Conference Producer

About Hyve

We believe that when people come together, powerful things happen. Hyve Group Ltd connects global industry communities through unmissable events, online networking platforms, and hyper-productive meeting programmes.

Our decades of experience put us at the heart of industries, and we are committed to using our influence to shape innovation and drive progress across our customer communities.

Our market-leading portfolio of global brands includes Shoptalk, Spring Fair, Bett, Mining Indaba, and Retail Meetup.

#LifeAtHyve

At Hyve, we are driven by our values: brilliant work, fresh thinking, rich connections, and collective buzz. In practice, this means we value quality, work with passion, celebrate uniqueness, and are our best when we work together.

We value a diverse team and are committed to employing individuals from all backgrounds and creating a culture based around belonging.

Our hybrid working model ensures we respect our peoples’ work/life balance.

Human connections are our speciality, and we offer a jam-packed calendar of social events, inclusion workshops, and professional development opportunities to make sure #LifeAtHyve is always fulfilling and exciting.

The bit about us

We’re Hyve, a global events company that does things differently.

Our events deliver game-changing impact for people, businesses and beyond. That might mean winning a major contract, securing transformational investment, getting on the shelves of a giant retailer or hearing from thought leaders who are changing the future. The purpose of every one of our events is to bring the people who power major industries together – and open a world of potential.

At the same time, we’re using our events as platforms for progress, to drive the conversation across the world’s biggest industries on crucial topics like sustainability, diversity and ethical business.

These moments can change lives. And making those connections motivates us every single day.

But creating those human connections doesn’t just happen at our events. It’s part of everyday life when you work at Hyve. There are all sorts of socials, inclusion workshops and professional development opportunities to get your teeth into. And then there are the benefits. From gym memberships to private medical care, season ticket loans to healthy pensions, we’ve got you covered in all kinds of ways. (We’ll even give you an extra day off on your birthday!)

The bit about you

First of all, whatever your background and whatever your beliefs, there’s a culture of belonging here at Hyve and everyone is welcome. The question isn’t where you are from – it’s where you want to go.

We’re a positive bunch and if you’re a “glass half full” kind of person you’ll fit right in. Our values are brilliant work, fresh thinking, rich connections and collective buzz. And just to be clear, these aren’t just words we put on the walls and forget about. They pull everyone together and help us all produce work that we’re proud to put our names to. If that resonates with you, great: we’re on the same page.

The bit about the role

Spring & Autumn Fair are the UK’s most vibrant marketplaces for wholesale home, gift and fashion. It’s where retailers, large and small, come together to make the connections that could change everything. Getting stocked by a major retailer, hearing from the industry’s leaders, and finding the next best seller – these are just some of the game-changing possibilities we deliver to our customers.

Glee is the UK's premier garden retail marketplace where opportunity grows. It's where garden retailers, from independent specialists to major chains, unite to forge the partnerships that could transform their business. Securing that breakthrough supplier, discovering the season's must-have products and hearing from industry leaders on stage – these are just some of the growth-defining moments we create for our customers. Glee brings together the garden retail community like nowhere else. With hundreds of innovative suppliers and thousands of buyers converging under one roof, it's the essential destination for anyone serious about garden retail success.

Now we’re looking for a Conference Producer to join the team.

The objective of this role is to create memorable, engaging and educational experiences for visitors to our events. We’re taking experience to a new level, using creative thinking and meaningful partnerships to transform our events from simple trade shows to festivals of retail.

As part of your job, you will be:

• Responsible for conducting research and analysis of key subject areas and trends to inform content, activations and experience programming, through research calls, desk research, research papers, show data and focus groups.

• Responsible for devising content plans, presenting to key stakeholders for feedback and sign-off.

• Responsible for producing the content across your allocated show features. AI support is encouraged however human editing is vital to ensure our programmes speak to our audiences and maintain brand tone of voice.

• Responsible for editorial speaker recruitment & onboarding across allocated features.

• Responsible for effective communication to marketing teams to ensure onsite activations are communicated to our audiences.

• Responsible for refining the programme online and ensuring it is visually pleasing and engaging.

• Responsible for working with operations teams to define and design onsite features.

• Onsite Delivery: managing meticulous onsite execution of content to exceptional standards, providing excellent customer service to speakers and attendees alike.

• Post-show, review the performance of each content element.

• Supporting project teams on research projects and concept ideation for event product development.

• Supporting the sales team on commercial partnership opportunities (sponsorship), creating bespoke solutions for partners.

• Supporting the Advisory Board meetings and using Advisory Board Labs to test concepts.

• Ensure strong communication and collaboration between the conference team, marketing and sales teams including regular meetings to review activity and put in place action plans where necessary.

And here’s what we’re looking for from you:

• If you think there’s a better way, you’re brave enough to give it a try.

• You’re proud to put your name on everything you do.

• You’re always looking out for new innovations.

• You embrace collaboration.

• You make everyone feel welcome.

Qualities

• We look for individuals who are curious, personable, chameleons who can converse with a wide spectrum of business owners, have warmth and can build rapport with ease.

• To have Professionalism, Kindness and Positivity in your core values.

Get in touch if this sounds like you.