to get done, you take action to do things yourself to get it done. 

Present new ideas to drive growth & improve efficiencies at weekly meetings, and ARE NOT AFRAID TO FAIL.

Contribute Your Best Self 

You want to do the best work possible. You regularly exceed the standards expected. You demonstrate consistently strong performance so colleagues can rely upon you. 

Strong Project Management & Attention To Detail.

You understand the importance of detailed project plans, feedback, reporting, issue lists, to-do lists & checklists. Your attention to detail is is second to none. 

Intellectually Curious 

You love learning and being progressive. You are interested in continuous self improvement, always looking to grow. You digest business books and talks at an insatiable rate. 

Product Excellence

Our product excellence comes first, it's our true north. How we produce our products and our standards is one of our unique competitive advantages. Everyone in the organization contributes to product excellence, regardless of function.  

WOW Customers 

A complete WOW experience. We are always creating value for the customer first before expecting anything in return, by making sure our customers are always at the center of our thoughts. We are always over delivering for our customers and not passing on responsibility. 

Commercial Minded

All processes in the business need to be simple, consistent, scalable and profitable. 

To discuss career opportunties, please email  hrdept@proqis.com on why we should hire you, with a link to your LinkedIn Profile and your renumeration expectations.


OPEN POSITIONS

WORK FROM HOME - GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

Talent & HR
TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER

Conference Sponsorship Sales
SENIOR SPONSORSHIP SALES & DIGITAL PRODUCT SALES (INSIDE SALES) - GENEROUS REMUNERATION + OPEN ENDED COMMISSION SYSTEM + ACCELERATORS - UNCAPPED

Conference Production
SENIOR CONFERENCE PRODUCER - £35,000 to £45,000 + Bonuses
GRADUATE CONFERENCE PRODUCER - £20K-£25K + SUBSTAINTIAL PROFIT SHARE + TRAVEL

Operations, Event & Production Management
GRADUATE EVENT MANAGEMENT - INC USA TRAVEL
HEAD OF EVENT MANAGEMENT

Conference Marketing
SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER / DIGITAL PRODUCTS
GRAPHIC DESIGNER FOR B2B SOCIAL MEDIA & EMAIL CAMPAIGNS
GRADUATE MARKETING MANAGER - BASIC + PROFIT SHARE
PROMOTIONAL MODEL

Conference Delegate Sales
SENIOR DELEGATE SALES: (INSIDE SALES) / DIGITAL EVENTS - GENEROUS REMUNERATION + OPEN ENDED COMMISSION SYSTEM + ACCELERATORS - UNCAPPED

TOP TIER SENIOR CONFERENCE PRODUCER - WORKING FROM HOME - GENEROUS RENUMERATION + PROFIT SHARE

 

 

THE ROLE

This is an opportunity to grow a global series of large scale and niche conferences, and progress to building your very own business unit within a fast growth conference sector.  

To view one of our recent events, please visit http://btoes.com . You can also view the highlights video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tthiRTy8Aw&t . This conference became the industry's largest leadership-level event in it's first year and has substaintial growth potential both in the USA and globally.  

Our business model for conferences is highly profitable, resulting in a significant profit and revenue share on top of basic salary. 

Why would this potentially interest you?

·      Flexibility to work from home and agree hours that match your / family lifestyle.

·      Longer production cycles of up to 14 weeks per conference.

·      This is an opportunity to shape your own division.

·      High remuneration and profit & revenue share package.   

Please note, a large number of our conferences will be staged in the USA, so you must be prepared to work USA hours i.e. 1pm to 6pm and 7pm - 10pm. However, as mentioned a unique benefit is you will be working from home. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Topic Generation & Validation. Create and launch a series original conference topics.
  • Fully understand the entire eco-sytem of your sector, their wants and needs, and build a portfolio of market leading events.
  • Conduct thorough desk research
  • Produce detailed map of the eco-system and flow of money for each conference. 
  • 50 to 80 good research calls per conference. 
  • Complete various documents include, TM, Topic Validation, Sales & Marketing Briefs. 
  • Produced detailed benefit driven need-to-know conference agendas reflecting today’s burning issues using quantative analysis of your documented research calls notes.
  • Building strong relationships with the key industry influencers and maintaining a high quality advisory board to oversee production standards and to act as advocates.
  • Invite fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders who have come out of your research, who are at the right level in the right companies that can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Become part of your community and be considered as a go-to industry expert. Use social media and networking and become an industry influencer.
  • Working very closely with sales & marketing, presenting a detailed picture of the attendee and vendor eco-sytem, and delivering a program with strong buy-side/sell-side. Devise the sponsorship and delegate strategy and sales plan, briefing the team, and producing detailed briefs.
  • Hitting KPIs and delivering a schedule of events that meet profitability targets.
  • Optional - After one year.  If you wish to take up this management opportunity, you would recruit, train and manage a team of Graduate & Junior Conference Producers. If you take up this option you will need to become office based, and move to the territory of the majority of the conferences e.g. USA/Canada. This note, this is completely optional and your choice. 

 REQUIREMENTS

  • Someone with not just the experience in leadership-level, big ticket ($3000+) commercial conferences and with strong production experience, but more importantly someone with an obsessive work-ethic, and who wants to do a great job Our standards are very high, and we need someone who is willing to operate at the highest standards of desk, telephone research and speaker acquisition.  

  • 2+ years of launch event topic generation and topic validation experience. The ability to generate ideas, understand and work through a robust topic generation process, understanding what makes a big hitter, validate your topic, and present the same to the team.
  • 2+ years demonstrable production experience at senior-level at a highly regard traditional business conference house, that follows the model of desk research, primary research, agenda creation and then speaker acquisition. 
  • 2+ years successful management & leadership experience. Recruited, managed & trained a team of at least 2+ graduate/junior conference producers.
  • A proven track-record in producing successful B2B, senior-level targeted conferences to target, at a high delegate price point, and achieving growth across repeat events. 
  • High degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • You are very comfortable and confident cold-calling, generating leads, and holding engaging conversations with senior level professionals.
  • A salesperson by nature, when it comes to locating and inviting fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders, from leading world-class organisations, who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised. Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA, and able to travel internationally to run events.

BENEFITS 

  • Generous renumeration per annum based on experience & track record, with a generous profit share.
  • Benefits + Profit Share + Share Options.
  • Generous open-ended share of net profits for the respective events produced and staged. 

CAREER PROSPECTS (OPTIONAL) 

Senior Conference Producer → Divisional Director, Head of Production → Managing Director

As Senior Conference Producer, you will be taking responsibility for topic generating new event opportunities  and the strategic direction and growth of your events. As you progress in this position you will start hiring junior producers, running training sessions and coaching them.  After this, if you have a desire and propensity to move into management and show exceptional performance as Senior Conference Producer, you will be put forward for a Divisional Director role to head up your own production division. 

There is a clear opportunity for the right candidate to fast-track their career path.

WHAT MAKES THIS POSITION EXCITING?

You are joining a young business, with deep resources and expertise.  

Working from home, and if you want it a real opportunity to fast track to Head of Production and be responsible for your sector globally. You could be running your own business unit and building your own team before you know it.  

As Head of Production, you will participate in our Share Option Scheme, which will give you ownership in the business unit and brand you are helping to build & grow.

After that, we would help your progress to Managing Director of your business unit, and your Share Options would be increased. 

APPLY

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role, current salary & salary expectations, notice period, and selection of recent conference brochures you have been responsible for to: HRdept@Proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

ABOUT

Proqis is a young business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world. We create world leading, content superior, business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. 

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why.

 

 

 

HEAD OF PRODUCTION / DIVISIONAL DIRECTOR - £55K-£65K + PROFIT SHARE + SHARE OPTIONS

 

ABOUT

Proqis is a young business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world.  We create world leading, content superior, business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. 

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Head of Production / Divisional Director, who is a seasoned topic generator and understands that the quality of the agenda and the experts presenting is directly related to the time spent on high quality primary research and analysis.

You will build & manage a portfolio of business-to-business conferences, with your role consisting of a mixture of Topic Generation, Production, Leadership & Management. You will responsible for hiring, training and developing new producers and senior producers. Talent development and retention is a key component of your role. You wlll be responsible for the strategy, growth and profitability of your divison’s portfolio of events through the effective development and management of up to 4-6 producers.

We are looking for people to stay with us long-term and feel proud of their work. Safe in the knowledge that we share a common purpose. In turn we will provide you with an opportunity to achieve your full potential, and maximise your talent.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Build a fastest-growing highly profitable conference division.
  • Researching, topic generating, developing and producing new events
  • Setting the highest standards of desk research, primary research, agenda creation, speaker acquitition and copy.
  • Fully understanding the entire eco-sytem of your sector and building a portfolio of market leading events.
  • Working very closely with sales, marketing, and event management to maximize all opportunities. Devising the sponsorship and delegate strategy, briefing the team, and produce detailed briefs.
  • Building strong relationships with the key industry influencers and maintaining a high quality advisory board to oversee production standards.
  • Holding the team accountable to production KPIs. Hitting KPIs and delivering a schedule of events on time that meet profitability targets.
  • Building a production team underneath you.
  • Ensuring events are maximizing the attendee experience.

REQUIREMENTS 

  • 2+ years successful launch event topic generation experience,
  • 6+ years demonstrable production/topic generation experience. A proven track-record in producing successful senior-level targeted commercial conferences, at a highly regard traditional business conference house. That follows the model of desk research, primary research, agenda creation and then speaker acquisition. 
  • 3+ years Leadership, Management & Recruitment experience. Leading a team of 4+ Conference Producers.
  • Building a conference division / business unit from scratch is a distinct advantage.
  • High degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • Proven project management skills and the ability to multi-task effectively
  • Meticulous attention to detail, ambitious in your approach and are only satisfied in working at the highest standards.
  • A salesperson by nature, when it comes to locating and inviting fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders, from leading world-class organisations, who can address the issues in the agenda you and your team have created.
  • Ability to grow a launch event into a large-scale market leading confex
  • Ability to recruit, train and manage Graduate Conference Producers.
  • Experience in managing conference budgets and understanding financial strategy
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised. Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA, and able to travel internationally to run events.
  • Degree level education: 2:1 Minimum, 1st Class Honors Preferred

CAREER PROSPECTS

Divisional Director, Head of Production → Global Head of Production → Managing Director

Global Head of Production with full P&L responsibility for all production divisions and all Divisional Directors. You will be responsible for assisting DD in developing their growth strategies. You are responsible for ensuring forecasts, the talent pool of producers and product launches are all on target.

BENEFITS

  • £55,000 to £65,000 per annum based on experience & track record
  • Benefits + Generous Open-Ended Profit Share + Share Options.

WHAT MAKES THIS POSITION EXCITING?

You are joining a recently launched business, with deep resources and expertise.  

You get to pick the sector you are passionate about, as long as it meets the businesses’ strategic topic validation criteria.

As Head of Production you would be responsible for your sector globally. You could be running your own business unit and building your own team.

You will participate in our Share Option Scheme, which will give you ownership in the business unit and brand you are helping to build & grow.

After that, we would help your progress to Managing Director of your business unit. and your Share Options would be increased

APPLY

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role, current salary & salary expectations, notice period, and selection of recent conference brochures you have been responsible for to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

 

 

 

PRODUCTION MANAGER (TOP TIER SENIOR CONFERENCE PRODUCER) - £40K-45K + SUBSTAINTIAL PROFIT SHARE + TRAVEL

 

ABOUT

Proqis is a young business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world. We create world leading, content superior, business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. 

