Reporting directly to the MD and responsible for the overall profitability and management of the Innovations Division of LBCG. Full responsibility for the productivity, training and schedule deadlines of a team 9 conference producers, and the combined commercial delivery of approximately 45 global conferences per year in industries including automotive, oil and gas, petrochemicals, electrical utilities, rail, new materials and launch markets.

LBCG's production team is the heart of the business, and are behind every successful commercial conference.Production is where new conferences are born - created, researched and developed by Conference Directors that are given the autonomy to work with global leaders, create insightful agendas, attract highly influential speakers and run conferences on the day.Key Responsibilities Include:• Telephone Research: In depth telephone research with executives in some of the world largest (ie FTSE 100) and most innovative companies to obtain detailed insight as to what the sub-industry needs to learn• Detailed Agenda Writing: Writing highly detailed, commercial technical or strategic conference agendas capturing exactly what the sub-industry wants to learn• Pitching & Closing: Pitch, invite and confirm executive level speakers from the leading companies within the sub industry• Copy Writing: Write commercially engaging, executive level website and marketing copy to generate delegate and sponsorship revenue • Revenue Strategy: Designing the sales and marketing strategy to drive revenue on own events• Public Speaking: Lead the event on the day including delivering an opening speech to hundreds of senior delegates• Cold Calling & Lead Generating: Comfortable and confident in cold-calling, generating leads and developing business primarily via telephone

Lions Festivals (powered by Top Right Group) creates festivals and awards for the creative communications industry. Their flagship event, Cannes Lions has more than 11,000 delegates and 34,000 entries from all over the world.• Worked with delegate management for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2011

My role was to actively generate new business for the company through client relationships and networking. I was responsible for recruiting, placing and monitoring apprentices in the workplace. In my time at HTA I recruited and placed 200 apprentices into work and was awarded for my achievements on numerous occasions. In the first two weeks of working for HTA I had doubled my monthly targets and developed a new system to improve productivity in the business. I worked autonomously and as part of a team and was responsibly for structuring my own schedule and meeting both individual and team targets. This role strengthened my abilities in cold calling, interviewing, taking disciplinary action, and networking with potential and current clients.