Conference Specialist

GIE Media, Inc., a b-to-b media company serving a wide range of industries, is seeking a Conference Specialist for our Recycling Group. The ideal candidate will have 1-2 years of experience and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Marketing or Communications. While our events happen once a year the conference producer will work on them year-round to develop the best possible content closely aligned to market needs. The conference producer will work closely with our editorial team. Overall program development and topic selection will be a team activity lead by the publisher and editor.

• The identification of session topics and speakers for events
• Speaker recruitment
• The creation of content to help in marketing and promoting events. This includes coordination with marketing team to finalize all digital and print conference marketing materials.
• Heavy emphasis on researching subject matter experts and collaborating with event partners to identify new and interesting speakers who can contribute high-value content.
• Content production for this role will include press releases, news articles, feature articles, webinars and/or podcasts revolving around subjects related to the events we produce.
• Attending other industry events to gain knowledge and build contacts.
• Coordination with internal team members to ensure maximum social media exposure, engagement and impact on registration.
• Writing and updating event and session descriptions.
• Work with conference coordinators to ensure website is updated with all session descriptions and speaker information.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure the website is maximized for attendee acquisition and user friendliness.
• Work onsite with editorial and conference team during events.
• Identify growth opportunities within the educational programs and overall events
• Because this position is integrated with the editorial team the opportunity exists to work on print publications and related digital products as desired/needed, especially during “slower” periods in between full-on pushes for speaker acquisition and marketing.

• Empowered, team-oriented workplace with flexible schedule.
• Vacation, personal days, sick days and company holidays.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance; 401k; as well as additional benefits.
• Student loan repayment program.

We are looking to fill this position ASAP. Please submit a resume to bcoccitto@gie.net.We are looking for someone who is comfortable working a hybrid schedule.