United Media
Event Operations Producer
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Event Operations Producer
Operations Manager – Conference Production (London)
About the Role
This role offers you the opportunity to own the operational standard of every conference we run. You will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of 10 European private equity conferences a year, covering everything from venues and suppliers to on-site teams and the experience itself.
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, excited by entrepreneurial challenges? Do you love operating on the sharp end—where results matter, deadlines breathe down your neck, and your obsession with detail ensures a thousand moving pieces land perfectly? If you relish owning complex projects and shipping impactful outcomes, join our global operations team.
About United Media
United Media builds large-scale industry media and conference products across sectors like insurance, finance, and retail. We’ve organically launched 8 media companies and acquired 1, all while putting our team at the heart of high-impact growth.
Why Join Us?
You’ll take alignment ownership of one of our core business areas, working onsite in our London HQ (4-minute walk from Victoria Station). Here, we obsesses over growth—rewarding ambition with:
- Real impact: Your work is visible and measurable—every shipment, every lead, every conference outcome matters.
- Exclusive mentorship: Work closely with high performers, CEOs, and industry leaders—everyone here has first-move experience that shapes our ethos.
- Unlimited potential: Believing in internal leadership, our promotions come from within.
- Global travel: As part of our EC conference product, your role will include international placements and tinkering with operations worldwide.
- Transferable skills: Master communication, negotiation, project management, and complex coordination—no diploma, just raw advantage.
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Your Responsibilities
Your role is operational and dynamic. Core responsibilities include:
Supplier & Contractor Management
- Research, sourcing, and negotiating the best suppliers for conferences.
- Negotiate contracts—from space and services to branding materials and leader-details.
- Cost-control checklist: Alert the team to variances 48 hours prior to impactful change.
- Relationships first: Build strong, transparent connections with vendors, vendors’ vendors and teams to optimise service and responses.
Event Execution
- Plan, orchestrate, and oversee VIP events, lunches, dinners, and venues—bring our audience to life.
- On-site hands-on coordination: Venue staff, stage setups, session firmes and all logistics.
- Real-time incident management: Anticipating and troubleshooting day-of issues to guarantee flawless execution.
Internal Coordination
- Centralise queries and ensure clarity across teams: an organising omnibus of canons.
- Inventory tracking & management: Software + notional nits to grid-lock every detail—frommer tech gear to stationery essentials.
- Design quality control: Final sign-off on banners, signage, brochures, and program-forums.
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On-Site Volunteer Leadership
- Hire, train, and manage a 40-person volunteer collective; ensuring friendly presence and operational excellence at every event.
The Career We’ll Build Together
This role is the foundation—or the springboard—whichever you choose. With internal-first leadership, we tend to promote from 2-10+ years in the house.
What We Look For
No rigid prior experience is required—we train the brain, take over the mind. What we do want:
✔ Ownership mindset: "This is my consequences" grit at every step. ✔ High urgency ethos: ** allocates fast, executes faster** and never takes tangible as trivial. ✔ Champion of relationships: Relentless curiosity about people, what drives them and builds performance through connection. ✔ Fluency with sentences and stories: Vivid communication—gather data, distill opinions, and make people feel it’s them. ✔ Project prioritisation mastery: See the thread of importance in 100 miles of detail work. Get.
Plus: A valid UK work permit. 🇬🇧
Start Date & Location
Flexible start—choose your trajectory. Location: our London office (insane commute: four-minute walk from London Victoria).
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