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why.

THE ROLE

This is an opportunity to grow your own series of conferences & events, and progress to building your very own division.

We are looking for people to stay with us long-term and feel proud of their work. Safe in the knowledge that we share a common purpose. In turn we will provide you with an opportunity to achieve your full potential, and maximise your talent.

Our business model for conferences tend to be highly profitable, resulting in a significant profit share on top of basic salary. Your first year will consist of new launches.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Topic Generation. Create and launch a series original conference topics.
  • Fully understand the entire eco-sytem of your sector, their wants and needs, and build a portfolio of market leading events.
  • Conduct thorough desk research and extensive telephone research, producing detailed benefit driven need-to-know conference agendas reflecting today’s burning issues.
  • Building strong relationships with the key industry influencers and maintaining a high quality advisory board to oversee production standards and to act as advocates.
  • Source and invite fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Become part of your community and be considered as a go-to industry expert. Use social media and networking and become an industry influencer.
  • Working very closely with sales & marketing, presenting a detailed picture of the attendee and vendor eco-sytem, and delivering a program with strong buy-side/sell-side. Devise the sponsorship and delegate strategy and sales plan, briefing the team, and producing detailed briefs.
  • Hitting KPIs and delivering a schedule of events that meet profitability targets.
  • No later than 6 months, recruiting, training and managing Graduate & Junior Conference Producers

 REQUIREMENTS

  • 2+ years of launch event topic generation experience. The ability to generate ideas, understand and work through a robust topic generation process, understanding what makes a big hitter, validate your topic, and present the same to the team.
  • 2+ years demonstrable production experience at senior-level at a highly regard traditional business conference house, that follows the model of desk research, primary research, agenda creation and then speaker acquisition. 
  • 2+ years successful management & leadership experience. Recruited, managed & trained a team of at least 2+ graduate/junior conference producers.
  • A proven track-record in producing successful B2B, senior-level targeted conferences to target, at a high delegate price point, and achieving growth across repeat events. 
  • High degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • You are very comfortable and confident cold-calling, generating leads, and holding engaging conversations with senior level professionals.
  • A salesperson by nature, when it comes to locating and inviting fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders, from leading world-class organisations, who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised. Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA, and able to travel internationally to run events.

BENEFITS 

  • £40,000 to £45,000 per annum based on experience & track record, with a generous profit share.
  • Benefits + Profit Share + Share Options.
  • Generous open-ended share of net profits for the respective events produced and staged, increasing remuneration by potentially a further £24,000.

CAREER PROSPECTS

Senior Conference Producer → Divisional Director, Head of Production → Managing Director

As Senior Conference Producer, you will be taking responsibility for topic generating new event opportunities  and the strategic direction and growth of your events. As you progress in this position you will start hiring junior producers, running training sessions and coaching them.  After this, if you have a desire and propensity to move into management and show exceptional performance as Senior Conference Producer, you will be put forward for a Divisional Director role to head up your own production division. 

There is a clear opportunity for the right candidate to fast-track their career path.

WHAT MAKES THIS POSITION EXCITING?

You are joining a recently launched business, with deep resources and expertise.  

You get to pick the sector you are passionate about, as long as it meets the businesses’ strategic topic validation criteria.

There is a real opportunity to fast track to Head of Production and be responsible for your sector globally. You could be running your own business unit and building your own team before you know it.  

As Head of Production, you will participate in our Share Option Scheme, which will give you ownership in the business unit and brand you are helping to build & grow.

After that, we would help your progress to Managing Director of your business unit, and your Share Options would be increased. 

APPLY

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role, current salary & salary expectations, notice period, and selection of recent conference brochures you have been responsible for to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

 

 

 

 

SENIOR CONFERENCE PRODUCER - £35,000 to £45,000 + Bonuses

Senior Conference Producer - Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Division.

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 985,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and talented Senior Conference Producer to join our team to focus on building our in-person conference brand in the North American market and launching into Europe, while expanding our virtual series and developing new conference products within our sectors.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

To learn about the business and view our schedule of events, please visit Proqis.com

To apply for this role, you MUST have a mimimum of 4 years conference production experience in the B2B commercial conference industry.

Responsibilities:

  • Build a portfolio of market leading events virtual and in-person conferences.
  • Conduct telephone research and produce detailed benefit driven need-to-know agendas reflecting today’s burning issues, while also delivering a program with strong buy-side/sell-side
  • Source and invite fresh high-level speakers and industry leaders who can address the need-to-know issues reflected in the agenda you created.
  • Write all event site copy, marketing copy and sales & marketing briefs.
  • Present briefs to sales & marketing providing clear strategies and constant support to drive revenue growth.
  • Hit research calls and speaker acquisition targets and deliver an innovative product schedule of events that meet and exceed profitability targets.

Requirements:

  • You are fully committed to working from home and working predominantly North American hours.
  • 4+ years demonstrable conference production and topic generation experience.
  • Commercially minded with a strong interest in understanding Business Transformation & Operational Excellence topic.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
  • High Energy, Resilient, Positive, & Confident. You're outgoing and are confident researching with and recruiting senior industry leaders as speakers.
  • Highly organised. and with a self motivated can-do work ethic, willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines.
  • You need to have natural tech prowess, and be proficient in the myriad systems, apps, and plugins to maximize the digital products experience, collaboration, productivity and automation.
  • For the products you manage, you will be the main point of contact person through the whole product delivery cycle and hence it is important you are a detail-oriented multi-tasker with excellent organizational skills, you have exceptional time management skills and you thrive in a deadline driven environment.
  • You are highly curious, inquisitive, & ambitious with the desire to be the best at whatever you do.
  • Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines with minimal management
  • High degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • A 2:1 degree or higher.

Remuneration:

£35,000 to £45,000 with lucrative bonus scheme.

Hours:

Because you will be working from home. you can be based anywhere in the world, as long as you can adapt your hours to North American working hours during research and speaker acquisition calling times.

To Apply:

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

Career Prospects (Optional)

If you wish to 100% work from home, and maintain your position as a Senior Conference Producer that is fine. However, if you have a desire and the propensity to manage a team then the below career path is for you.

Senior Conference Producer (Working From Home) > After Year 1 - Divisional Head of Production (Working From Home or Office Based / Hybrid) > After Year 2-3 - Divisional Managing Director (Working From Home or Office Based / Hybrid)

As Senior Conference Producer, you will be taking responsibility for topic generating new event opportunities and the strategic direction and growth of your events.

After year 1, you will have the opportunity to build and train a team of 2 * Senior Conference Producers & fully manage them.

Between year 2-3, if you have a desire and the propensity to move into a full management position across all functions and show exceptional performance as Head of Production, you will be put forward for a Divisional Managing Director role to head up an entire division.

Divisional Head of Production & Divisional Managing Director will both include lucrative profit sharing schemes.

There is a clear opportunity for the right candidate to fast-track their career path.

SENIOR SPONSORSHIP SALES & DIGITAL PRODUCT SALES (INSIDE SALES) - GENEROUS REMUNERATION + OPEN ENDED COMMISSION SYSTEM + ACCELERATORS - UNCAPPED

ABOUT

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 985,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

To learn about the business and view our schedule of events, please visit Proqis.com

To apply for this role, you MUST have a mimimum of 4 years consultative sales (inside sales) experience in the B2B commercial conference industry.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Driving sponsorship sales on superior content driven virtual events and an array of digital products.
  • Building a strong understanding of competitive landscape and your event USP.
  • Developing a comprehensive Sales Plan, including analysis of the vendor market place and defining commercial categories and priorities. The result is an effective sales activity plan. 
  • Producing a comprehensive Strategy Plan to your target market to ensure high conversions.
  • Identifying new product opportunities
  • Adopting a consultative approach in order to build key relationships within the industry. 
  • Build custom sponsorship propositions that deliver on customers’ objectives, and present professional sales proposals
  • Build and maintain a comprehensive pipeline of qualified prioritised leads to meet revenue forecasts and report weekly on the same.
  • Deliver against agreed effort and revenue targets
  • Effective time management to ensure objectives are delivered.
  • Accurate forecasting and reporting.

 REQUIREMENTS

  • You prefer to work remotely/from home if given the choice. You are fully commiited to working remotely, and this is not a temporary measure due to Covid-19. Your home office set-up is geared for high productivity working. 
  • 4 years consultative sales (inside sales) experience within a B2B environment with a leading brand name and a minimal of 2 year (inside sales) within a leading commercial conference sponsorship sales department.
  • Achieved a Bachelors degree level 2:1 or higher
  • Deep understanding of Value Selling.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Top-notch writing skills are essential.
  • You need to have natural tech prowess, and be proficient in the myriad systems, apps, and plugins to maximize the digital products experience, collaboration, productivity and automation. 
  • Effective telephone skills, with strong closing ability
  • An ability to rapidly understand new topics and industries and identify the key sectors to sell into
  • Flawless communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills
  • Sales planning & accurate sales forecasting
  • Internet research, cold calling, prospecting, probing, lead generation and closing
  • Able to clearly uncover the customer’s individual needs while accurately testing specific solutions for a strong match.
  • Able to sell/negotiate high-level packages in a consultative style
  • It is important for you to be a strategic thinker and have a driven attitude to work autonomously & surpass targets.
  • A proven track record of new business is a must. 
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised.
  • Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA, and able to travel internationally to run events.

RENUMERATION/FEE

Generous renumeration/fee and bonuses based on experience & track record

HOURS

Because this role is based remotely, you can be based anywhere in the world, as long as, where required you can adapt your hours to the event staging locations. We can also provide flexible personalised working hours that can either be full-time, part-time, or freelance. 

APPLY

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER / DIGITAL PRODUCTS - GENEROUS REMUNERATION + PROFIT SHARE

ABOUT

This is a full-time role, working from home. 

We are a 100% remote working company with staff members spread across the world. Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment. This is a place for people with integrity, who want to be the best at what they do, and who care about exceeding customer expectations. 

You will be part of a team where we all support each other, challenge each other, and use our best judgement.

To learn about the business and view our schedule of events, please visit Proqis.com 

No day will be the same, This role should give you the opportunity to stretch your abilities to the max, to see, touch and feel the whole business, the results of your efforts, and have as much responsibility as you can handle. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • You will have ownership for a portfolio of events, ensuring that KPIs are met. You will be constantly innovating and testing your new ideas.  
  • Maximizing our Hubspot Marketing Enterprise platform fucntionality to maximize visitors and conversions into leads and customers.
  • An exceptional copywriter, who can create compelling benefit driven email copy and CTAs. You can also write long-form blogs on technical business topics, and write and design high converting landing pages. 
  • Strong design sense, ability to design graphics for email campaigns and blog portal, using Photoshop / Canva. You have an eye to good design, be it emails, newsletters, blogs, CTAs, thumbnails, landing pages, sales materials and brochures.
  • Plan and implement integrated marketing campaigns for virtual & in-person events, and a range of digital products such as managed webinars, research reports, lead gen campaigns. E.g. Email, SMS, Voicemails, Online, SEO, PPC & Social Media & Direct Mail.
  • Create and take full ownership of the content/inbound marketing strategy TOF, MOF, BOF, for virtual & in-person events, and a range of digital products such as managed webinars, research reports, lead gen campaigns using Hubspot.
  • Maximise opportunities through all our event stakeholders e.g. speakers, sponsors, advisory board etc
  • Negotiate superior long-term and detailed contra deals with key strategic partners
  • Develop campaign to generating leads at optimal conversions for the sponsorship and exhibition sales team.
  • Develop comprehensive cutting edge marketing plans for each of your events.
  • Conduct A/B tests
  • Conducting regular competitor analysis of best practice.  
  • Overall website management, including interface standards, release schedules, site interactivity and lead generation. Ensure that web content, web offers and online elements are continually evaluated, updated and enhanced.
  • Exceed ROI, Revenue & Lead Gen. KPIs
  • Oversee our website, brochure, and communication strategies to ensure that the design, messaging and “feel” of each event is appropriate for the target market.
  • Identify and execute database build opportunities, and employ advance database segmentation and communication strategies.
  • Analysis Marketing Plans daily to maximise Hit Rate. ROI & Profit and demographic performance reflective of the marketing brief.

