Spikes Asia is a collaboration between Lions Festivals and Haymarket. The Festival and Awards - the region’s most prestigious awards for creative communications, provide the industry with a platform to network and exchange ideas, bringing together the finest creative thinkers from around the world.
The Festival offers an engaging programme of seminars and workshops focusing on creativity and learning. In addition, there are exhibitions of creative work from Asia, evening networking events and the exciting Spikes Asia Awards Ceremony which celebrates and rewards creative excellence in communications.
The Festival Assistant's primary task is to assist the festival team on a broad range of activities leading up to the event, which includes but not limited to organising support materials, attending to queries, liaising with participants and more.
This is a perfect opportunity for anyone who would like to learn exactly what it takes to deliver a successful regional event.
The person will be working closely with the Festival Director and Festival Manager and be highly involved in the following aspects of the business:
Telesales
This role does not involve hard selling, but instead you will be developing and continuing a existing relationship with contacts, informing the of new initiatives within the awards and encouraging them to begin the entry process as the deadline approaches. At the same time you will be able to answer questions about the entry process and offer deadline extensions where applicable or necessary.
Processing of entry materials for the Awards
The Role also includes processing of entry material received to the Awards. This includes receiving advertising boards and other supporting material including CDs and DVDs, referencing them and keeping a close control of the organisation of the material which will be judged for the competition.
Onsite Involvement in the Festival
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Asian Advertising Festivals (Spikes Asia) - Designation:
Festival Assistant - Profession:
Admin / Secretarial, Design / Creative, General Management - Industry:
Creative / Media, Hotel and Accommodation Services