Content Director, London Tech Week

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Company Description

Informa Tech sits at the heart of a thriving business technology community.

And by providing market insight and market access across multiple specialist technology markets, we connect, inform and inspire the technology industry to build a better, more sustainable world and start conversations that really matter.

At Informa Tech, you'll be joining a vibrant community of over 2000 colleagues across 19 locations, and a fast-paced international company that's part of the UK's FTSE 100 group of leading businesses. Where else can you rub shoulders with big brands and leading experts, in exciting places, alongside some of the most respected colleagues in our markets?

Informa Tech Founders is a joint venture between Founders Forum and Informa Tech that creates world-class events that unite and inspire the entire tech ecosystem. This joint venture was set up to combine the unique convening power and start-up ecosystem expertise of Founders Forum with the global reach and large-scale event design and delivery experience of Informa Tech.

Informa Tech Founders' portfolio includes brands such as the flagship event London Tech Week, EQL:HER, Elevating Founders, ClimateTech and HealthTech. These brands bring together startups, scaleups, corporates, investors, policymakers, and thought leaders from all over the world to connect, learn, and collaborate.

London Tech Week is the UK's flagship tech event. It champions UK and European tech on a global stage and connects the dots between the worlds of start-ups and scale-ups, corporate innovation and technology transformation, and technology policy and leadership. It is officially supported by the UK government and has just celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2023. We're proud to work closely with our partners London & Partners and Tech London Advocates and be supported by Mayor of London.

Job Description

London Tech Week has grown rapidly in recent years and we have a clear roadmap to continue this into 2025 and beyond. We are looking for a Content Director who can support this by creating world-class content and recruiting superstar speakers in a fast-moving and exciting sector.

As Content Director, you will be responsible for setting the overall content strategy, managing a team of conference producers and taking charge of our headline stage. You'll need a proven track record of creating exceptional content for high-profile events and securing big-hitting speakers. You'll be able to demonstrate a commitment to getting under the skin of your target audience and to innovating to make sure your event gives them superb value.

London Tech Week covers all aspects of tech - AI, cybersecurity, climatetech, fintech, sportstech, spacetech, healthtech - just to name a few. You'll be ready to embrace the stimulating challenge of keeping on top of the hottest trends in the market and creating a culture of expertise and excellence in the team.

Job Description

The Content Director will set our content strategy, manage a team of conference producers and create their own best-in-class agendas. You'll be ready to use your research skills and creative flair to make a difference and support our growth journey.

You'll need to be a good people manager who is able to coach and develop the skills of their team. Above all, you'll be able to inspire your team to shoot for the stars and pull out all the stops to get there.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Setting the overall content strategy for London Tech Week
• Mapping target audience profiles and understanding the relationships between them in a complex ecosystem
• Guiding your team in thorough market research, using advisory boards, face to face meetings and telephone research to achieve a detailed understanding of needs
• Create innovative agendas which demonstrate content expertise and set us apart from competitors
• Secure top level speakers, leveraging relationships with stakeholder to get to people that you might otherwise not reach
• Coach a team of conference producers, providing clear and timely feedback on all aspects of their work
• Create a culture of ambition and excellence in the content team
• Keep on top of developments in the tech industry and role model subject matter expertise
• Feed into wider product planning and positioning of the event
• Support the marketing team with messaging and copy
• Working with the sponsorship team to identify new target markets and articulate value propositions
• Joining sales calls with prospective sponsors

Qualifications

• A proven track record of high quality conference production in content-led events
• Strong functional skills in audience research, agenda writing and speaker acquisition
• Experience of securing very high-level speakers
• Commercial acumen to create marketable content and develop USPs versus competitive events
• A creative approach to producing event content
• Strong interpersonal skills and an aptitude for people management
• Entrepreneurial gumption with a go-getter attitude
• Ability to build relationships with senior industry and government figures
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Adaptability and resilience
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in conference production

Additional Information

You can make a real impact at Informa Tech, because what we do matters - and we do it at scale. Informa Tech is a division of Informa, where no two days are the same and you'll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community.

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here's some of what you can expect when you join us. But don't just take our word for it - see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it's time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We're not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most - although not all - of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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