REQUIREMENTS 

  • You prefer to work remotely/from home if given the choice. You are fully commiited to working remotely, and this is not a temporary measure due to Covid-19. Your home office set-up is geared for high productivity working. 
  • You must have at least 4 years of demonstrable experience and a proven track-record in producing successful, detailed off-line, on-line & inbound (using a marketing automation platform, ideally Hubspot, but not essential) conference marketing plans, analysis and executing the same, within the open enrolment B2B senior-level conference sector that is positioned at an attendee point of between £1500 to £3000.
  • Marketing Degree Level Education (2:1 Minimum) & Relevant Professional Marketing Qualifications
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Top-notch writing skills are essential for email campaigns, workflow emails, events sites, blog content, and landing pages.
  • You need to have natural tech prowess, and be proficient in the myriad systems, apps, and plugins to maximize the digital products experience, collaboration, productivity and automation. 
  • Good graphic design skills for email, blog, and landing pages.  
  • Confident is creating Marketing Plans for high-ticket paid for launch events with NO database and achieving ROI targets.  
  • A strong preference is for experience at highly regarded traditional business conference houses, as opposed to publishers, where the marketing plan might be more reliant on the publications readership.
  • Experience of marketing launch events and large-scales events.
  • Experience of content / inbound marketing strategies, social media marketing, SEO, PPC and execution of the same. 
  • Ability to juggling multiple projects on multiple time scales with multiple deadlines, all of which require new ideas, new ideas, and then some more new ideas. So the ability to work under pressure, be organised and multi-task is key.
  • A deal maker, strong negotiator and sales person at heart. Previous sales experience is also a major plus.
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA
  • Ruthless prioritization skills and scrappy resourcefulness and a resolve to just get things done, while being calm under pressure. 
  • Curious self-starter who loves to anticipate needs and find creative ways to meet them. Do you have supernatural anticipation, see ten moves ahead, and anticipate issues before they become full blown problems, or able to anticipate needs and see beyond the obvious solutions, 
  • You thrive on finding new and better ways to do your job, and generate new ideas continously. You are highly curious, and a strong appetite to learn.
  • Strong project management experience.
  • Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines with minimal managemen

RENUMERATION/FEE

Generous renumeration/fee and bonuses based on experience & track record

HOURS

Because this role is based remotely, you can be based anywhere in the world, as long as, where required you can adapt your hours to the event staging locations. We can also provide flexible personalised working hours that can either be full-time, part-time, or freelance. 

APPLY

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

SENIOR EVENT DIRECTOR

About:

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 985,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and talented individual to join our team to focus on building our in-person conference brand in the North American market and launching into Europe, while expanding our virtual series and developing new conference products within our sectors.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

To learn about the business and view our schedule of events, please visit Proqis.com

To apply for this role, you MUST have a mimimum of 4 years event management experience in the B2B commercial conference industry.

The Role:

You are responsible for delivering our forward schedule of conferences and events. You are responsible for the delivery of seamless and profitable events with outstanding customer service.  If you so desire, as the business grows you will have the opportunity to be responsible to hiring and recruiting a team of event managers and customer service staff.

Confidence and communication skills are key in this role! For the events you manage, you will be the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and delegates running up to the event and hence it is important you have exceptional time management skills and you thrive in a deadline driven environment. You will be fully responsible for the smooth running and successful management of our events from planning to execution.

Responsibilites - In-Person Conferences:

  • To plan and deliver a series of conferences between 150 to 850 attendees & 30 to 100 speakers in the USA and around the world.
  • Manage event logistics including venue finding, catering, AV, exhibition management, delegate and registration management, conference materials, social events and onsite management.
  • Responsible for hotel search & selection, RPF production, contract negotiation and hotel relationship management. This involves tough negotiation, and a full understanding of the risks, contract clauses, cancellation policies, sleeping rooms’ commitments to meeting space forecast.
  • Work with production on the viability of the agenda structure.
  • Work with sponsorship on floor plans and viability of sponsorship benefits.
  • Work with the marketing team to produce high quality, targeted communications to support the marketing and promotion of events.
  • Manage Hotel Room Block, F&B, Set-ups, BEO and final numbers
  • Stay abreast of changes and trends in the industry including the use of technology to improve processes and delegate experience, from registration, badge check-in, agenda management, session bookings to the event app.
  • Write all set-up communications to speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, & attendees.
  • Locate, handle all negotiations with event suppliers, and manage the same for example, AV, badges & signage.
  • Manage speakers, judges, chairpersons, moderators and conference presentations.
  • Manage all aspects of the agenda including social functions
  • Manage the sponsors & exhibitors and ensuring all their respective benefits are implemented, including work with drayage companies.
  • Responsible for the event registration and customer service. You are the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and delegates for the event.
  • Manage the marketing partners on-site event benefits.
  • Organize conference signage and materials.
  • Hire and manage local staffing to assist you in running the event on-site.
  • Run pre-event meetings with conference team to discuss on-site logistics
  • Fully manage on-site set-up & logistics.
  • Manage the conference P&L and achieve P&L targets.
  • Ensure each conference meets our customer satisfaction targets.
  • Produce post event reporting, analysis and improvement ideas for the following year’s event.
  • Responsible for all post-event bill reconciliation and budget reports  
  • This role will require travel, overnight stays and weekend working in line with business needs.

Responsibilities - Digital Products

  • Delivering our digital products, from a full spectrum of virtual event formats to bespoke content creation, from planning to execution.
  • Fully managing the end-to-end process with virtual course instructors and self-paced course providers, from instructior recruitment, contract negotiations, certifications, management, product platform & event site execution and the friction-free customer journey
  • Fully managing and running multi-streamed virtual conferences, with high brand and production value, and integrated human touch experiences. 
  • Delivering a seamless product experience, friction-free customer journey, and outstanding customer service.
  • Manage any technology integrations and developements required to automate optimal end-to-end processes.
  • Stay abreast of changes and trends in the industry around all the different technologies to enhance the product experience and human touch.
  • Design all workflows and write all communications to speakers, moderators, sponsors, & attendees.
  • Manage trainers, speakers, moderators and sponsors and all respective materials. 
  • You are the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and attendees for the digital events.
  • Manage all aspects of the agenda execution for virtual conferences.
  • Manage the event/product P&Ls and achieve P&L targets.

Requirements:

  • You must have at least 4 years of demonstrable event management experience at a B2B open enrolment senior-level for profit conference organization.
  • Exceptional and tough negotiating skills. Negotiating contracts with all event suppliers. Hotel negotiation, sleeping room commitment at 30% of meeting space requirement.
  • Ability to work in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Detail-oriented multi-tasker with excellent organizational skills.
  • Pro-active, take charge problem solver with outgoing personality.
  • Ability to effectively create and manage budgets for complex commercial
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA, and able to travel internationally to run events.
  • Achieved a Bachelors degree level 2:1 or higher in Events Management (or similar)
  • Have an eye for detail and be brilliantly organised
  • Excellent time management with ability to meet deadlines
  • A can do attitude
  • Excellent administrative skills, self-organisation, accuracy and initiative,

Due to the level of applications for this role, we cannot respond to all candidates.  If you have been successful in being shortlisted, we will be in contact with 72 hours

Benefits:

  • Generous renumeration per annum based on experience & track record
  • Profit Share
  • Travel to the conference locations

Hours:

Because you will be working from home. you can be based anywhere in the world, as long as you can adapt your hours to North American working hours during research and speaker acquisition calling times.

To Apply:

Email your CV and a covering letter with your salary expectations to hr@proqis.com.

 

PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE CEO

About Us:

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 985,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

To learn about the business and view our schedule of events, please visit Proqis.com

Job Overview:

We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Virtual Assistant to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with exceptional organizational skills, keen attention to detail, and a passion for helping businesses thrive. This position will support our team by managing administrative tasks, ensuring smooth and efficient workflow.

Key Responsibilities:

Administrative Tasks:

  • Calendar management: schedule meetings, appointments, and manage travel arrangements.Booking flights, hotels, and transportation; planning itineraries.
  • Email management: filter and sort email inbox, respond to routine emails, and flag important ones for executive review.
  • Handle customer / speaker / sponsor email correspondence and respond to inquiries promptly.
  • Data Entry: Inputting data into spreadsheets or databases.

Project management:

  • Coordinate and manage specific projects as assigned.
  • Communicate with vendors, partners, and team members to ensure project alignment.

Event Management:

  • Manage speakers, sponsors benefits delivery, and customers
  • Find and manage vendors

Document Management:

  • Organize, store, and retrieve company documents as needed.on platforms like Google Drive or Dropbox.
  • Create and prepare basic reports, presentations, and spreadsheets.
  • Bookkeeping: Recording financial transactions, managing invoices, and basic account tracking using tools like Xero

Social Media Management:

  • Schedule posts, monitor engagements, and create basic content.Drafting simple content for posts or creating basic graphics using tools like Canva.
  • Update and maintain the company's social profiles.
  • Engagement: Replying to comments, messages, and engaging with followers or audiences.
  • Blog Posting and optimizing for SEO, and formatting.

Customer Support:

  • Handling Inquiries: Responding to customer questions via email, chat, or social media.
  • Feedback Collection: Gathering and organizing customer reviews or feedback.
  • Refund Processing: Managing and processing refund requests as per company policy.
  • Respond to customer inquiries via email or chat.
  • Process orders, manage refunds, and handle basic support queries.

Research:

  • Lead Generation: Researching potential clients or contacts and creating databases for outreach.
  • Market Research: Gathering data on competitors, market trends, or potential business opportunities.
  • Conduct online research on various topics to support business projects.
  • Compile and organize findings in a reportable format.

Miscellaneous Tasks:

  • Perform other related duties as assigned, which may include personal tasks depending on the nature of the business.

Personal Tasks:

  • Researching and purchasing gifts, personal items, or household goods online.
  • Event Planning: Assisting in organizing personal events or parties, from sending invites to coordinating vendors.
  • Research: Finding information on specific topics, from personal interests to travel destinations.

Other Specialized Tasks:

  • Newsletter Management: Designing, drafting, and sending out newsletters.

Requirements:

  • Can work UK office hours. 
  • University Graduate (1st Class Honours Grade)  
  • Industry Knowledge of B2B Conferences is a big advantage 
  • Exceptional organizational skills with an acute attention to detail.
  • Previous experience as a virtual assistant or in a related role.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Workspace, Asana, Hubspot, & Zoom, etc. Certifications may be asked for. 
  • Willingness to learn new tools and software.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Written must be exceptional with no grammatical errors or spelling errors. 
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.
  • Timeliness in responding to emails, calls, or other communications.
  • Problem Solving: Their aptitude for handling unexpected situations.
  • Anticipating needs is particularly valuable.
  • Self-motivated with a proactive attitude, able to work with minimal supervision.
  • Has reliable computer equipment and a good internet connection.

