Festival Content Curator - London, United Kingdom - CogX

CogX

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Description:

About CogX:

CogX is a purpose driven company focused on building the world's biggest platform and community for Inspiration, Impact and Transformational Change.

A social media platform and festival for global change makers.

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic sector leading Festival content team and a community of the most inclusive and forward-thinking leaders, CEOs, tech entrepreneurs, scientists, policy makers, artists, and activists in the world.

At CogX we address the most critical challenges and opportunities of our time, driving and galvanising the partnerships needed to make a difference to our mission statement

_"How do we get the next 10 years right?"._ Our community & alumni partners have an array of global organisations and include Google, Sony, Vice, Goldman Sachs, BBC, Barclays, ThoughtWorks, BT, NHS, Tesla, Warner Music Group, PWC and Microsoft. We are backed by the UK's most successful investors.

CogX Festival The World's Biggest Festival of Inspiration, Impact and Transformational Change - will be our most ambitious event yet with up to 90,000 people, 10 stages, 1000+ speakers, 1000 expo stands.

Covering 10 Programme Tracks from AI/DeepTech, Global Leadership, Future of Energy, Startup Innovation/IPO to Health and the Global Economy.

Key Responsibilities:

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced content curator who's got their finger on the pulse when it comes to transformational technology and its impact on society and business.

Someone who knows what great content looks like, who understands how to translate purpose into programming, puts diversity and a plurality of voices at the centre of their content and who is hungry to find the Zeitgeist across multiple topics and issues.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with the wider Editorial Team to ensure the overall Festival agenda delivers a worldclass content program
Owning the speaker pipeline and invitations and booking for all sessions within the allocated Programme tracks
Contribute speaker and topic ideas to the GLS, Masterclasses and Main Stage agendas
Ensure diversity of thought, gender and race
Research, engage and work with multiple Content Partners across individual sessions to bring to life their vision with the same quality bar that we look to achieve with our own content
Working with speakers and content partners to finalise session titles and descriptions that are in line within the CogX tone of voice. Ensure that all session content is signed off and delivered on AirTable within the required timelines
Work closely with the Speaker Liaison Team to ensure a firstclass endtoend experience for all speakers and content partners and that all speaker details and collateral are not only correct (on the Speaker Management Platform and the CogX website) but also are delivered within the required timelines to maximise marketing opportunities
Participate in the process of curating weekly newsletters associated with your topic tracks
Responsible for the briefing process of all moderators and speakers to ensure that they are clear on the session format, structure and content focus and deliver on the published description of the session
Manage relationships with speakers and content partners in the runup to the Festival and on the day around all things content
Attendance in person at the event in London is required
Reporting to the Festival Director to bring to life a jointly agreed vision

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

Your Experience:

Editorial Vision, ability to spot the zeitgeist and bring it to life. Passion for Global Tech Transformation, Diversity, Economy and Future of Work, Impact of AI, Politics, Climate and expert knowledge in one or more areas
High level curating, ability to shape an event and integrate different speakers and perspectives
Excellent people skills with the ability to liaise with high profile individuals (and their teams) with charm
Ability to juggle and to take pleasure in solving problems and the thrill of live events and related deadlines
You will demonstrate alignment with CogX's values. Charismatic, tenacious and ambitious as well as being a rigorous, lowego, collaborative person who's always learning. Demonstrates highintegrity and a passion for CogX's mission and purpose
Digitally literate and comfortable using AirTable, Slack, G Suite and Hubspot
810 years experience of working for worldleading media, events or agency businesses in a content capacity or as a journalist

Benefits:

Have the opportunity to identify, build and foster relationships with the world's leading entrepreneurs, companies, building partnerships for our global events
Build your knowledge and practice approach across the most progressive industries whilst collaborating with industry decisionmakers, CEOs and founders of top organisations.
Competitive salary and bonus
Hybrid