Conference Director

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Conference Director 

This position will work remote in the US.  

Who are we?   

At Questex, you can make an impact by helping suppliers and buyers connect more efficiently and effectively. Questex is a leading global events, media, and business information company, yet we are still a place where your voice is heard, and your ideas are appreciated. So, you can make an immediate difference in our success while advancing your career.  

Questex drives business forward through a rich engagement platform centered on leading events and surrounded by data insights and digital communities.   

 Check us out here: www.questex.com  

Questex is looking for a dynamic, visionary, and execution-focused Conference Director to join our Hospitality team.  The Conference Director reports to the VP/Market Leader for the brand. This individual will lead the conference programming, speaker recruitment, and speaker engagement aligned with tradeshow and expo events.  She/He must work with the market and COE teams to develop and execute a successful tradeshow conference strategy aligned with Questex’s digital engagement and audience conversion objectives.   

As our Conference Director you’ll support Questex’s success by: 

• Create speaker program aligned with the pillars/core areas of the event to ensure our digital and live event experiences are interlinked for year round engagement
• Build relationships with industry influencers and secure event speakers that offer unique perspectives, rich educational experiences, and high engagement around thought-leadership themes  
• Work with event operations on timing, rooms, and flow of conference program to ensure a white-glove experience for our event speakers  
• Work with event marketing team to boost audience attendance and create value for attendees by focusing on the “why” of each track and session as it relates to audience marketing and conversion  
• Drive awareness, engagement, and audience conversion by working with event speakers to develop “speaker posts” on our digital platform.  Work with the event marketing team to generate links to registration pages from “speaker posts”  
• Program speakers into various categories and tracks to result in a conference program that is robust, exciting and that draws attendees, managing speaker expectations as required  
• Create alignment between speakers and show floor experiences for revenue generating sponsorships  
• Together with Event Marketing and Operations, manage the creation and development of elements of the show program, including but not limited to timelines, speaker bios, session overviews, and presentations   
• Manage education program on website and make all edits and changes when necessary  
• Performs other related duties as assigned 

What we will love about your background:    

• Project oriented with superior attention to detail and outstanding organizational, problem solving, and prioritization skills  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills  
• Strong team player who interacts well with external clients, vendors, and internal teams  
• Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to “manage up/manage down”  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software  
• Ability to respond to issues with a calm, courteous, and helpful manner and attitude 

Your Experience and Education include:               

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience, preferably in Business Administration or related field.  
• 7+ years of experience of conference or tradeshow event coordination 

Who you are as a Team Member:    

• You proactively seek to adopt and implement diversity into your work, including valuing diverse backgrounds, experiences and thinking. You also embrace creating and nurturing a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.  
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.   
• Strong team player and ability to work well with others.  

Why Apply?    

• Why we are here:  Helping people live longer and live better by focusing on the Experience Economy.    
  
• What we do:  We connect buyers and sellers.    
  
• How we do it:  Easy to work with. We deliver superior results. Provide world-class experiences.    
• Our DNA is our guiding principles:  Collaboration, Honesty & Transparency, Curiosity, Growth, Fun, Purpose Driven    

OUR CULTURE    

At Questex, we listen to each other