Benefits:

  • Flexible working hours.
  • Opportunity for growth and professional development.
  • Access to all Hubspot certification courses for continued learning.
  • Work from anywhere.

Application Process:

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] -Personal Assistant Application."

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

INTERNSHIPS - ACROSS ALL DIVISIONS


ABOUT

Based in Mayfair, London. Proqis is a young conference business that produces content superior events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. We are looking for bright individuals to support our marketing and operations team.

Proqis’s overriding objective is to contribute to solving the greatest challenges businesses, governments and institutions face. By helping executives find better ways to work and becoming their trusted source of knowledge, by producing the best events at the best standards.  We are dedicated to researching best practice, addressing problems one else has, and sharing this with our clients.

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter is our guiding force, our inspiration and our purpose.

THE ROLE

This is an opportunity for a bright individual to learn the workings of a professional services business.

This is not your normal boring internship. This is an opportunity to stretch your abilities to the max, and learn all the key functions involved in business. 

Internship Period: 3-6 Months. However, all internships can potentially lead to a full-time role, if appropriate.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Managing company’s corporate and event site content management systems.
  • Managing the company’s registration system.
  • Managing the company’s inbound marketing system.
  • Using Photoshop to design Email Campaigns
  • Managing Company Social Media Campaigns and Groups
  • Various Event Management Duties
  • Desk & Telephone Research      
  • Various Marketing Duties                                                
  • Various Office Administration Duties

REQUIREMENTS: 

  • Digital Marketing Degree
  • You can design high quality email campaigns in Photoshop.
  • You have a strong understanding in inbound / content marketing strategies. We use Hubspot.
  • You have a strong understanding of managing Social Media Channels & Digital Marketing.
  • Ability to self-learn and grasp new cloud-based software systems super fast. Systems can include CMS, Marketing Automation - HubSpot, Design Tools - Photoshop, CRM, and Project Management.  You should have a natural fluency with software.
  • Advanced Level knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications i.e. Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
  • Exceptional & Professional Telephone Manner.
  • Presentable/Smart.
  • Excellent Interpersonal skills
  • High Energy, Perfectionist, Resilient, Proactive, Solution Focussed, Well Organised, Motivated, Hardworking & Optimistic. Can works to deadlines, work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.

LOCATION

Proqis, First Floor, 11-14 Grafton Street, London, W1S 4EW.  Beautiful, upscale offices in the heart of Mayfair.

DAY & HOURS OF WORK:

Monday to Friday

9.30am to 4.30pm

APPLY

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

Click here to view an experience/reference from a recent intern.

 

JUNIOR CONFERENCE PRODUCER - £25K-£28K + SUBSTAINTIAL PROFIT SHARE + TRAVEL

 

ABOUT

Proqis is a young business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world.  We create world leading, content superior, business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. 

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why.

THE ROLE

This is the start of an exciting career and where you will learn the Proqis production model, which is probably the best in the industry. After your orientation, you will start program research immediately and will have full responsibility of  the overall financial performance of your first business conference including running it on-site. In addition, you will develop strong working relationships with all the functions of the business.

We are looking for people to stay with us long-term and feel proud of their work. Safe in the knowledge that we share a common purpose. In turn we will provide you with an opportunity to achieve your full potential, and maximise your talent.

Our business model for conferences tend to be highly profitable, resulting in a significant profit share on top of basic salary. There will be a mixture of new launches as well as repeat events.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Researching, developing, producing new events.
  • Maintaining highest standards of desk research, primary research, agenda creation, speaker acquitition and copy.
  • Fully understand the entire eco-sytem of your sector and building a portfolio of market leading events.
  • Conduct thorough desk research and extensive telephone research, producing detailed benefit driven need-to-know conference agendas reflecting today’s burning issues.
  • Source and invite fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Working very closely with sales, marketing, and event management to maximize all opportunities.
  • Building strong relationships with the key industry influencers and maintaining a high quality advisory board to oversee production standards.
  • Become part of your community and be considered as a go-to industry expert. Use social media and networking and become an industry influencer. 
  • Manage and run events on-site.
  • Hitting KPIs and delivering a schedule of events that meet profitability targets.

 REQUIREMENTS

  • 1+ years demonstrable production experience at a highly regard traditional business conference house, that follows the model of desk research, primary research, agenda creation and then speaker acquisition. 
  • A proven track-record in producing successful B2B, senior-level targeted conferences to target, at a high delegate price point, and achieving growth across repeat events.  
  • Due to the importance of the research aspect of the role, candidates need to have strong academic backgrounds and be able to identify business opportunities.
  • The ability to multi-task and to take full ownership of projects
  • A commercial outlook and high degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • Ability to sell an original idea to the team.
  • You are very comfortable and confident cold-calling, generating leads, and holding engaging conversations with senior level professionals
  • The ability to assimilate complex information quickly
  • Excellent written communication skills for copywriting
  • Strong time management skills – able to work under pressure to deadlines
  • Proven project management skills and the ability to multi-task effectively
  • Ability to analyise research and write a strong benefit driven conference program and marketing copy.
  • Meticulous attention to detail, ambitious in your approach and are only satisfied in working at the highest standards.
  • A salesperson by nature, when it comes to locating and inviting fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders, from leading world-class organisations, who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised. Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Degree level education: 2:1 Minimum, 1st Class Honors Preferred
  • GCSE’s & A-Levels: A good number of A*s
  • Eligibility to work in the UK

CAREER PROPECTS AND PATH

Junior Producer → Senior Conference Producer → Divisional Director, Head of Production → Global Head of Production → Managing Director → Global Managing Director

After you have shown exceptional performance over your first 2-3 conferences from production to running the conference on- site, you will be promoted to Senior Conference Producer.  This can be within 12-18 months.

As Senior Conference Producer, your would now be taking greater responsibility for the strategic direction and growth of your events. You will also be topic generating new event opportunities. As you progress in this position you will start assisting in hiring junior producers, running training sessions and coaching them.  After this, if you have a desire and propensity to move into management and have show exceptional performance over the 18+ months as Senior Conference Producer, you will be put forward for a Divisional Director role to head up your own production division. 

BENEFITS

  • £25,000 to £28,000 per annum based on experience & track record, with a generous profit share.
  • Benefits + Generous Open-Ended Profit Share + Share Options.
  • Travel to the conference location 6-8 times per year.

WHAT MAKES THIS POSITION EXCITING?

You are joining a recently launched business, with deep resources and expertise.  

There is a real opportunity to fast track to Head of Production in just 2-3 years, and you could be running your own division and building your own team before you know it.  

As Head of Production, you will participate in our Share Option Scheme, which will give you real ownership in the business you are helping to build & grow.

After that, the world is your oyster, we are a young business with global ambitious. You could progress to Global Head or run a business in another territory.   

APPLY

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role, current salary & salary expectations, notice period, and selection of recent conference brochures you have been responsible for to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

MARKETING ASSISTANT

APPLY FOR THIS ROLE

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role, current salary & salary expectations, notice period to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

SENIOR DELEGATE SALES: (INSIDE SALES) / DIGITAL EVENTS - GENEROUS REMUNERATION + OPEN ENDED COMMISSION SYSTEM + ACCELERATORS - UNCAPPED

ABOUT

We are a 100% remote working company with staff members spread across the world. Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment. This is a place for people with integrity, who want to be the best at what they do, and who care about exceeding customer expectations. 

You will be part of a team where we all support each other, challenge each other, and use our best judgement.

We have a number of business units, and this roles is focus is within our digital business units BTOES Insights & Proqis Digital & our soon to be launched, Proqis Training Institute, which is offering virtual instructor-led training and online self-paced training courses.   

No day will be the same, This role should give you the opportunity to stretch your abilities to the max, to see, touch and feel the whole business, the results of your efforts, and have as much responsibility as you can handle. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Achieve sales targets
  • Fully understand your digital event topics and the issues driving each industry, and communicate them to senior executives
  • Manage the entire sales cycle, from prospecting to pitching to closing
  • Keep abreast of market developments, identify and research new growth areas for delegate sales
  • Work closely with Production, Marketing and Sponsorship functions to deliver successful events
  • Accurately forecast, report activities and results
  • Proactively undertake telephone research, identify and establish new business leads, whilst also capitalising on warm or existing leads generated internally.
  • Carry out necessary sales activities to meet agreed sales targets and objectives
  • Actively seek to build long-term relationships
  • Liaise with the Conference Producer on designated campaigns to maximize opportunities in order to achieve mutual objective of delivering successful and profitable conferences

REQUIREMENTS 

  • You prefer to work remotely/from home if given the choice. You are fully commiited to working remotely, and this is not a temporary measure due to Covid-19. Your home office set-up is geared for high productivity working. 
  • At least 2 years proven track record in Conference Delegate Sales within the B2B commercial conference sector
  • A graduate with good business acumen and the ability to digest complex market knowledge fast
  • You build rapport well and feel confident cold calling clients
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Top-notch writing skills are essential.
  • You need to have natural tech prowess, and be proficient in the myriad systems, apps, and plugins to maximize the digital products experience, collaboration, productivity and automation. 
  • You are confortable selling delegate places to c-level executives
  • Lots of nature initiative
  • Motivated by money and a hunger for hitting targets.
  • Strong closing ability and experience selling on launch events across different industry sectors
  • High degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • An ability to rapidly understand new topics and industries and identify the key sectors to sell into.
  • Internet research, cold calling, prospecting, probing, lead generation and closing
  • A demonstrable track record of exceeding targets
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised. Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA

RENUMERATION/FEE

Generous renumeration/fee and bonuses based on experience & track record

HOURS

Because this role is based remotely, you can be based anywhere in the world, as long as, where required you can adapt your hours to the event staging locations. We can also provide flexible personalised working hours that can either be full-time, part-time, or freelance. 

APPLY

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

APPLY FOR THIS ROLE

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role, current salary & salary expectations, notice period to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

INTERNSHIP - LEADING TO A FULL-TIME ROLE

 

ABOUT

Based in Mayfair, London. Proqis is a young conference business that produces content superior events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. We are looking for bright individuals to support our marketing and operations team.

Proqis’s overriding objective is to contribute to solving the greatest challenges businesses, governments and institutions face. By helping executives find better ways to work and becoming their trusted source of knowledge, by producing the best events at the best standards.  We are dedicated to researching best practice, addressing problems one else has, and sharing this with our clients.

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter is our guiding force, our inspiration and our purpose.

THE ROLE

This is an opportunity for a bright individual to learn the workings of a professional services business.

This is not your normal boring internship. This is an opportunity to stretch your abilities to the max, and learn all the key functions involved in business. 

This internships can potentially lead to a full-time role, if appropriate.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Managing company’s corporate and event site content management systems.
  • Managing the company’s registration system.
  • Managing the company’s inbound marketing system.
  • Using Photoshop to design Email Campaigns
  • Managing Company Social Media Campaigns and Groups
  • Various Event Management Duties
  • Desk & Telephone Research      
  • Various Marketing Duties                                                
  • Various Office Administration Duties

Based on your strengths you either start focussing on Marketing, Event Management or Sales. This is an opportunity to also be considered for Conference Production. 

