Remote Opportunity at Frontiers | November 2022

Events Manager

Who we are:

Frontiers is an award-winning open science platform and leading open access scholarly publisher. We are one of the largest and most cited publishers globally. To date, our 200,000 freely available research articles have received more than 1 billion views and downloads and 2 million citations. Our journals span science, health, humanities and social sciences, engineering, and sustainability. And we continue to expand into new academic disciplines so more researchers can publish open access.

Be part of the publishing revolution and help us transform the way research is published, evaluated, and communicated to the world.

Description:

Are you passionate about planning and delivering webinars? If so, read on as this role is for you! We are recruiting an exceptional Events Manager within our growing Events team to report into the Senior Events Manager – Digital & Hybrid. The team delivers world-class events with a first-rate customer experience for attendees.
You will play a crucial role scaling up our events schedule from early 2023 to deliver a range of high-profile events in support of Frontiers’ strategic objectives. You will be responsible for managing the delivery of our Frontiers in Science events (webinars and expert meetings), as well as supporting our wider events program to deliver our events to global audiences with VIP speakers including Nobel-prize winners such as Jennifer Doudna, world-leading scientists, and global leaders such as former US Vice President Al Gore.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the Head of Events, Senior Events Manager – Digital & Hybrid and the Frontiers editorial team on the conceptualization, planning and management of Frontiers in Science events: approximately 20 science-policy webinars per year, (expected 1,000 attendees per event) and a small number of in-person workshops with some hybrid elements.
Line manage an Event Administrative Assistant.
Work with internal stakeholders to manage the invitation list for each Frontiers in Science event.
CRM management for each event: manage large volumes of data for invitation management and reporting.
Manage the virtual platform for each event.
Manage all logistics for Frontiers in Science events.
Oversee and track budgets.
Collect and analyze data, competitive intelligence, and trends to ensure relevance of content and meaningful attendee experience to achieve event objectives and vision.
Contribute to the long-term strategy of Frontiers’ events by identifying new ideas, concepts, innovations and ways to improve our events from elsewhere in the sector and beyond.

Requirements:

Significant experience in an events management role delivering virtual, hybrid and in-person events to large audiences.
Experience of delivering a high volume of successful virtual events, working on multiple events and activities simultaneously.
Experience of managing event platforms for the delivery of hybrid events.
Tech savvy with experience of CRMs and Email Marketing Systems.
Experience of line management.
Experience of budget management.
Advanced administration skills including Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office with advanced knowledge of Excel including x look up and pivot tables.
Understanding of changing events industry landscape, technical and production approaches, with a keenness to identify new ways of working to recommend improvements and adjustments to current events, planning and processes.
Flexible attitude – the events team is embarking on a new schedule of scaled-up events so some tasks may need to be juggled between team members over time to adapt to the requirements of the schedule.
Some international travel required for a small number of events.

Benefits:

With more than 50 nationalities represented in our global team, you will work regularly with teammates in other countries, and with our community of researchers, editors, and authors from around the globe.
Our mission to create solutions for healthy lives also extends to the working environment we provide for our employees.

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