Contract Position (5 months) – Delegate Relations Executive
Clarion Events Asia is looking for a professional and personable Delegate Relations Intern to be part of our dynamic Enlit division which focuses on power and energy events. This is an excellent opportunity for an exceptional Business Events professional to join a highly successful, award winning, international company that organizes essential B2B events for a range of clients across the world. We work closely with leading industry executives to organise high level events – both in person & digital.
Clarion Events organises more than 200 events (a mixture of exhibitions, conferences and seated events) annually across the globe. More than 12,000 companies trust us with their custom each year and over 700,000 people give their valuable time to visit our events. This success has come from identifying high-value, niche audiences in difficult-to-reach markets and then building them into market-leading products. We have over 500 people working directly for Clarion Events from 13 offices in 10 different countries, including Brazil, Germany, The Netherlands, Singapore, China, South Africa, Turkey, UAE, UK, and USA.
About Enlit Asia – www.enlitasia.com
Enlit Asia is the unifying brand for the region’s premier power and energy events, POWERGEN Asia and Asian Utility Week. The event connects buyers and sellers across the entire power and energy value chain in Southeast Asia, while hosting both a local and international audience. Whether it be digitally or in person at live events, we bring the industry together to improve the availability, reliability, and sustainability of energy in the region. Enlit Asia covers power generation, digital transformation, the energy transition, smart energy, transmission & distribution, renewables and much more providing the most inclusive guide to Southeast Asia’s energy transition.
The Role
In this unique role, you will be the “front-face” for all conference delegates and VIPs. You will be in charge of bringing on board senior level decision makers to attend our events and act as a key point of contact for all event attendees – delegates, VIPs, speakers and sponsors. This role will require an understanding of content, basic industry knowledge of the energy value chain and direct selling skills to acquire delegates to attend as a guest.
This is your chance to take ownership of a campaign to drive critical buy-side attendance to the event and make a major strategic contribution to the team.
If you are a fresh graduate from university or looking for an internship in the events sector, this is the perfect opportunity for you to gain experience in event management, specifically in managing delegate attendance, arranging meetings and providing excellent customer service.
If you are personable, have a dynamic disposition, a keen learner and are confident speaking with senior executives over the phone, this is a role for you!
We are open to candidates who are based remotely within ASEAN
Job specifications
- To be the main point of contact to source C-suite and other key decision makers from the power and energy sector to attend our events
- To be the main point of contact onsite for VIP attendees
- To co-ordinate and manage meetings for sponsors and exhibitors
- To secure high-level attendees for workshops, private luncheons, roundtables and online webinars
- To provide sponsors and attendees with a truly great experience pre and during the conference and to provide a fantastic service element to the networking process
Key Requirements
- Diploma or degree qualified
- Great attitude to learning
- Previous delegate sales or customer experience a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Confident in speaking with C-level executives
- Not afraid of cold calling via phone and making new connections
- Strong relationship building, stakeholder management and social media skills to ensure customer satisfaction
- Performance driven, possessing exceptional interpersonal qualities and able to work alone (self-motivate) and in a team
- Dependable – takes responsibility for own actions, keeps commitments
- Able to work with tight deadlines, manage time and balance tasks
This position will commence from early June to end October. We are open to candidates who are based remotely within ASEAN.
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