REQUIREMENTS: 

  • Digital Marketing Degree
  • You can design high quality email campaigns in Photoshop.
  • You have a strong understanding in inbound / content marketing strategies. We use Hubspot.
  • You have a strong understanding of managing Social Media Channels & Digital Marketing.
  • Ability to self-learn and grasp new cloud-based software systems super fast. Systems can include CMS, Marketing Automation - HubSpot, Design Tools - Photoshop, CRM, and Project Management.  You should have a natural fluency with software.
  • Advanced Level knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications i.e. Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
  • Exceptional & Professional Telephone Manner.
  • Presentable/Smart.
  • Excellent Interpersonal skills
  • High Energy, Perfectionist, Resilient, Proactive, Solution Focussed, Well Organised, Motivated, Hardworking & Optimistic. Can works to deadlines, work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.

LOCATION

Proqis, First Floor, 11-14 Grafton Street, London, W1S 4EW.  Beautiful, upscale offices in the heart of Mayfair.

DAY & HOURS OF WORK:

Monday to Friday

9.30am to 4.30pm

APPLY

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

Click here to view an experience/reference from a recent intern.

 

 

FREELANCE EVENT DIRECTOR

ABOUT

Proqis is a conference business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world.  We create world’s leading business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major global organisations.

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why.

THE ROLE

You are responsible for deliver the entire event management of a conference. Based on the number of projects,  you are responsible for the delivery of seamless and profitable events with outstanding customer service.

Confidence and communication skills are key in this role! For the events you manage, you will be the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and delegates running up to the event and hence it is important you have exceptional time management skills and you thrive in a deadline driven environment. You will be fully responsible for the smooth running and successful management of our events from planning to execution.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • To plan and deliver a conference between 150 to 850 attendees & 30 to 100 speakers in the USA and around the world. 
  • Manage event logistics including venue finding, catering, AV, exhibition management, delegate and registration management, conference materials, social events and onsite management.
  • Responsible for hotel search & selection, RPF production, contract negotiation and hotel relationship management. This involves tough negotiation, and a full understanding of the risks, contract clauses, cancellation policies, sleeping rooms’ commitments to meeting space forecast.
  • Work with production on the viability of the agenda structure.
  • Work with sponsorship on floor plans and viability of sponsorship benefits.
  • Work with the marketing team to produce high quality, targeted communications to support the marketing and promotion of events.
  • Manage Hotel Room Block, F&B, Set-ups, BEO and final numbers
  • Stay abreast of changes and trends in the industry including the use of technology to improve processes and delegate experience, from registration, badge check-in, agenda management, session bookings to the event app.
  • Write all set-up communications to speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, & attendees.
  • Locate, handle all negotiations with event suppliers, and manage the same for example, AV, badges & signage.
  • Manage speakers, judges, chairpersons, moderators and conference presentations.
  • Manage all aspects of the agenda including social functions
  • Manage the sponsors & exhibitors and ensuring all their respective benefits are implemented, including work with drayage companies.
  • Responsible for the event registration and customer service. You are the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and delegates for the event.
  • Manage the marketing partners on-site event benefits.
  • Organize conference signage and materials.
  • Hire and manage local staffing to assist you in running the event on-site.
  • Run pre-event meetings with conference team to discuss on-site logistics
  • Fully manage on-site set-up & logistics.
  • Manage the conference P&L and achieve P&L targets.
  • Ensure each conference meets our customer satisfaction targets.
  • Produce post event reporting, analysis and improvement ideas for the following year’s event.
  • Responsible for all post-event bill reconciliation and budget reports  
  • This role will require travel, overnight stays and weekend working in line with business needs.

REQUIREMENTS

  • You must have at least 3 years of demonstrable event management experience at a B2B open enrolment senior-level for profit conference organization.
  • Exceptional and tough negotiating skills. Negotiating contracts with all event suppliers. Hotel negotiation, sleeping room commitment at 30% of meeting space requirement.
  • Ability to work in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Detail-oriented multi-tasker with excellent organizational skills.
  • Pro-active, take charge problem solver with outgoing personality.
  • Ability to effectively create and manage budgets for complex commercial
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA, and able to travel internationally to run events.
  • Achieved a Bachelors degree level 2:1 or higher in Events Management (or similar)
  • Have an eye for detail and be brilliantly organised
  • Excellent time management with ability to meet deadlines
  • A can do attitude
  • Excellent administrative skills, self-organisation, accuracy and initiative,

Due to the level of applications for this role, we cannot respond to all candidates.  If you have been successful in being shortlisted, we will be in contact with 72 hours

BENEFITS

  • Generous fee, based on length of project. 
  • Travel to the conference locations

APPLY

Please send your CV and including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role, current salary & salary expectations, notice period, and selection of recent conference brochures you have been responsible for event management on to: HR@Proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

VIRTUAL ASSISTANT (VA)

Location: Remote

Contract: Full-Time / Part-Time / A flexible working schedule. 

Salary: Dependent on experience and location

About Us:

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 985,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

To learn about the business and view our schedule of events, please visit Proqis.com

Job Overview:

We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Virtual Assistant to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with exceptional organizational skills, keen attention to detail, and a passion for helping businesses thrive. This position will support our team by managing administrative tasks, ensuring smooth and efficient workflow.

Key Responsibilities:

Administrative Tasks:

  • Calendar management: schedule meetings, appointments, and manage travel arrangements.Booking flights, hotels, and transportation; planning itineraries.
  • Email management: filter and sort email inbox, respond to routine emails, and flag important ones for executive review.
  • Handle customer / speaker / sponsor email correspondence and respond to inquiries promptly.
  • Data Entry: Inputting data into spreadsheets or databases.

Project management:

  • Coordinate and manage specific projects as assigned.
  • Communicate with vendors, partners, and team members to ensure project alignment.

Event Management:

  • Manage speakers, sponsors benefits delivery, and customers
  • Find and manage vendors

Document Management:

  • Organize, store, and retrieve company documents as needed.on platforms like Google Drive or Dropbox.
  • Create and prepare basic reports, presentations, and spreadsheets.
  • Bookkeeping: Recording financial transactions, managing invoices, and basic account tracking using tools like Xero

Social Media Management:

  • Schedule posts, monitor engagements, and create basic content.Drafting simple content for posts or creating basic graphics using tools like Canva.
  • Update and maintain the company's social profiles.
  • Engagement: Replying to comments, messages, and engaging with followers or audiences.
  • Blog Posting and optimizing for SEO, and formatting.

Customer Support:

  • Handling Inquiries: Responding to customer questions via email, chat, or social media.
  • Feedback Collection: Gathering and organizing customer reviews or feedback.
  • Refund Processing: Managing and processing refund requests as per company policy.
  • Respond to customer inquiries via email or chat.
  • Process orders, manage refunds, and handle basic support queries.

Research:

  • Lead Generation: Researching potential clients or contacts and creating databases for outreach.
  • Market Research: Gathering data on competitors, market trends, or potential business opportunities.
  • Conduct online research on various topics to support business projects.
  • Compile and organize findings in a reportable format.

Miscellaneous Tasks:

  • Perform other related duties as assigned, which may include personal tasks depending on the nature of the business.

Personal Tasks:

  • Researching and purchasing gifts, personal items, or household goods online.
  • Event Planning: Assisting in organizing personal events or parties, from sending invites to coordinating vendors.
  • Research: Finding information on specific topics, from personal interests to travel destinations.

Other Specialized Tasks:

  • Newsletter Management: Designing, drafting, and sending out newsletters.

Requirements:

  • Can work UK office hours. 
  • University Graduate (1st Class Honours Grade)  
  • Industry Knowledge of B2B Conferences is a big advantage 
  • Exceptional organizational skills with an acute attention to detail.
  • Previous experience as a virtual assistant or in a related role.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Workspace, Asana, Hubspot, & Zoom, etc. Certifications may be asked for. 
  • Willingness to learn new tools and software.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Written must be exceptional with no grammatical errors or spelling errors. 
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.
  • Timeliness in responding to emails, calls, or other communications.
  • Problem Solving: Their aptitude for handling unexpected situations.
  • Anticipating needs is particularly valuable.
  • Self-motivated with a proactive attitude, able to work with minimal supervision.
  • Has reliable computer equipment and a good internet connection.

Benefits:

  • Flexible working hours.
  • Opportunity for growth and professional development.
  • Access to all Hubspot certification courses for continued learning.
  • Work from anywhere.

Application Process:

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] -Personal Assistant Application."

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

GRADUATE CONFERENCE PRODUCER - £20K-£25K + SUBSTAINTIAL PROFIT SHARE + TRAVEL

 

ABOUT

Proqis is a young business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world.  We create world leading, content superior, business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. 

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why.

THE ROLE

This is the start of an exciting career and where you will learn the Proqis production model, which is probably the best in the industry. After your orientation, you will start program research immediately and will have full responsibility of  the overall financial performance of your first business conference including running it on-site. In addition, you will develop strong working relationships with all the functions of the business.

We are looking for people to stay with us long-term and feel proud of their work. Safe in the knowledge that we share a common purpose. In turn we will provide you with an opportunity to achieve your full potential, and maximise your talent.

Our business model for conferences tend to be highly profitable, resulting in a significant profit share on top of basic salary. There will be a mixture of new launches as well as repeat events.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Researching, developing, producing new events.
  • Maintaining highest standards of desk research, primary research, agenda creation, speaker acquitition and copy.
  • Fully understand the entire eco-sytem of your sector and building a portfolio of market leading events.
  • Conduct thorough desk research and extensive telephone research, producing detailed benefit driven need-to-know conference agendas reflecting today’s burning issues.
  • Source and invite fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Working very closely with sales, marketing, and event management to maximize all opportunities.
  • Building strong relationships with the key industry influencers and maintaining a high quality advisory board to oversee production standards.
  • Become part of your community and be considered as a go-to industry expert. Use social media and networking and become an industry influencer. 
  • Manage and run events on-site.
  • Hitting KPIs and delivering a schedule of events that meet profitability targets.

 REQUIREMENTS

  • Due to the importance of the research aspect of the role, candidates need to have strong academic backgrounds and be able to identify business opportunities.
  • The ability to multi-task and to take full ownership of projects
  • A commercial outlook and high degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • Ability to sell an original idea to the team.
  • You are very comfortable and confident cold-calling, generating leads, and holding engaging conversations with senior level professionals
  • The ability to assimilate complex information quickly
  • Excellent written communication skills for copywriting
  • Strong time management skills – able to work under pressure to deadlines
  • Proven project management skills and the ability to multi-task effectively
  • Ability to analyise research and write a strong benefit driven conference program and marketing copy.
  • Meticulous attention to detail, ambitious in your approach and are only satisfied in working at the highest standards.
  • A salesperson by nature, when it comes to locating and inviting fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders, from leading world-class organisations, who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised. Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Degree level education: 2:1 Minimum, 1st Class Honors Preferred
  • GCSE’s & A-Levels: A good number of A*s
  • Eligibility to work in the UK

CAREER PROPECTS AND PATH

Graduate/Junior Producer → Senior Conference Producer → Divisional Director, Head of Production → Global Head of Production → Managing Director → Global Managing Director

After you have shown exceptional performance over your first 2-3 conferences from production to running the conference on- site, you will be promoted to Senior Conference Producer.  This can be within 12-18 months.

As Senior Conference Producer, your would now be taking greater responsibility for the strategic direction and growth of your events. You will also be topic generating new event opportunities. As you progress in this position you will start assisting in hiring junior producers, running training sessions and coaching them.  After this, if you have a desire and propensity to move into management and have show exceptional performance over the 18+ months as Senior Conference Producer, you will be put forward for a Divisional Director role to head up your own production division. 

