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Careers with CPI

Conference Partners International, an award-winning company, is an international leader in the global event and conference industry.

We have over 24 years of experience managing international and national conferences; operating globally, we have offices in Ireland and the UK and deliver an incredible experience for our clients and their delegates.

Our Core Values:

People: We are a team of experienced and passionate people who care

Innovation: Our creative genius sets us and you apart

Partnership: Relationships and trust are important to us

Our Brand Promises:

• A comfortable environment of financial and reputational security
• Global credibility & visibility
• An intimate & inspiring environment for learning.

We believe that our people are central to our success. We place great importance on teamwork and forging lasting relationships as a company. As a result of proactively securing a large amount of business for Ireland in the coming years, we are expanding and growing our company, and the following position is available. Successful candidates will join a highly creative, passionate, and results-driven team. Strong interpersonal skills and exceptional support skills are essential to creating the right environment for the team to succeed. To excel in any of our roles, you will enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment, have excellent people skills, and be comfortable managing conflicting priorities and tight deadlines.

As Commercial Operations Coordinator the employee will be reporting to the Commercial Director, our Commercial Coordinator will handle day to-day activities that enable commercial processes and functions to run smoothly. The role requires exceptional organisational, time management and project-tracking abilities and strong communication skills. The Employee will support the Commercial Director and Team in creating and delivering diverse and scalable conference experiences. A key part of the role will be managing conference inboxes and correspondence between sponsors and exhibitors driving profitability for CPI and our clients

More specifically:

• Provide administrative support to the Commercial Director and Commercial Team as assigned.
• Coordinate meetings, including preparing and distributing agendas, minutes, proposals, cost estimates, and briefing documents for meetings.
• Manage conference inboxes to ensure all enquiries are tracked, allocated and responded to.
• Conduct a thorough analysis of potential sponsors and exhibitors for our portfolio of conferences for 2023 and beyond
• Design and layout of exhibition floor plans, coordinate with exhibition suppliers and update our interactive floor plan.
• Liaise with potential sponsors and exhibitors on their bookings, requirements and invoices as required
• Manage the tracking of all commercial activities, and maintain an accurate CRM database.
• Prepare and distribute internal and external reports on confirmed conferences.
• Maintain a sales database, client reporting activities and preparing contracts.
• Attend events and liaising with industry partners onsite to ensure all their concerns and needs are addressed.
• Ad Hoc duties as required.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join CPI, an international award-winning professional conference organiser and further your career. We believe we are responsible for harnessing your skills and experience to create new value for our clients and their delegates.

Together we are a dynamic and passionate team, developing and delivering amazing conferences for our clients. Working as part of a close-knit commercial team, you will be integral to the conference and exhibition development process from beginning to end.

CPI can promise you an environment that encourages your best and rewards it with plenty of room to grow. Our success is powered by people and technology; we always seek ways to amaze our clients.

We look for candidates who are:

• Mega Time Managers: you can’t live without your to-do list and constantly prioritise and re-prioritise
• Ambitious; competitive, self-driven, self-motivated, goal-oriented, and confident
• Passionate; passionate about the work you do, and that excites and inspires others
• Poised; able to thrive under pressure and deadlines and can manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Confident and Self-Assured; Isn’t daunted by the task of leading large projects and taking responsibility for their success
• Creative; you then think and operate outside the box
• Curious: Taking the time to look, learn and discover something new every day.
• Ingenious: Finding creative ways to solve problems and create opportunities.
• Fearless: Acting with confidence and without fear of failure.
• Quality Driven: Taking pride in the craft and the robustness of our output.
• Collaborative: Finding a rhythm in working with other people makes ‘we’ a lot stronger than ‘me’.

Skills Required:

• Third-level qualification in event management, business administration or project management is essential.
• Minimum 1 years’ experience
• Exceptional verbal, written, communication, presentation skills and stakeholder engagement
• Solutions focussed, with the ability to quickly problem-solve
• Commercially astute
• Assimilates complex information quickly
• Will have curiosity and the desire to learn about our clients

What’s next?

If this opportunity excites you, please get in touch with your CV and cover letter to emma.muldoon@conferencepartners.com explaining why you would be a great candidate!

As Conference Producer, the Employee will support the Senior Account Manager in creating and delivering diverse and scalable conference experiences and manage their own portfolio of events with the support of the Account Director. A vital component of the role is liaising directly with the conference committee on all aspects of the project and guiding the client, including overall responsibility and accountability for the conference delivery, financial management; client management; marketing strategy; and driving delegate attendance and profitability for CPI.

More specifically:

• Be known and seen as the lead operational contact

• Support and collaborate with the Delegate Services and Programme Management teams in developing and delivering our conference.

• Build key industry relationships with key stakeholders, suppliers and associations

• Identify future potential events and ways in which events can be improved.

• Project planning and management, including timeline creation and management.

• Worksheet creation and management.

• Building the conference programme, schedules and tailored back-end and front-end functionality in EventsAIR and other conference delivery platforms.

• Supporting the Senior Account Manager in negotiating contracts, drafting terms and conditions, and signing contracts.

• Attending client meetings and site visits.

• Driving revenue and maximising profits.

• Driving delegate attendance.

• Driving accommodation uptake.

• Working with the marketing team to design and implement promotional campaigns via LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

• Working with Sponsorship and Exhibition to find leads and identify additional revenue-generating opportunities.

• Client meeting management, including agenda setting, meeting notes review and sharing with the client.

• Conference management reporting.

• Social Events and Tour Management

• Volunteer Management

• Speaker and Delegate Management

• Audio Visual / Production coordination and supervision.

• Production of Conference Materials

• Financial management, including budget creation, budget management, credit control and conference closing.

• Supplier management, rate negotiations, requirements and contracting

• Sponsorship package creation and overseeing delivery.

• Creation of marketing strategy, delivery of print elements and overseeing strategy implementation.

• Conference brand creation in conjunction with the graphic design team

• Programme management.

• Speaker identification and agreement of terms

• Accommodation management, including contract negotiations, contract signing and releasing.

• Onsite delivery and management.

• Production of the post-conference report and post-event analysis.

• Client and conference evaluations.

We look for candidates who are:

• Mega Time Managers: you can’t live without your to-do list and constantly prioritise and re-prioritise
• Ambitious; competitive, self-driven, self-motivated, goal-oriented, and confident
• Passionate; passionate about the work you do, and that excites and inspires others
• Poised; able to thrive under pressure and deadlines and can manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Confident and Self-Assured; Isn’t daunted by the task of leading large projects and taking responsibility for their success
• Creative; you then think and operate outside the box
• Curious: Taking the time to look, learn and discover something new every day.
• Ingenious: Finding creative ways to solve problems and create opportunities.
• Fearless: Acting with confidence and without fear of failure.
• Quality Driven: Taking pride in the craft and the robustness of our output.
• Collaborative: Finding a rhythm in working with other people makes ‘we’ a lot stronger than ‘me’.

Skills Required:

• Third level qualification in event management, business administration, or project management is essential
• Minimum 2 years’ experience
• Exceptional verbal, written, communication, presentation skills and stakeholder engagement
• Solutions focussed, with the ability to quickly problem-solve
• Commercially astute
• Assimilates complex information quickly
• Will have curiosity and the desire to learn about our clients

What’s next?

If this opportunity excites you, please get in touch with your CV and cover letter to emma.muldoon@conferencepartners.com explaining why you would be a great candidate!

At Conference Partners International talented people are our greatest asset.

Our family of individual experts share a common vision and are proud to be part of a company
who follows a path of innovative and creative thinking in everything we do.