Production Development Coordinator

at  marcus evans

marcus evans, founded in 1983, is a global business intelligence and event marketing company, with 49 offices in 20+ countries. Working across all industry sectors, our Summits division is the global market leader in its field with more than 120 summits across the world. Our events take place at the most prestigious venues in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, France, England, and the US.
We are looking for driven, enthusiastic, and passionate professionals to join our Summits division as a Production Development Coordinator for our Investments division. The right candidates for this role have a real talent in both research and writing and are determined to be a key part of a successful and growing team.
A strong grasp of and ability to operate in an English - speaking environment is essential to be successful in the role.
This is an entry level role, based in our Cape Town office.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Recognized Bachelor’s degree in any discipline, but Finance an advantage.
• 1-2 years experience in research, lead generation, and messaging.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills in English is a must!
• Excited to be part of a performance-driven culture.
• Computer Literate and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

• Identifying potential speakers and building a database
• Industry research and analysis.
• Writing targeted outreach campaigns that will deliver high quality inbound inquiries.
• Meeting weekly and monthly goals and KPIs.
• Build and maintain the data quality of our speaker prospect database.Effective collaboration with a Senior Production Manager working on our North American events.