BENEFITS

  • £20,000 to £25,000 per annum based on experience & track record, with a generous profit share.
  • Benefits + Generous Open-Ended Profit Share + Share Options.
  • Travel to the conference location 6-8 times per year.

WHAT MAKES THIS POSITION EXCITING?

You are joining a recently launched business, with deep resources and expertise.  You will have real ownerhip. purpose and influence from day one. 

There is a real opportunity to fast track to Head of Production in just 3 years, and you could be running your own division and building your own team before you know it.  

As Head of Production, you will participate in our Share Option Scheme, which will give you real ownership in the business you are helping to build & grow.

After that, the world is your oyster, we are a young business with global ambitious. You could progress to Global Head or run a business in another territory.   

APPLY

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

 

 

BOOKEEPER

APPLY FOR THIS ROLE

Please send your CV including a short covering letter, detailing why you are suitable for the role, current salary & salary expectations, notice period to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

GRADUATE CONFERENCE PRODUCER - £20K-£25K + SUBSTAINTIAL PROFIT SHARE + TRAVEL

ABOUT

Proqis is a young business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world.  We create world leading, content superior, business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. 

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why.

THE ROLE

This is the start of an exciting career and where you will learn the Proqis production model, which is probably the best in the industry. After your orientation, you will start program research immediately and will have full responsibility of  the overall financial performance of your first business conference including running it on-site. In addition, you will develop strong working relationships with all the functions of the business.

We are looking for people to stay with us long-term and feel proud of their work. Safe in the knowledge that we share a common purpose. In turn we will provide you with an opportunity to achieve your full potential, and maximise your talent.

Our business model for conferences tend to be highly profitable, resulting in a significant profit share on top of basic salary. There will be a mixture of new launches as well as repeat events.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Researching, developing, producing new events.
  • Maintaining highest standards of desk research, primary research, agenda creation, speaker acquitition and copy.
  • Fully understand the entire eco-sytem of your sector and building a portfolio of market leading events.
  • Conduct thorough desk research and extensive telephone research, producing detailed benefit driven need-to-know conference agendas reflecting today’s burning issues.
  • Source and invite fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Working very closely with sales, marketing, and event management to maximize all opportunities.
  • Building strong relationships with the key industry influencers and maintaining a high quality advisory board to oversee production standards.
  • Become part of your community and be considered as a go-to industry expert. Use social media and networking and become an industry influencer. 
  • Manage and run events on-site.
  • Hitting KPIs and delivering a schedule of events that meet profitability targets.

 REQUIREMENTS

  • Due to the importance of the research aspect of the role, candidates need to have strong academic backgrounds and be able to identify business opportunities.
  • The ability to multi-task and to take full ownership of projects
  • A commercial outlook and high degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • Ability to sell an original idea to the team.
  • You are very comfortable and confident cold-calling, generating leads, and holding engaging conversations with senior level professionals
  • The ability to assimilate complex information quickly
  • Excellent written communication skills for copywriting
  • Strong time management skills – able to work under pressure to deadlines
  • Proven project management skills and the ability to multi-task effectively
  • Ability to analyise research and write a strong benefit driven conference program and marketing copy.
  • Meticulous attention to detail, ambitious in your approach and are only satisfied in working at the highest standards.
  • A salesperson by nature, when it comes to locating and inviting fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders, from leading world-class organisations, who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised. Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Degree level education: 2:1 Minimum, 1st Class Honors Preferred
  • GCSE’s & A-Levels: A good number of A*s
  • Eligibility to work in the UK

CAREER PROPECTS AND PATH

Graduate/Junior Producer → Senior Conference Producer → Divisional Director, Head of Production → Global Head of Production → Managing Director → Global Managing Director

After you have shown exceptional performance over your first 2-3 conferences from production to running the conference on- site, you will be promoted to Senior Conference Producer.  This can be within 12-18 months.

As Senior Conference Producer, your would now be taking greater responsibility for the strategic direction and growth of your events. You will also be topic generating new event opportunities. As you progress in this position you will start assisting in hiring junior producers, running training sessions and coaching them.  After this, if you have a desire and propensity to move into management and have show exceptional performance over the 18+ months as Senior Conference Producer, you will be put forward for a Divisional Director role to head up your own production division. 

BENEFITS

  • £20,000 to £25,000 per annum based on experience & track record, with a generous profit share.
  • Benefits + Generous Open-Ended Profit Share + Share Options.
  • Travel to the conference location 6-8 times per year.

WHAT MAKES THIS POSITION EXCITING?

You are joining a recently launched business, with deep resources and expertise.  You will have real ownerhip. purpose and influence from day one. 

There is a real opportunity to fast track to Head of Production in just 3 years, and you could be running your own division and building your own team before you know it.  

As Head of Production, you will participate in our Share Option Scheme, which will give you real ownership in the business you are helping to build & grow.

After that, the world is your oyster, we are a young business with global ambitious. You could progress to Global Head or run a business in another territory.   

APPLY

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

 

 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER FOR B2B SOCIAL MEDIA & EMAIL CAMPAIGNS

ABOUT

Proqis is a young business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world. We create world leading, content superior, business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. 

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design High Converting, Compelling Design Led Emails & Social Media Graphics.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Strong Track Record Exceptional B2B Email & Social Media Graphic Designer
  • Experience in B2B professional services sector

APPLY FOR THIS ROLE

Email a link to your LinkedIn Profile and your portfolio of work to: HRdept@Proqis.com

 

OPERATIONS & EVENT MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR / DIGITAL PRODUCTS - GENEROUS REMUNERATION + BONUS

ABOUT

We are a 100% remote working company with staff members spread across the world. Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment. This is a place for people with integrity, who want to be the best at what they do, and who care about exceeding customer expectations. 

You will be part of a team where we all support each other, challenge each other, and use our best judgement.

We have a number of business units, and this roles is focus is within our digital business units BTOES Insights & Proqis Digital & our soon to be launched, Proqis Training Institute, which is offering virtual instructor-led training and online self-paced training courses.   

No day will be the same, This role should give you the opportunity to stretch your abilities to the max, to see, touch and feel the whole business, the results of your efforts, and have as much responsibility as you can handle. 

Click here to learn about our culture. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Delivering our digital products, from a full spectrum of virtual event formats to bespoke content creation, from planning to execution.
  • Fully managing the end-to-end process with virtual course instructors and self-paced course providers, from instructior recruitment, contract negotiations, certifications, management, product platform & event site execution and the friction-free customer journey
  • Fully managing and running multi-streamed virtual conferences, with high brand and production value, and integrated human touch experiences. 
  • Delivering a seamless product experience, friction-free customer journey, and outstanding customer service.
  • Manage any technology integrations and developements required to automate optimal end-to-end processes.
  • Stay abreast of changes and trends in the industry around all the different technologies to enhance the product experience and human touch.
  • Design all workflows and write all communications to speakers, moderators, sponsors, & attendees.
  • Manage trainers, speakers, moderators and sponsors and all respective materials. 
  • You are the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and attendees for the digital events.
  • Manage all aspects of the agenda execution for virtual conferences.
  • Manage the event/product P&Ls and achieve P&L targets.

REQUIREMENTS

  • You prefer to work remotely/from home if given the choice. You are fully commiited to working remotely, and this is not a temporary measure due to Covid-19. Your home office set-up is geared for high productivity working. 
  • Achieved a Bachelors degree level 2:1 or higher. Preferably in Events Management (or similar)
  • You must have at least 3 years of demonstrable event operations experience in a B2B event organization, with 1 years experience in online digital events. 
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Top-notch writing skills are essential.
  • You need to have natural tech prowess, and be proficient in the myriad systems, apps, and plugins to maximize the digital products experience, collaboration, productivity and automation. 
  • In this hands-on role you are expected to hit the ground running, act with speed and decisiveness, take the initiative, show creativity, introduce new solutions, and figure out the strategies to get to the end result
  • For the products you manage, you will be the main point of contact person through the whole product delivery cycle and hence it is important you are a detail-oriented multi-tasker with excellent organizational skills, you have exceptional time management skills and you thrive in a deadline driven environment. 
  • Ruthless prioritization skills and scrappy resourcefulness and a resolve to just get things done, while being calm under pressure. 
  • Curious self-starter who loves to anticipate needs and find creative ways to meet them. Do you have supernatural anticipation, see ten moves ahead, and anticipate issues before they become full blown problems, or able to anticipate needs and see beyond the obvious solutions, 
  • You thrive on finding new and better ways to do your job, and generate new ideas continously. You are highly curious, and a strong appetite to learn.
  • You have a can-do work ethic and are willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines.
  • Strong project management experience.
  • Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines with minimal management

RENUMERATION/FEE

Generous renumeration/fee and bonuses based on experience & track record

HOURS

Because this role is based remotely, you can be based anywhere in the world, as long as, where required you can adapt your hours to the event staging locations. We can also provide flexible personalised working hours that can either be full-time, part-time, or freelance. 

APPLY

Please click here and complete this application form

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (EA)

Location: Remote

Contract: Full-Time / Part-Time / A flexible working schedule. 

Salary: Dependent on experience and location

About Us:

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 985,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

To learn about the business and view our schedule of events, please visit Proqis.com

Job Overview:

We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Virtual Assistant to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with exceptional organizational skills, keen attention to detail, and a passion for helping businesses thrive. This position will support our team by managing administrative tasks, ensuring smooth and efficient workflow.

Key Responsibilities:

Administrative Tasks:

  • Calendar management: schedule meetings, appointments, and manage travel arrangements.Booking flights, hotels, and transportation; planning itineraries.
  • Email management: filter and sort email inbox, respond to routine emails, and flag important ones for executive review.
  • Handle customer / speaker / sponsor email correspondence and respond to inquiries promptly.
  • Data Entry: Inputting data into spreadsheets or databases.

Project management:

  • Coordinate and manage specific projects as assigned.
  • Communicate with vendors, partners, and team members to ensure project alignment.

Event Management:

  • Manage speakers, sponsors benefits delivery, and customers
  • Find and manage vendors

Document Management:

  • Organize, store, and retrieve company documents as needed.on platforms like Google Drive or Dropbox.
  • Create and prepare basic reports, presentations, and spreadsheets.
  • Bookkeeping: Recording financial transactions, managing invoices, and basic account tracking using tools like Xero

Social Media Management:

  • Schedule posts, monitor engagements, and create basic content.Drafting simple content for posts or creating basic graphics using tools like Canva.
  • Update and maintain the company's social profiles.
  • Engagement: Replying to comments, messages, and engaging with followers or audiences.
  • Blog Posting and optimizing for SEO, and formatting.

Customer Support:

  • Handling Inquiries: Responding to customer questions via email, chat, or social media.
  • Feedback Collection: Gathering and organizing customer reviews or feedback.
  • Refund Processing: Managing and processing refund requests as per company policy.
  • Respond to customer inquiries via email or chat.
  • Process orders, manage refunds, and handle basic support queries.

Research:

  • Lead Generation: Researching potential clients or contacts and creating databases for outreach.
  • Market Research: Gathering data on competitors, market trends, or potential business opportunities.
  • Conduct online research on various topics to support business projects.
  • Compile and organize findings in a reportable format.

Miscellaneous Tasks:

  • Perform other related duties as assigned, which may include personal tasks depending on the nature of the business.

