Festival Assistant - London, United Kingdom - CogX

CogX

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 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 leadership, creativity and innovation.

A social media platform and festival for global change makers.

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic sector-leading Operations 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.

About the Role:

The CogX Festival, now in its seventh year, is looking for a talented Festival Assistant to join our team.

Reporting to the Festival Director, the Festival Assistant will help deliver a successful CogX Festival 2023 through supporting the Festival Director & wider Festival Teams to aid productivity and deliver excellent administrative assistance.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsibilities & Key Duties to include:

Support the Festival Leadership Team including Festival Director, Operations Director, Editorial Director and wider events team including marketing, design and commercial on the Festival.
Provide administrative support to facilitate the smooth running of the events programme including coordinating events mailings, logístical administration, delegate processing, and day to day administration.
Support Festival Team on various projects where required & maintenance of the Festival project tracker & database.
Undertake ad hoc activities that arise during the festival period as required by the Festival Director.
Organising calendars and liaising/scheduling calls and meetings with clients and the Festival team.
Supporting international travel arrangements and schedules.
Ensure all event processes and procedures are documented and maintained. We continually look to find improved ways of working that create efficiencies, improve the member and delegate experience and reduce administration time.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

Experience

An interest in working in large scale events, and ideally some previous event experience.
Self motivation and ability to work on your own initiative.
Previous administrative experience & attention to detail is crucial.
Excellent use of Gmail and extended G Suite.
Exceptional time management & organisation skills.
Great client/customer service both telephone & facetoface.
Highly literate & numerate.
A professional, mature and flexible cando attitude.
Able to follow instructions and work as part of a team and on own initiative.

About CogX:

CogX is a purpose driven company focused on building the world's biggest platform and community for leadership, creativity and innovation.

A social media platform and festival for global change makers.

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic sector leading Operations 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?"._

We are backed by the UK's most successful investors.

There are 2 parts to the business.

The revolutionary CogX knowledge app and platform, which enables you to knowledge share and learn from the experts that matter directly to you.

Whilst the CogX Festival which in 2023 is hosting its 7th edition.

The CogX Festival - The world's largest Festival of leadership, creativity and innovation - its where everything is possible. 2023 will see the biggest and most ambitious event yet, taking place across the O2 and Canary Wharf estates. 120,000 people, 20 stages, 2000 speakers, 1000 expo stands. Covering 20 topics from AI/DeepTech, Global Leadership, Future of Energy, Startup Innovation/IPO to Health and the Global Economy.

CogX is a community bringing together global leaders, technology industry, economists and the public at scale to explore the biggest transformation opportunities of our time and address the question, "How do we get the next 10 years right?".

Co-founded by trailblazing serial tech entrepreneur Charlie Muirhead (Orchestream, Nexagent & Rightster) and Tabitha G