Conferences & Events Comms lead

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation. As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next‑generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth.

With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry‑first model which brings together the best of in‑house and 3rd party capability. We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations:
Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.

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This isn't a traditional event management or demand-generation marketing role. You'll lead how VOIS shows up at third‑party industry conferences, sponsor ships and executive speaking opportunities, from deciding where and how we participate to shaping the audience experience, narrative and content that brings our presence to life - bringing that all to life through activating the chosen events.

You’ll develop event concepts and messaging, executive talk tracks and speaker content, roundtable materials, customer‑facing collateral and social/editorial content before, during and after events. Managing, executing and attending VOIS' appearance at flagship conferences and small hosted events throughout the year, you'll measure success and set ongoing direction.

• Execute the annual VOIS industry events attendance and sponsorship strategy, ensuring investment is aligned to brand, reputation and commercial goals.
• Assess and prioritise event opportunities, sponsorship packages and speaking opportunities against commercial, marketing and communications objectives.
• Build business cases and recommendations for event investments, evaluating expected value, audience relevance, brand visibility and return on investment.
• Lead planning and execution of approximately six or more strategic industry event activations annually.
• Evaluate event requests and sponsorship opportunities to ensure alignment with agreed business objectives.
• Determine how VOIS presents itself externally across industry events, conferences and sponsor ships.
• Develop event narratives, positioning, messaging frameworks and content plans aligned to VOIS priorities and growth objectives.
• Create keynote outlines, panel talking points, speaker briefs and supporting content for executives and subject matter experts.
• Own integrated event communications plans covering pre‑event, live‑event and post‑event activation.
• Coordinate digital, social media, public relations and content activity to maximise event visibility and audience engagement.
• Partner with digital marketing, communications and service tower stakeholders to ensure events are supported by integrated campaigns.
• Measure event effectiveness and provide recommendations for future investment based on quantitative and qualitative outcomes.
• Manage event agencies and external suppliers where required.
• Ensure alignment with Vodafone Business and Vodafone Group event strategies, messaging and brand standards.
• Provide strategic guidance and support for wider VOIS service tower participation in industry events and conferences.
• Represent VOIS at selected events, building relationships with stakeholders, partners, customers and…