Personal Tasks:

  • Researching and purchasing gifts, personal items, or household goods online.
  • Event Planning: Assisting in organizing personal events or parties, from sending invites to coordinating vendors.
  • Research: Finding information on specific topics, from personal interests to travel destinations.

Other Specialized Tasks:

  • Newsletter Management: Designing, drafting, and sending out newsletters.

Requirements:

  • Can work UK office hours. 
  • University Graduate (1st Class Honours Grade)  
  • Industry Knowledge of B2B Conferences is a big advantage 
  • Exceptional organizational skills with an acute attention to detail.
  • Previous experience as a virtual assistant or in a related role.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Workspace, Asana, Hubspot, & Zoom, etc. Certifications may be asked for. 
  • Willingness to learn new tools and software.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Written must be exceptional with no grammatical errors or spelling errors. 
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.
  • Timeliness in responding to emails, calls, or other communications.
  • Problem Solving: Their aptitude for handling unexpected situations.
  • Anticipating needs is particularly valuable.
  • Self-motivated with a proactive attitude, able to work with minimal supervision.
  • Has reliable computer equipment and a good internet connection.

Benefits:

  • Flexible working hours.
  • Opportunity for growth and professional development.
  • Access to all Hubspot certification courses for continued learning.
  • Work from anywhere.

Application Process:

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] -Personal Assistant Application."

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

GRADUATE MARKETING MANAGER - BASIC + PROFIT SHARE

ABOUT

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 885,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and talented individual to join our team to focus on building our in-person conference brand in the North American market and launching into Europe, while expanding our virtual series and developing new conference products within our sectors.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

No day will be the same, This role should give you the opportunity to stretch your abilities to the max, to see, touch and feel the whole business, the results of your efforts, and have as much responsibility as you can handle. 

Click here to learn about our culture. 

THE ROLE

As Marketing Manager you will have ownership for a portfolio of events, ensuring that KPIs are met. You will be constantly innovating and testing your new ideas.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Maximize all of Hubspot Marketing Enterprise capabilities. 
  • Plan and execute marketing campaigns for launch events and large-scale events across the entire target ecosystem of the event topics. e.g. Content, Email, SEO, PPC & Social Media, Direct Mail.
  • Take full ownership of the content/inbound marketing strategy creating a strong TOF, MOF, BOF, strategy targeting key personas for your events using Hubspot.
  • Maximise opportunities through all our event stakeholders e.g. advisory boards, exhibitors, speakers etc. 
  • Negotiate superior long-term and detailed partnering deals with key strategic partners
  • Develop campaign to generating leads at optimal conversions for the sponsorship and exhibition sales team.
  • Conduct A/B tests
  • Conducting regular competitor analysis for best practice.  
  • Overall website management, including interface standards, release schedules, site interactivity and lead generation. Ensure that web content, web offers and online elements are continually evaluated, updated and enhanced.
  • Exceed ROI, Revenue & Lead Gen. KPIs
  • Oversee our website, brochure, and communication strategies to ensure that the design, messaging and “feel” of each event is appropriate for the target market.
  • Identify and execute database build opportunities, and employ advance database segmentation and communication strategies.
  • Write and create compelling benefit driven email copy.
  • Design graphics for email campaigns
  • Analysis marketing activity daily to maximise Hit Rate. ROI & Profit and demographic performance reflective of the marketing brief.
  • Administration tasks, calendar listings, contra deal implementations.

REQUIREMENTS 

  • Marketing Degree Level Education (2:1 Minimum) & Relevant Professional Marketing Qualifications
  • Confident is creating Marketing Plans for high-ticket paid for launch events and achieving ROI targets.  
  • Experience of content / inbound marketing strategies, social media marketing and execution of the same. 
  • Ability to juggling multiple projects on multiple time scales with multiple deadlines, all of which require new ideas. So the ability to work under pressure, be organised and multi-task is key.
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised.

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

There is a real opportunity to progress to Marketing Director

We do have options for Flexible Hours & Part-Time options.

APPLY FOR THIS ROLE

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

GRADUATE EVENT MANAGEMENT - INC USA TRAVEL

About:

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 885,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and talented individual to join our team to focus on building our in-person conference brand in the North American market and launching into Europe, while expanding our virtual series and developing new conference products within our sectors.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

No day will be the same, This role should give you the opportunity to stretch your abilities to the max, to see, touch and feel the whole business, the results of your efforts, and have as much responsibility as you can handle. 

Click here to learn about our culture. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

In-Person Events

  • Event management of in-person conferences e.g. btoes.com which has up to 650 attendees & 100 speakers taking place in Orlando, FL
  • Work with and manage all speakers, the chairperson, track moderators, roundtable facilitators, & panel chairs. to execute their involvement in the agenda.
  • Ensure all aspects of the agenda are executed, including social functions, poster presentations, conference signage and materials.
  • Setup all aspects of the Event App
  • Registration system, customer service and all stakeholder communications
  • Locate and manage all event suppliers. E.g. AV, signage, local staffing, coaches, badges, photographers, videographers, materials printing. 
  • Produce event documents and insert signages. 
  • Manage the sponsors & exhibitors and ensuring all their respective benefits are implemented, including working with our drayage company. 
  • Award management chase in all finalists items, logos, articles, poster presentations, ensure they have all registered. 
  • Execute partner on-site event benefits.

Virtual Events

  • Delivering our digital products, from a full spectrum of virtual event formats to bespoke content creation, from planning to execution.
  • Fully managing the end-to-end process with virtual course instructors and self-paced course providers, from instructior recruitment, contract negotiations, certifications, management, product platform & event site execution and the friction-free customer journey
  • Fully managing and running multi-streamed virtual conferences, with high brand and production value, and integrated human touch experiences. 
  • Delivering a seamless product experience, friction-free customer journey, and outstanding customer service.
  • Manage any technology integrations and developements required to automate optimal end-to-end processes.
  • Stay abreast of changes and trends in the industry around all the different technologies to enhance the product experience and human touch.
  • Design all workflows and write all communications to speakers, moderators, sponsors, & attendees.
  • Manage trainers, speakers, moderators and sponsors and all respective materials. 
  • You are the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and attendees for the digital events.
  • Manage all aspects of the agenda execution for virtual conferences.
  • Manage the event/product P&Ls and achieve P&L targets.

REQUIREMENTS

  • We are a 100% remote working company and you are fully commiited to working remotely.
  • The majority of our events are based in the USA. Your hours need to reflect event staging locations.  
  • Bachelors degree level 2:1 or higher. Preferably in Events Management (or similar) 
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Top-notch writing skills are essential.
  • You need to have natural tech prowess, and be proficient in the myriad systems, apps, and plugins to maximize the digital products experience, collaboration, productivity and automation. 
  • In this hands-on role you are expected to act with speed and decisiveness, take the initiative, show creativity, introduce new solutions, and figure out the strategies to get to the end result
  • For the products you manage, you will be the main point of contact person through the whole product delivery cycle and hence it is important you are a detail-oriented multi-tasker with excellent organizational skills, you have exceptional time management skills and you thrive in a deadline driven environment. 
  • Ruthless prioritization skills and scrappy resourcefulness and a resolve to just get things done, while being calm under pressure. 
  • Curious self-starter who loves to anticipate needs and find creative ways to meet them. Do you have supernatural anticipation, see ten moves ahead, and anticipate issues before they become full blown problems, or able to anticipate needs and see beyond the obvious solutions, 
  • You thrive on finding new and better ways to do your job, and generate new ideas continously. You are highly curious, and a strong appetite to learn.
  • You have a can-do work ethic and are willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines with minimal management

RENUMERATION & BENEFITS

Generous renumeration

Travel to event staging locations including the USA, Europe & Asia. 

HOURS

We are a 100% remote working company. You can be based anywhere in the world, as long as you can adapt your hours to the event staging locations. We can also provide flexible personalised working hours. 

APPLY

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

 

 

GRADUATE EVENT MANAGER - TRAVEL TO USA

TALENT ACQUISITION MANAGER

About Us:

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 985,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

About the role:

To apply for this role, you MUST have strong relationships and deep industry knowledge of the B2B commercial conference industry, having worked in the industry for over 4 years

What we’re searching for is a passionate, smart, focused and gregarious, proactive hunter of talent who can work in a fast-moving, fluid environment and engage even the most passive talent. Sound like you? …Read on…

You will play a key role in our company’s growth plans. We’re a people business. From talent acquisition and management to compensation, benefits, analytics and operations, finding and keeping the right people is the core of our strategy for success. If you love working with people and making the connection between great talent and company success, we want to connect with you.

Utilising creative problem solving to devise and execute on effective recruitment strategies. You are an expert in attracting and assessing top talent for our organisation.

You will be responsible for the full-cycle recruitment and onboarding. 

Responsibilities include:

  • Source, engage and attract top talent for Proqis, to drive growth across the conferences business.
  • Hiring across all functions in the B2B conferences business; in particular Delegate Sales, Sponsorship Sales, Event Management, Operations, Conference Production, Event, Conference Marketing and more
  • Conduct market intelligence including competitors, supply, demand and compensation requirements of local talent.
  • Creation of candidate profiles & job descriptions and compelling job postings
  • Present recruiting plans with deliverables, timelines and a formal tracking process
  • Develops a creative approach to sourcing executing various sourcing strategies and maintaining a solid pipeline of  talent. 
  • Use search tools such as databases and social media to create a strong candidate pool
  • Networking with the best talent to find candidates for our most urgent hires
  • Continually seek new sourcing options and develop creative approaches to sourcing and delivering candidates. Develop long-term recruiting strategies and nurture trusting relationships with potential hires.
  • Ultimately, you will create strong talent pipelines for our company's current and future hiring needs.
  • Assess candidates to ensure qualification match, cultural fit and compatibility.
  • Manage the end to end recruitment cycle, conducting in-depth talent interviews, solving recruitment challenges and strategizing and executing on innovative approaches to cultivating talent.
  • Determine selection criteria, candidate assessment and selection techniques including interview questions and selection procedures, including screening, assessments and in-person interviews.
  • Input into our strategic objectives to ensure the recruitment strategy delivers full staff utilisation.
  • Works with the business to determine appropriate salary ranges and negotiate compensation with candidates
  • Presents shortlisted candidates scores, and provides detailed profile summaries.
  • Schedule department interviews and ensures selection process provides an exceptional candidate experience.
  • Understands the financial impact of open roles and responds to all inquiries with a high sense of urgency.
  • Tracks and identify prospective candidates using an applicant tracking system. Records all activities to ensure effective reporting and metrics tracking.
  • Provide, offer guidance and facilitate the negotiation process through to its completion.
  • Keep the CEO informed on key recruitment drives. Reporting directly to the CEO
  • Act as an ambassador of Proqis, sharing our value proposition to increase and strengthen our brand in the market. 

Requirements:

  • Previous end-to-end recruitment experience, agency experience essential
  • Recruited for B2B conference industry roles before
  • You love autonomy are a self-starter, hugely proactive and have buckets of common sense
  • Like to change things up if you spot something isn’t working? Fix it
  • You care about the experience of our candidates and look to constantly improve the candidate journey
  • You have extensive experience in direct sourcing methods across a variety of channels including job boards, social media and headhunting. LinkedIn guru an advantage
  • Interviewing expert!
  • Strong and clear communicator with an ability to influence and engage internal stakeholders and candidates at a variety of levels and job functions
  • Super organised, methodical and process-driven, with the ability to manage multiple assignments at once
  • Persistent, positive and proactive attitude comes naturally
  • Love working in a fast paced and changing environment
  • Excellent IT Skills including full knowledge of social media as a recruitment tool
  • Relevant recruitment employment law knowledge ideal
  • …..and most importantly the desire to succeed

Remuneration:

Substantial uplift on your current salary with a lucrative bonus scheme. 

