Conference Producer, International Summits

Central London, hybrid (3 days office based) plus international travel

Salary up to £35,000, plus commission and benefits

The Business

Our client is an established and fast-growing international B2B events and media business, running a portfolio of market-leading summits across Europe, North America and the Middle East. The division delivers a mix of established and newly launched annual summits attracting up to 4,000 attendees.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Conference Producer with around a year of experience, ready to take genuine ownership of an international event portfolio. You'll take charge of three summits, a varied mix of newer launches and established events, ranging from 50 to 100 speakers and 500 to 1,000+ attendees each.

What You'll Be Doing

• Researching your markets through desk and telephone research, speaking directly with senior industry figures to identify the topics and voices that matter
• Writing commercially attractive agendas, session titles and abstracts
• Recruiting high-quality speakers and building strong relationships across your markets
• Working closely with the sponsorship sales team, giving them well-researched content they can sell with confidence
• Travelling internationally to deliver your events onsite, with support and training from others across the portfolio
• Growing your event portfolio over time
• Drawing on internal resources, including the editorial team, to strengthen your agendas

What We're Looking For

• Around a year or more of experience producing B2B conferences, with a solid understanding of how strong agendas come together
• A confident, natural communicator who enjoys picking up the phone and building relationships
• A genuinely strong writer, able to craft engaging session titles and abstracts in your own voice
• Curious, proactive and research-driven, with the initiative to get under the skin of a new market
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment, adaptable across different countries and cultures
• Happy to travel internationally
• Additional European languages are a bonus, though not essential

What's In It For You

• Real ownership and creative freedom, with your events genuinely yours to shape
• International travel across North America, Europe and the Middle East
• A rapidly expanding division with a strong track record of promoting from within
• Hybrid working, three days a week in a lively city office, with flexibility to manage your own time
• A close-knit, multinational team within a larger international group, small-business pace with big-business stability
• Structured onboarding and sector training
• Base salary up to £35,000 depending on experience, plus commission, benefits

If you're a bright, ambitious Producer looking for more responsibility, more travel, more variety, and a portfolio you can truly call your own, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply with your CV or get in touch with Helen Yarrow for a confidential conversation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does a Conference Producer do in B2B events?

A Conference Producer researches a market, builds a commercially strong agenda, and recruits the speakers who bring it to life. The role covers everything from desk and telephone research through to writing session content, working with sponsorship sales, and delivering the event onsite.

How much experience do you need to become a Conference Producer?

Many Producer roles are open to candidates with around a year or more of hands-on B2B conference production experience, provided they understand how an agenda comes together and can demonstrate strong research, writing and speaker relationship-building skills.

Do Conference Producers need to travel internationally?

Yes, for roles managing an international portfolio. Producers typically travel to deliver their own events onsite alongside a hybrid working pattern based from a home office city.

What's the difference between a Conference Producer and a Content Producer?

The titles are often used interchangeably in B2B events. Both typically own agenda research, speaker recruitment and content strategy for an event, working closely with sponsorship sales to ensure the content supports commercial goals.

About Jackson Barnes Recruitment

Jackson Barnes Recruitment (JBR) delivers international recruitment solutions within the events, media and publishing sectors, placing candidates from graduate to MD level across Event Management, Conference Production, Event Marketing and Events Sales roles. Founded by Helen Yarrow, who has nearly 30 years of recruitment experience with over a decade focused exclusively on B2B events, JBR works with organisers, publishers and associations across the UK and internationally, with placement success spanning London, Dubai, New York, Singapore and Australia.