Clarion is one of the world’s leading event’s organisers, producing and delivering innovative and market-leading events since 1947. In more recent times the firm has grown into a truly international business, with a portfolio of events and media brands across a range of vertical markets.
Our 950+ employees based in our 13 offices worldwide specialise in delivering first-class marketing, networking, and information solutions in high-value sectors, both in mature and emerging geographies.
We are market leaders in providing connectivity and business-critical insight across communities of buyers and sellers. Clarion’s customers use our range of exhibitions, conferences, tradeshows, and websites to target new business, demonstrate their products, build deeper relationships with their clients and identify new opportunities for performance improvement.
All applicants must have the relevant papers to work in Singapore. Clarion will not be applying for visa or work passes on behalf of applicants as this is a contract role.
Job Description The Networking will assist the Networking Manager in the following activities:
- To guest VIPs (C-level executives) that are relevant to our events by phone
- To co-ordinate and manage meetings for key sponsors (Gold and above) of big and huge events.
- To provide sponsors with a truly great experience pre and during the conference and to provide a service element to the networking process.
- To co-ordinate roundtable attendance sheets
- To set up Clarion’s networking app on each event and handle enquiries before and onsite at the event
- Manage meetings, private luncheons, etc for sponsors onsite
1. VIP Guesting
- Event brief with GM/CM/MM to jointly identify profile of VIP and targets required
- NWM to commence guesting process at FC with data supplied by MM
- Regular communication with confirmed VIP guests to ensure their attendance onsite at the event. These VIPs will also be required to do meetings with sponsors who have 1-to-1 meetings
- Weekly updates with GM/CM on target met and status of attendance
2. Networking planning and internal project management
- Communicate with event GM, MM, CM, SM on which sponsors to focus on 20 weeks before event start date.
- Arrange a project meeting with the entire team to confirm strategy, number of meetings for each sponsor, networking areas / infrastructure available on site etc
- Introduction to sponsor to devise if interested in using networking manager
- Attend weekly catch up meetings with the Marketing Director
- Sole point of contact with identified sponsors on all sponsorship matters including 1-to-1 meeting
- Requesting and chasing up wish lists from sponsors to facilitate delivering the right people they want to meet
- Update sponsors schedule using event genie with confirmed meetings
- Onsite meet with sponsors with all confirmed meetings and discuss if they would like to use networking area or take the meeting over to their stand
- Onsite NM facilitates networking and sends text reminders for scheduled meetings
- Check on sponsors if they have stands with a delegate list to set up any extra onsite meetings that NM were unable to confirm before conference start date
3. Jublia networking tool set up and management
- To set up the networking app for events that NWM manages and handle all customer queries pre-event
- Guide customers through the app to show them how to use it, make their own amendments
- To manage meeting concierge onsite and handle all customer queries
Key skills - Diploma/Degree qualified
- Customer service focused
- Good written and verbal communications skills especially over the phone
- Interpersonal, relationship management and networking skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Planning/time management/self-organization and self-discipline
- Initiative - proactive and able to work independently
- Able to work with others and in a team
- Dependable – takes responsibility for own actions, keeps commitments
- Tech savvy
Application Instructions
Please apply for this position by submitting your text CV to *protected email*. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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