Event Sponsor Coordination Intern

at  CYSEC SA

Start date : September/October 2024
Duration: 6 months
CYSEC is a cybersecurity company based in Lausanne, Switzerland providing software products to secure satellite communications on ground and in space.
CYSEC is also the organizer of CYSAT, the biggest space cybersecurity event held in Paris every year in April with 1000 participants from space agencies (ESA, CNES, DLR, etc), industrial leaders (Airbus, Thales, etc), universities, ethical hackers, etc.
Find out more at: www.cysec.com & www.cysat.eu

JOB DESCRIPTION

Contribute to the growth and the success of CYSAT by joining its dynamic organizing team!
You will be involved in sales activities to recruit new sponsors for the 2025 edition as well as managing key stakeholders such as our main industrial sponsors but also the start-ups and our academic partners.
You will be contributing to establishing the event programme by coordinating with the speakers and panelists.
You will also be involved in marketing activities related to the promotion of the event on social media.

Qualifications

• In a Master’s degree in Economics, Security & Defense, International Relations, space related, etc.
• An interest for space technology is a plus
• A general knowledge in the space industry and institutional infrastructure
• A strong will to learn about cybersecurity and space
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team and horizontal organization
• Communication skills to participate and contribute to internal and external meetings
• English proficiency is required, French is optiona

Valued additional experience

• Contribute to the journey of flying a new product in 2024
• Join a young and dynamic scale-up with ambitious goals active on fast-growing markets
• Direct exposure to founders / top management
• Interactions with external stakeholders (potential customers, academic players, partners, etc)
• Working with a great autonomy
• Future employment opportunit

• Business development and sales:
• Identify and contact potential event sponsors
• Carry administrative tasks related to contracts
• Programme coordinator:
• Manage event speakers
• Marketing:
• Support the marketing team with the event promotion on social media

Qualifications

• In a Master’s degree in Economics, Security & Defense, International Relations, space related, etc.
• An interest for space technology is a plus
• A general knowledge in the space industry and institutional infrastructure
• A strong will to learn about cybersecurity and space
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team and horizontal organization
• Communication skills to participate and contribute to internal and external meetings
• English proficiency is required, French is optional

Valued additional experience

• Contribute to the journey of flying a new product in 2024
• Join a young and dynamic scale-up with ambitious goals active on fast-growing markets
• Direct exposure to founders / top management
• Interactions with external stakeholders (potential customers, academic players, partners, etc)
• Working with a great autonomy
• Future employment opportunity