Location: New York

You will be responsible for managing the strategic direction and P&L for a portfolio of events.  This will combine the day to day management of 2-3 Conference Directors, researching and writing briefs for programmes, identifying and launching new topics and moving into new geographical territories.  You will also work closely with both the marketing and sponsorship departments to drive event profitability and will report to the Managing Director.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Strong academic background, GPA 3.1 and above
• At least two years experience in B to B conference production
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Entrepreneurial/commercial aptitude
• Strong conceptual thinking, writing and business analysis skills
• Ability to work as part of a close-knit team to tight deadlines

Are you stifled in your current position? Looking forward to a much-deserved promotion?  WBR is looking for team leaders to manage teams with existing successful portfolios of events, management experience especially in the finance, defence or supply chain fields would be a bonus but the right attitude and aptitude are more important.

The successful candidates will have a track record of profitable conference production experience, natural topic generation skills and the ability to spot and seize commercial opportunities. You are energetic, highly motivated and love what you do and think you could transmit that passion and motivate an entire production team. You’re ambitious and target driven and have the right personality to make an excellent leader.

Location: New York

You will be responsible for developing the conference program & identifying/recruiting speakers for 3-5 events per year. This will be achieved through in-depth research using the Internet, telephone interviews and trade publications. You will also work closely with both the marketing and sponsorship departments to drive event profitability.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Strong academic background, GPA 3.1 and above
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Entrepreneurial/commercial aptitude
• Strong conceptual thinking, writing and business analysis skills
• Ability to work as part of a close-knit team to tight deadlines

Location: New York

You must have a strong background within a concept sales environment, and be able to sell a consultative solution to corporate clients. WBR is a market leader in high level, market defining, conferences. In the last 3 years revenue has increased by 200% and profits by 400%. To ensure this continues a number of key sales roles have been created.

The role involves selling to key decision makers across a number of sectors, you must be able to establish credibility quickly and be confident in dealing with senior level business people. Developing new and existing business streams you will build rapport quickly and be skilled in identifying company’s needs and converting them into committed clients.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Strong academic background with solid business-to-business sales experience
• Excellent social skills and a smart appearance
• Needs to be a team player
• Desire to work to targets
• Ability to operate well under pressure
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ambitious and committed to achieving success
• Ability to assimilate large amounts of information quickly

Location: New York

You will be responsible for marketing large-scale business conferences to senior level executives. Using your direct marketing skills, you will research, develop and implement the marketing strategy in its entirety. You will work closely with the production and sponsorship divisions throughout the process.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Minimum 1 year direct marketing experience (conference or publishing experience a plus)
• Experience with mailing list selection and analysis
• Print production and mailhouse experience a plus
• Knowledge of online/e-mail marketing
• Copywriting and editing abilities
• Excellent spreadsheet skills
• Strong academic background
• Must be well organized, hardworking and pay extremely close attention to detail

Location: New York

If you love a challenge, then this position will provide you with great learning opportunities, a dynamic environment and a high level of responsibility as soon as you are fully trained. It will provide you with a strong business and direct marketing training as well as the potential for tremendous growth opportunities. Key responsibilities will include: creating innovative marketing plans through combining direct mail, email marketing and internet marketing; forging marketing partnerships with associations and publications; detailed response analysis and coordinating multiple projects; forming close working relationships with vendors - all under tight deadlines.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Strong academic background
• At least 1 years B2B marketing experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong negotiator who thrives under pressure
• Good combination of creative and analytical skills
• Good time management - capable of meeting tight deadlines
• Able to juggle multiple projects
• Enthusiasm, drive & determination
• Commercial experience
• Fluency in a second language desirable but not essential

Location: Toronto

Have you always wanted to work for a company, which will truly recognize your individual achievements? Do you want a career with unlimited earning potential?

