H Company - Speaking ops and Trade partnerships specialist
Requirements
• 2 to 6 years of experience in events, speaker management, partnerships, communications or business development, ideally in B2B tech, AI or a fast-growing startup. • Native-level English, with excellent written and spoken communication. French is a plus. • Strong relationship-building skills and comfort dealing with senior executives, organisers and agencies. • Highly organised, with attention to detail and reliable follow-through, since you will manage calendars and logistics across several time zones. • Good commercial judgement: you can weigh an opportunity, negotiate terms and say no politely. • A genuine interest in AI, and the ability to learn enough about our technology to brief a speaker and hold your own with organisers. • Nice to have: experience at a speaker bureau, conference or trade-show organiser, or in executive communications. • What success looks like: within [6 months], H has a clear, prioritised speaking calendar, every confirmed commitment is honoured, and our leaders appear on the stages that matter most for our customers and investors. • What success looks like: • The H mindset: Ship fast, learn faster. Speak honestly, act kindly. • 2 to 6 years of experience in social media, content or communications, ideally in B2B tech, AI or a fast-growing startup. • Native-level English with excellent writing and storytelling. A portfolio of your work. • Real interest in AI, and the ability to explain complex technical topics to different audiences. • Experience running campaigns and using analytics to improve them: you have already created content that truly gained traction. • Comfort working across research, product, sales and leadership, and moving fast with little supervision. • Trustworthy: you will be working on the personal reputation of a senior executives. • Nice to have: short-form video editing, community experience with developers, French. • What success looks like: within 3 months, H Company has a clear editorial line, a regular publishing rhythm, and a visibly stronger, more engaged audience among our target enterprise and developer communities. • What this role is not • A freelance role, the role requires to be fully integrated to the teams. • A traditional community manager role focused on posting product updates three times a week. We are looking for someone who thinks strategically about reputation, brings original ideas, and understands the difference between visibility and impact. • Location • This role is based in Paris (Grands Boulevards). Our teams work across USA, France and the UK. This role is hybrid, and you are expected to be in the office 3 days a week on average.
Responsibilities
• Run H’s speaking programme:, starting with managing every inbound invitation and distributing them across leaders • Proactively pitch H speakers to the right conferences, and keep a clear calendar for our CEO, COO, product and research leaders. • Assess each event against clear criteria (audience quality, prestige, format, media reach, strategic fit and geography) and give leadership a recommendation they can decide on quickly. • Build and manage relationships with conference organisers, speaker bureaus, trade associations and media partners across France, the UK, the US and the rest of Europe. • Negotiate and manage event and trade partnerships, from speaking slots and sponsorships to co-hosted events and media partnerships, working with Marketing and Sales on budget and return. • Prepare our speakers for every appearance: bios, talking points, briefing notes, Q&A prep, logistics and audience background. • Keep every commitment. Confirm early, plan replacements in advance, and never cancel or downgrade a speaking slot at the last minute without leadership’s decision. • Turn each event into value: coordinate with Social and Content on coverage, with Sales on meetings and leads, and with the team on thank-you notes and follow-up. • Keep the speaking pipeline, partner contacts and event outcomes up to date in one source of truth, and report on what worked.
Benefits
• Direct access to leadership, the researchers and engineers building the technology. • Collaborative, multicultural team that works on AI and real life enterprise problems. • Learning and growth, team hackathons, offsites and moments to celebrate wins together. • If you want to change the status quo in AI, join us.
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