Events and Marketing Assistant shecco Brussels, Belgium

Interested in exciting projects in the environmental field, as part of a young, dynamic and international team in Brussels?

shecco is an integrated Marketing & Communications company supporting the introduction of climate friendly technologies, with a special focus on natural refrigerants and electric vehicle technology. Our philosophy is to bring these technologies faster to the market in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible and thereby “sustaining our atmosphere”. 

To support its activities in the area of event planning and in the organisation of policy and industry meetings as well as to support our marketing team in customer relations and sales, shecco is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced Events and Marketing Assistant.

Estimated start date: November/December 2012.

Mission

The Events and Marketing Assistant will support the events and marketing team, ensuring the delivery of high quality events and strengthening our customer relations. This will include all aspects of organising an event such as planning, practical and logistical preparation, website management, as well as on-site execution and post-event tasks. You will be involved in the management of all shecco events ranging from high profile conferences to smaller meetings in Europe, USA and Asia. The purpose of these events in general is to bring leading policy and industry experts from all around the globe together to discuss and influence the future of climate friendly technologies. Beside the events management she/he will be involved in getting in contact with existing and potential industry customers.

More specifically, some of the tasks will be:

• Communication and coordination with participants, speakers, sponsors or partners;
• Drafting of articles about the events and partner companies, email campaigns, press releases and other marketing material;
• Updating events websites, e.g. speaker’s bios, programme updates, presentations, Twitter;
• Updating industry platforms (R744.com, ammonia21.com, hydrocarbons21.com, R718.com) with product and company information;
• Logistical support before, during, and after an event;
• Assisting in preparation of budgets & time schedules, preparing project and marketing plans;
• Managing all questions relating to registration, creating visa letters, assisting with travel arrangements etc.;
• Provision of on-site support: from setting up exhibition booths to collecting evaluation forms;
• Post-event tasks: participant feedback, lessons learned, drafting content-related reports, sponsor and speaker follow-up;
• Assisting in planning and execution of ATMOsphere America, ATMOsphere UNIDO and ATMOsphere Asia;
• Assisting in planning and execution of events for lobbying campaigns, trade shows, industry meetings etc in our offices in Brussels.

The position is a mixture of organisational, communicative, creative and administrative tasks, requiring a personality with a flexible and positive mindset.

Profile/Requirements

• Very strong interest in planning and organizing events;
• Sociable, ‘people person’;
• Very good time management and keen eye for detail;
• Strong interest in environmental issues;
• Quick learner, proactive approach, and hands-on;
• Team player also able to work autonomously;
• Must be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines;
• Excellent multi-tasking capabilities;
• Should be able to travel when needed;
• Flexible, must be able to work overtime when needed.

Requirements

• University degree (Marketing, European Studies, Environmental Studies or similar);
• Proven experience in the organisation of conferences, workshops, seminars, university events or similar;
• Marketing experience;
• Sales experience a plus;
• Excellent written and spoken English, ideally mother tongue;
• Additional languages a plus.

Conditions

• Paid Internship (Convention d’Immersion Professionelle) for a 12 months period;
• This internship is intended to lead to permanent employment (based on performance).

Application via http://www.shecco.com/jobs/events-and-marketing-assistant.php

Deadline: Wednesday, 31 October 2012.