Summits Trainee

**Company: POLITICO**

POLITICO Live is seeking a Summits Trainee to join its Brussels-based Events team starting in** January 2024 for a period of 6 months.**

In this role, you will contribute to the content production of POLITICO summits programs, and you will learn how to recruit and manage top level speakers, draft content for our marketing communications, manage the regular communication with events sponsors and coordinate the successful delivery of the event on the day.

As Summits involve cross-platform elements (print and online) and the input of many different constituents, the Summits Trainee interacts with colleagues from a wide range of departments across the company, including Editorial, Sales, Marketing and Logistics.

POLITICO Live is the live extension of our journalism, providing a platform for coverage and analysis of the ideas and people driving politics and policy. Our mission is to amplify the impact of our journalism and illuminate, through our diverse formats, the most important political and policy issues facing Europe.

**What You’ll Do**

Program development:

- Train with the Live Editor and draft Summit programs that are aligned with the newsroom and market needs
- Monitor competitors’ landscape and industry trends to help produce business plans

Speakers’ recruitment and management:

- Train with the Summits Portfolio Manager and the Live Editor to recruit and manage speakers
- Prepare invitation templates and send speaker invites
- Set up speakers pre-summit briefing calls as well as supporting documentation
- Manage some speaker liaison throughout the project development and onsite at the summit
- Train to create and update the summits microsites, apps etc
- Ensure a constant update of the database throughout the production process

Clients' relationship assistance:

- Train to handle client relationship and assist in preparing kick-off and debrief calls with sponsors
- Assist with the preparation of weekly calls, and implementation of client benefits (logo visibility, guest registration, briefing documents, etc.)

Logistics:

- Train with the Live Operations Manager to ensure a smooth delivery of high-quality summits
- Prepare notes and a detailed agenda for event moderators
- Assist with the coordination stage set up, catering, badges, distribution materials, hosts/esses
- Prepare all the necessary materials to deliver a smooth summit
- Manage summits’ delegate app content

Marketing support:

- Prepare marketing briefs

**What You’ll Need**
- Min Bachelor’s Degree
- The ability to multitask, excellent communication and organizational skills
- Knowledge of the function of the European Union and the process of its policies.
- News savvy, enthusiastic about digital journalism and the political sphere
- Fluency in English; knowledge of other languages, such as French, German, Spanish and/or Italian is a plus.

**About POLITICO**

POLITICO is a global news and information company at the intersection of politics and policy. It is the essential online, mobile and print destination for the most influential people in the world. With publications based in Washington, D.C., New York, London, and Brussels, POLITICO boasts an enormous roster of the most talented reporters and editors in the world.

**Equal Opportunity**

It is POLITICO's policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, gender, age or any other characteristic protected by local laws and regulations.

**Application Instructions & Further Details**

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send a CV and motivation letter in English outlining why you’re right for this role.

Note: This is a paid traineeship and does not require applicants to be current students.
- Location: Brussels_
- Employment level: Full-time_
- Type of role: Specialists_

Updated: 14/11/2023
Job ID: 00438

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