As a result of our global expansion, we require highly motivated inside-sales professionals to deal with high-level executives from Fortune 1000 companies.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Excellent communication skills
• Time management and organizational skills
• You must be ambitious, hardworking, confident, and self motivating
• Inside Sales experience an asset but not a requirement
• Strong academic background

Location: New York

This role is dedicated to the planning of large scale events. This person must be experienced in working with budgets and handling multiple meetings with budgets that vary. The role requires excellent Customer Service Skills, the ability to work in a cross functional team, superior organizational skills, creativity and ability to maximize the effectiveness of budgets. You will be responsible for all Conference Logistics and servicing all of our clients associated with conference. The position offers an extremely competitive salary and travel opportunities.

Qualities & Skills Required

• Articulate, good oral & written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and at speed
• Good time management - able to juggle multiple projects
• Strong academic background
• Ensure prompt, accurate and sensitive handling of all information
• Ability to meet deadlines with excellent organisational skills
• Good at handling own workloads and self motivated
• Smart appearance
• Friendly and efficient manner
• High level of PC literacy is required (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Location: New York

This vital role encompasses all aspects of Sponsor and Exhibitor care. Operations Assistant responsibilities involve close liaison with the sponsors/exhibitors in the run-up to the event, making sure that necessary materials are submitted on time and that all their requirements are met on site, including signage, exhibition space, AV requirements, Internet access, etc. Efficient administrative preparation prior to the event is key, and this also involves liaison with other departments internally as well as external suppliers in order to deliver a smoothly run event on the day. You will need to be a strong communicator, both face to face and over the telephone, your written English must be of a high standard in both postal communication and email, you must have an eye for detail, you must be able to work to tight deadlines and be good under pressure.

Qualities & Skills Required

• Articulate, good oral & written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and at speed
• Good time management - able to juggle multiple projects
• Ensure prompt, accurate and sensitive handling of all information
• Ability to meet deadlines with excellent organisational skills
• Strong academic background
• Good at handling own workloads and self motivated
• Smart appearance
• Friendly and efficient manner
• High level of PC literacy is required (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Location: London

Reporting to the MD, you will be responsible for achieving annual and event revenue goals. You will lead a management team and be fully responsible for the recruitment, training and development and event sponsorship strategies

You will have a strong sales background and evidence of leading high performing teams within this industry. You will have recruited and developed high performers in both the sales and management fields and have a record of consistent over achievement

You will operate as part of the senior management team, contributing to the overall direction of the business as well as the integration of sponsorship with other departments

Ideally the candidate will have in depth experience of at least one of the Finance, Defence or Supply Chain industries

They will also have strong characteristics of execution and task completion as well as evidence of leading high energy, high performance sales teams

Please apply directly to tim.mann@wbr.co.uk

Location: London

You will be responsible for managing the strategic direction and P&L for a portfolio of events.  This will combine the day to day management of 2-3 Conference Directors, researching and writing briefs for programmes, identifying and launching new topics and moving into new geographical territories.  You will also work closely with both the marketing and sponsorship departments to drive event profitability and will report to the Head of Production.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Strong academic background, minimum 2:1 degree
• At least two years experience in B to B conference production
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Entrepreneurial/commercial aptitude
• Strong conceptual thinking, writing and business analysis skills
• Ability to work as part of a close-knit team to tight deadlines

Location: London

Reporting directly to the Sponsorship Manager, you will be selling a host of different sponsorship opportunities at leading conferences. Joining an established team, you will be expected to meet and exceed agreed goals and targets. You need the ability to strategically plan and prioritise your personal sales approach. Research, identify and close new business and to demonstrate the ability to build and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified leads/business

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Minimum 1.5 years sales experience in a consultative solutions based b2b selling environment.
• Evidence of having sold at a high level and telephone based selling
• A consistent track record of personal over-achievement
• Willingness to take ownership for personal targets and responsibilities
• Positive and ambitious
• Energetic and enthusiastic
• Punctual and self motivated
• Team Player
• Eager to develop and improve

Location: London

You will be responsible for marketing large-scale business conferences to senior level executives. Using your direct marketing skills, you will research, develop and implement the marketing strategy in its entirety. You will work closely with the production and sponsorship divisions throughout the process.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Minimum 1 year direct marketing experience (conference or publishing experience a plus)
• Experience with mailing list selection and analysis
• Print production and mailhouse experience a plus
• Knowledge of online/e-mail marketing
• Copywriting and editing abilities
• Excellent spreadsheet skills
• Strong academic background
• Must be well organized, hardworking and pay extremely close attention to detail

