Contractor - Conference Assistant
7 months ago
Overview:
Your job as an
**Attendee Acquisition Specialist** at IDC would be to primarily support the international Event team of 12+ people in the organization of Conferences, Summits and Custom events to help maintain high quality of the delivery. During your time with IDC, you will work on Events across the MEA region, mainly in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, as well as Egypt.
**Type of contract**:Full-time, temporary (6 months, renewable)
**Working model**: on-site
**Start date**:our team is ready to onboard you immediately :)
**VISA**:Please note that we do not provide VISA sponsorship for this role
**Responsibilities**:
- Securing registrations by telephone follow-up, keeping registration lists up to date, and providing reports on the number and structure of registrants based on strategies and attendee lists provided and outlined by IDC.
- Doing follow up & reminder calls to registrants, answering their questions, and providing information relating to the events.
- Fostering and maintaining strong relationships with current and potential attendees.
- Following up on leads generated through various channels to encourage event registration.
- Building and maintaining a contact database for IDC conferences and events in Middle East.
- Gathering feedback from attendees to enhance future events.
Qualifications:
- Excellent polite and professional verbal communication in Arabic & English.
- A first experience in a similar role such as in sales tele-calling or customer service.
- Enjoy/know how to do some basic research on the internet and have working knowledge of Excel.
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
- The ability to work independently and collaboratively with their team.
- Flexibility in their personal life to attend a few events outside of standard working hours.
**Perks & benefits**
A friendly, collaborative team
- A position in a highly professional and respected firm, where initiative leading to results is rewarded.
- You will become part of a dynamic, international and trained network with a driven and collaborative culture.
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