Associate Conference Producer

Associate Conference Producer

Are you passionate about creating engaging and informative educational conferences for the Legal, Corporate and Tax & Accounting Professionals industries? Do you have strong research and communication skills and a knack for building relationships with industry experts? If so, you might be the ideal candidate for the associate conference producer role at Thomson Reuters.
 

Role Summary:
As an associate conference producer, you will work closely with the senior conference producer and Thomson Reuters Institute team to help design and deliver high-quality conferences that meet the needs and expectations of our clients.
 

About the Role

In this role as Associate Conference Producer, What we expect of you:

• Conduct research on current and emerging topics and trends in the Legal, Corporates, and Tax & Professionals industries
• Help identify, recruit and maintain relationships with speakers and subject matter experts who are leaders and influencers in their respective fields
• Assist with the collection and maintenance of faculty and conference details on internal sites including Smartsheet
• Draft conference agendas, session outlines and related conference materials that are relevant, engaging and informative
• Collaborate with marketing and event planning teams to help ensure consistent and effective promotion and execution of each event
• Provide excellent customer service and professional representation of Thomson Reuters to our clients and partners; this may include helping to develop talking points for senior executives and external moderators, when requested
• Produce run of show/housekeeping documents for program co-chairs, faculty and AV teams
• Travel to attend and assist with conferences, as needed

About You

To be successful in this role as Associate Conference Producer, you will have:

• A keen interest in and knowledge of current industries and challenges and opportunities at the enterprise level
• Demonstrated research skills and a critical eye for selecting and evaluating content
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills (both verbal and written) and a comfort level engaging business professionals and senior executives
• High energy, accountability, and attention to detail and deadlines
• Creative and bold thinking with the willingness to take calculated risks
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to five times per year
• 1 to 3 years of experience in conference production, event management, or related fields
• Bachelor’s degree required (Liberal Arts preferred)
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, especially a strong working acumen of PowerPoint 
• Basic understanding of conference AV technology
• Familiarity with MS Teams, Zoom, On24 and other conference-related software solutions

What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
• Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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