Location: London

Reporting to the UK Head of Delegate Sales, you will be a highly ambitious and talented individual who will complement the team of four existing managers with solid experience in motivating sales teams of up to 6 individuals . Exceptional candidates can also expect to manage junior managers, business development executives as well as trainee executives up through our career path using structured development plans. In return they will receive world class training and play an instrumental role in shaping the future of this high performing department. Key responsibilities will include the recruitment and induction of new sales people, the project management of some of the UK’s premier conferences and the coaching and development of existing sales executives..

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Minimum 1 years experience in direct managing outbound phone based sales teams (Preferably with a conference / media sector but not essential)
• A consistent track record of success in delivering growth through teams
• Excellent personal sales record
• The ability to coach, lead and mentor a team to deliver sales targets month on month through clear open and constructive communication methods
• An interest in international business news and current affairs
• A positive, high energy person, ambitious in their personal and professional business goals and focused on their achievement within agreed timeframes
• Takes personal pride in doing the best work they can do and showing others at all levels how they achieve it.
• Thinks laterally as a problem solver rather than a problem passer
• Revels in the rewards of a job well done

Apply to Greg Sewell
Greg.Sewell@wbr.co.uk

Location: London

Have you always wanted to work for a company, which will truly recognize your individual achievements? Do you want a career with unlimited earning potential?

As a result of our global expansion, we require highly motivated inside-sales professionals to deal with high-level executives from Fortune 1000 companies.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Excellent communication skills
• Time management and organizational skills
• You must be ambitious, hardworking, confident, and self motivating
• Telesales experience an asset but not a requirement

Location: Dubai

Reporting to the Head of Sales for ME and Asia, you must have a strong background within a concept sales environment with proven top sales and management performance. You will join a dynamic international team due to build key international WBR brands and large scale new events. You should have a minimum of 2 years conference experience and the ability to sell/negotiate high level packages. Preference will be given to people with Middle East and/or capital markets experience.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Graduate calibre
• A good degree with solid business-to-business sales experience
• Proven top sales performance
• Good time management
• Fact to fact selling experience
• Proven management performance
• Excellent social skills and a smart appearance
• Needs to be a team player
• Desire to work to targets and exceed them
• Ability to operate well under pressure
• Strong negotiation skills on big value packages
• Ambitious and committed to achieving success
• Ability to assimilate large amounts of information quickly
  
  

Location: Dubai

January 2008 WBR opens our Middle East office.  We are looking for dynamic sales people to join our international team to further the WBR brand name in the Gulf.  You must have 12 months of telesales experience and have the ability to speak with CXO level executives.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Graduate calibre
• Solid business to business sales experience
• Proven top sales performance
• Need to be a team player
• Desire to work to targets
• Ability to operate well under pressure
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ambitious and committed to achieving success

Apply to Pete Mitchell
pete.mitchell@wbr.ae

Location: Dubai

You will be responsible for developing the conference programme & identifying/recruiting speakers for 3-5 events per year. This will be achieved through in-depth research using the Internet, telephone interviews and trade publications. You will also work closely with both the marketing and sponsorship departments to drive event profitability. You will have a proven track record of producing the most profitable events in the office. Preference will be given to those with Middle East and/or Capital Markets experience.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Strong academic background, minimum 2:1 degree
• Strong research and analytical skill
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Entrepreneurial/commercial aptitude
• Strong conceptual thinking, writing and business analysis skills
• Ability to work as part of a close-knit team to tight deadlines

Apply to Leon Kantor
leon.kantor@wbr.ae

Location: Singapore

We are looking for dynamic sales people to join our international team to further the WBR brand name. You must have 12 months of telesales experience and have the ability to speak with CXO level executives.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• Graduate calibre
• Solid business to business sales experience
• Proven top sales performance
• Need to be a team player
• Desire to work to targets
• Ability to operate well under pressure
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ambitious and committed to achieving success