Hours:

Because you will be working from home. you can be based anywhere in the world, as long as you can adapt your hours to North American working hours during research and speaker acquisition calling times.

To Apply:

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

HEAD OF EVENT MANAGEMENT

HEAD OF EVENT MANAGEMENT

About:

We are considered to be the biggest and best provider of research, conferences and content within the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence sectors (BTOES).

As well as our core conference business and flagship event BTOES.com and industry awards BTOESAwards.com, we also have BTOES Insights, the largest online content platform for Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation & Innovation Excellence professionals, with over 985,000 engaged subscribers.

We are currently a 100% home working company with staff members spread across the world.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and talented individual to join our team to focus on building our in-person conference brand in the North American market and launching into Europe, while expanding our virtual series and developing new conference products within our sectors.

Our culture is one of dedication, full ownership & empowerment.

To learn about the business and view our schedule of events, please visit Proqis.com

To apply for this role, you MUST have a mimimum of 4 years event management experience in the B2B commercial conference industry.

The Role:

You are fully responsible for delivering our forward schedule of conferences & events and outstanding customer service. 

Being able to work autonomously and outstanding communication skills are key in this role! For the events you manage, you will be the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and delegates running up to the event and hence it is important you have exceptional time management skills and you thrive in a deadline driven environment. You will be fully responsible for the smooth running and successful management of our events from planning to execution.

This role is hand-on role, it does not involve direct daily management of a team, except for on-site staff and vendors. 

Responsibilites - In-Person Conferences:

  • To plan and deliver a series of conferences between 150 to 850 attendees & 30 to 100 speakers in the USA and around the world.
  • Manage event logistics including venue finding, catering, AV, exhibition management, delegate and registration management, conference materials, social events and onsite management.
  • Responsible for hotel search & selection, RPF production, contract negotiation and hotel relationship management. This involves tough negotiation, and a full understanding of the risks, contract clauses, cancellation policies, sleeping rooms’ commitments to meeting space forecast.
  • Work with production on the viability of the agenda structure.
  • Work with sponsorship on floor plans and viability of sponsorship benefits.
  • Work with the marketing team to produce high quality, targeted communications to support the marketing and promotion of events.
  • Manage Hotel Room Block, F&B, Set-ups, BEO and final numbers
  • Stay abreast of changes and trends in the industry including the use of technology to improve processes and delegate experience, from registration, badge check-in, agenda management, session bookings to the event app.
  • Write all set-up communications to speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, & attendees.
  • Locate, handle all negotiations with event suppliers, and manage the same for example, AV, badges & signage.
  • Manage speakers, judges, chairpersons, moderators and conference presentations.
  • Manage all aspects of the agenda including social functions
  • Manage the sponsors & exhibitors and ensuring all their respective benefits are implemented, including work with drayage companies.
  • Responsible for the event registration and customer service. You are the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and delegates for the event.
  • Manage the marketing partners on-site event benefits.
  • Organize conference signage and materials.
  • Hire and manage local staffing to assist you in running the event on-site.
  • Run pre-event meetings with conference team to discuss on-site logistics
  • Fully manage on-site set-up & logistics.
  • Manage the conference P&L and achieve P&L targets.
  • Ensure each conference meets our customer satisfaction targets.
  • Produce post event reporting, analysis and improvement ideas for the following year’s event.
  • Responsible for all post-event bill reconciliation and budget reports  
  • This role will require travel, overnight stays and weekend working in line with business needs.

Responsibilities - Digital Products

  • Delivering our digital products, from a full spectrum of virtual event formats to bespoke content creation, from planning to execution.
  • Fully managing the end-to-end process with virtual course instructors and self-paced course providers, from instructior recruitment, contract negotiations, certifications, management, product platform & event site execution and the friction-free customer journey
  • Fully managing and running multi-streamed virtual conferences, with high brand and production value, and integrated human touch experiences. 
  • Delivering a seamless product experience, friction-free customer journey, and outstanding customer service.
  • Manage any technology integrations and developements required to automate optimal end-to-end processes.
  • Stay abreast of changes and trends in the industry around all the different technologies to enhance the product experience and human touch.
  • Design all workflows and write all communications to speakers, moderators, sponsors, & attendees.
  • Manage trainers, speakers, moderators and sponsors and all respective materials. 
  • You are the main point of contact for all speakers, sponsors and attendees for the digital events.
  • Manage all aspects of the agenda execution for virtual conferences.
  • Manage the event/product P&Ls and achieve P&L targets.

Requirements:

  • You must have at least 4 years of demonstrable event management experience at a B2B open enrolment senior-level for profit conference organization.
  • Exceptional and tough negotiating skills. Negotiating contracts with all event suppliers. Hotel negotiation, sleeping room commitment at 30% of meeting space requirement.
  • Ability to work in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Detail-oriented multi-tasker with excellent organizational skills.
  • Pro-active, take charge problem solver with outgoing personality.
  • Ability to effectively create and manage budgets for complex commercial
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA, and able to travel internationally to run events.
  • Achieved a Bachelors degree level 2:1 or higher in Events Management (or similar)
  • Have an eye for detail and be brilliantly organised
  • Excellent time management with ability to meet deadlines
  • A can do attitude
  • Excellent administrative skills, self-organisation, accuracy and initiative,

Due to the level of applications for this role, we cannot respond to all candidates.  If you have been successful in being shortlisted, we will be in contact with 72 hours

Benefits:

  • Generous renumeration per annum based on experience & track record
  • Profit Share
  • Travel to the conference locations

Hours:

Because you will be working from home. you can be based anywhere in the world, as long as you can adapt your hours to North American working hours during research and speaker acquisition calling times.

To Apply:

To apply, please send your CV or LinkedIn Profile with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] - The Role"

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

PROMOTIONAL MODEL

Professional Summary

Friendly and outgoing Promotional Model with a deep understanding of how to promote and draw attention to new products and services. Remains upbeat and positive even after working long hours, capable of grabbing the attention of others through various means and always smiling and cheerful. Specialties include working trade show events and marketing.

Core Qualifications

  • Wholesome and Honest Look
  • Makeup Artistry
  • Hair Care
  • Physically Fit
  • Friendly Smile
  • Marketing and Sales Techniques

Experience

  • Walked through trade shows to pass out flyers and business cards highlighting new companies and products
  • Took part in photo shoots to create promotional materials that showed people using new products
  • Promoted and drew attention to products 
  • Worked with photographers

How To Apply

To apply, please send your CV with a cover email detailing your experience and links to your work,  explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position to hrdept@proqis.com In the subject line, please include "[Your Name] -Promotional Model Application."

Please also confirm your current location and hourly / daily / weekly rate. 

Finally and importantly, please record a short video, telling us about yourself and why we should hire you. Either email us an MP4 file or ideally a link to the video.

We look forward to hearing from you and taking your application forward. 

FREELANCE CONFERENCE PRODUCER

ABOUT

Proqis is a young business, with big ambitions. Our team’s vision is to build the best, content superior event business in the world. We create world leading, content superior, business conferences & events targeted at senior-level executives in major organisations. 

Knowing we are solving the challenges and issues that matter, is our guiding force, our inspiration and our why.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Validate Topic
  • Conduct thorough desk research and extensive telephone research, producing detailed benefit driven need-to-know conference agenda reflecting today’s burning issues.
  • Building strong relationships with the key industry influencers and build a high quality advisory board to oversee production standards and to act as advocates.
  • Fully understand the entire eco-sytem of your conference topic.
  • Source and invite fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Working very closely with sales & marketing, creating briefs, and presenting a detailed picture of the attendee and vendor eco-sytem, and delivering a program with strong buy-side/sell-side. 
  • Provide replacement speakers when required
  • Run event on-site 

 REQUIREMENTS

  • Strong understanding of Topic Validation and what makes a big hitter. 
  • 2+ years demonstrable production experience at a highly regard traditional business conference house, that follows the model of desk research, primary research, agenda creation and then speaker acquisition. 
  • A proven track-record in producing successful B2B, senior-level targeted conferences to target, at a high delegate price point, and achieving growth across repeat events. 
  • High degree of interest in current business issues and industry trends
  • You are very comfortable and confident cold-calling, generating leads, and holding engaging conversations with senior level professionals.
  • A salesperson by nature, when it comes to locating and inviting fresh first-class speakers and industry leaders, from leading world-class organisations, who can address the issues in the agenda you have created.
  • Positive, Confident and Professional. A Can-Do Work Ethic. Willing to put the hours in to hit deadlines. High Energy, Resilient and Well Organised. Can work out complex problems and find solutions on your own initiative.
  • Willing to working the hours related to the conference staging location e.g. USA, and able to travel internationally to run events.

BENEFITS 

  • Fees based on project lengths, plus generous Profit Share. 
  • Opportunty for multiple projects, up to 4+ conferences per year to build a sector and forward schedule. 
  • Opportunity to Topic Generate
  • Opportunity to build and manage a team of conference producers. 

APPLY

Please send your CV and selection of recent conference brochures you have been responsible for to: hrdept@proqis.com

Please include the job title in the subject line.

Due to the volume of applicants, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

 

 



We want to understand along with you, what you excel at, and then we build upon what you do best.


shared passion

We are all bound by a shared passion for creating the best content-driven conferences in our industry that present real-world solutions and a drive to have significant impact in the world.

We are driven to tackling our clients’ most complex problems.

We are diverse, but we all have one thing in common, we bring intellectual curiosity and a passion to deliver commercial shaping impact to our customers.

Our internal Leadership models is about serving each other, and not about rising above the rest, its about helping each other exceed expectations.

Our single goal is to help our attendees address their toughest challenges and present ground-breaking knowledge and solutions.


Build your capabilities and leadership skills at every opportunity.


Build your capabilities

Our aim is to build your capabilities and leadership skills at every level and every opportunity.

Those who come to Proqis® join people bound by a shared set of values and a culture of support, caring, trust, respect, and interdependence. We go to extraordinary lengths to support the people we hire to succeed. We provide them with unrivalled opportunities for growth and global impact.

Our aim is to create a business culture where people have purpose, meaning and ownership.

Our people are our greatest asset. We intend to make them feel special, knowledgeable, respected and independent


We know we have done our job, when you feel special, knowledgeable, respected and independent.


ownership

  • Do you want to work with intelligent, interesting people from diverse backgrounds in a business that solves the hardest challenges business face.
  • Do you want to be part of meaningful work where you are making an impact in the commercial world
  • Do you want to constantly learn and grow and interact with world’s cutting-edge thinkers
  • Do you want to be responsible for creating conferences that present transformative solutions and that accelerate positive change and shape the commercial landscape.
  • Do you want to join a company of likeminded people in teams that work well together to create world-class conferences. 

From your very first project, you will be taking full ownership, working on world leading events, meeting global thought leaders from diverse industries. This is all par for the course at Proqis.

Proqis® is defined by our insistence on producing unparalleled content driven business conferences. All of our team members are charged with bringing creativity, honesty, and intellectual rigor to their responsibilities in a never-ending quest to deliver value to our attendees.

We have high expectations of each other and work as a team to build conferences we are all proud of. 


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