Event Coordinator

Mercom India is located in Bangalore and is a subsidiary of U.S. based Mercom Capital Group. Mercom India provides research, news, and communications services for clean energy organizations in the Indian market.

Mercom Communications India is located in Bangalore and provides research, news, and communications services for clean energy organizations in the Indian market.

Responsibilities

This position will be responsible for planning, execution, and marketing of Mercom events (virtual events, webinars, and physical conferences) from start to finish.

Mercom will host virtual conferences and physical conferences.

We are looking for a candidate who is motivated, organized, and detail-oriented, a self-starter, a problem solver, and has a positive attitude.

We also want someone who is a team player and will care about the brands we are creating.

Please go through our website, www.mercomindia.com. If this sounds like a good opportunity and you want to be part of a growing organization, please email us explaining why you would be a great candidate and including your resume.
• Plan events from start to finish according to requirements, target audience, and objectives
• Develop a strategy to enhance the event’s success
• Work with our sales team to secure event sponsorships
• Prepare and meet budgets
• Assist in developing conference sessions
• Secure speakers and presenters for the conference sessions
• Handle all the logistics of speakers and presenters
• Correspond with presenters from invitation, securing speakers and ensuring they are present on time on the day of the event
• Coordinate awards and presentations
• Source and negotiate with venues, vendors, and suppliers
• Oversee branding and design of the event collateral
• Assist in procuring event management software, booking venues, hotels, food, and beverages, etc.
• Coordinate all operations of the event on a day-to-day basis
• Implement event pricing strategy, including early-bird pricing, VIP pricing, group discounts, etc.
• Arrange ticketing for events and monitor ticket sales / registrations
• Lead all marketing activities for events, including print, digital marketing, advertising, contests, giveaways, etc.
• Organize training / demo sessions with speakers to get familiar with software
• Market and organize webinars from beginning to end
• Ensure event is completed smoothly and step in to resolve any problems that might occur
• Analyze the event’s success and prepare reports including attendee survey
• Lead advertising, sponsorship, and partnership activity
• Secure government speakers and presenters for events and ensure they are handled until the end

Qualifications
• Excellent communication skills
• Must be extremely proficient in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Zoom, GoTo Meeting, WebEx
• Experience in developing and implementing marketing campaigns
• Experience in driving sales initiatives, including the generation and conversion of leads
• Email marketing experience, preferably with Mailchimp
• Must have experience developing marketing collateral and presentations
• Knowledge of basic HTML and WordPress
• Must have sound English speaking, writing and editing skills please do not apply is you cannot provide a writing sample showing your English writing proficiency
• Must have experience in managing virtual events & physical conferences