Who are we?
No longer a ‘start up’, Kisaco Research is proud after five years of phenomenal growth to be a ‘stay up’ conference business. Five years ago we could see new markets emerging and old ones being disrupted. An opportunity for us to respond quickly, creating conferences for these new networks of scientists, venture capitalists and business executives to meet and inspire each other to act.
We are a business where, after reading an article in the business or consumer press, a small team working at pace and with ambition can take an abstract concept and turn it into a well-researched conference programme. We then host that meeting, six months later, anywhere from London, Sao Paulo, Tokyo and New York to Hong Kong and Silicon Valley. It’s exciting and exacting!
Kisaco is not a place for the faint hearted, we welcome both new grads with high IQ’s, grit and determination that we can develop and help learn quickly, as well as those with deeper business experience. We operate under tight deadlines and at pressure and not for everyone, but you will learn and develop quicker than in any other industry. And if you can handle that, you’ll thrive here and enjoy the smart ambitious people you’ll work alongside.
We hire people who want to make a mark, who see an opportunity and aren’t afraid to run with it. Our people are creative thinkers, problem solvers, effective communicators, relationship builders and commercially astute, but above all are team players who can roll their sleeves up and get stuck in from day 1. We strongly believe in giving responsibility early on in your career and know that a huge part of our success comes from this strategy, to keep the best people we support them in building their own ‘businesses within our business’. The sheer satisfaction of creating a meeting where people’s lives and careers can be changed for the better is going to be demanding but never stops feeling worthwhile.
Key Roles
We are growing our business rapidly to deliver on our ambitions in 2021 and to build our foundation for further growth in 2022 and have vacancies in Marketing, Sponsorship Sales, Audience Acquisition and Production. Please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected].
Graduate Training Program
Graduating in the summer of 2021 and interested in building your commercial experience with a fast growing B2B conference company?
Email [email protected] for more information and download our ‘Graduate Training programme’ here.
Our culture
The Kisaco culture is unique; warm, supportive, enthusiastic and fun. We work hard, but we also plan regular social and fundraising events, as well as Christmas and summer parties. Some people say their workplace is like a family, we’re not (who wants to work with their family?) but we would agree with analogy of a high performing sports team – rugby, athletics, football, whatever rocks your world; individually we work hard and are at the top of our game, but we come together as a team to deliver some truly market leading events across a whole host of industries worldwide.
We also pride ourselves on how we promote diversity, gender equality and inclusion. We have employees from all over the world (19 languages at last count) and truly believe that this contributes to making Kisaco a great place to be as we all bring something unique to what we offer to our clients. Kisaco’s Culture Day is becoming one of our favourite calendar events, last year we went on a culinary adventure from Puerto Rico, to Africa, Spain, Scotland and France. We then walked that off on a 26 mile hike along the Thames in June in support of Macmillan Cancer, more fun than it sounds.
We subscribe to the Chief Talent Officer at Netflix’s approach…
‘The best thing you can do for employees — a perk better than foosball or free sushi — is hire only “A” players to work alongside them. Excellent colleagues trump everything else’.
Meet the Team
What do we offer you?
Financially, we are committed to paying competitive salaries with generous commission schemes to reward the hard work you put in. We also actively promote a healthy work life balance with flexible working patterns this year, last year we added an extra 16 days holiday to the mix. Some employees work US hours to meet our client’s needs, some work school hours to meet their family needs, but more than that, we reward you with an opportunity to fast track your career.
We strongly believe in giving responsibility early on in your career and know that a huge part of our success comes from this strategy, to keep the best people we know we need to keep it challenging and reward the hard work.
With our focus on training and development from day 1, there’s no limit to where your career with Kisaco can take you. Where else can you learn the ins and outs of a successful conference business, master the art of prioritising and juggling a number of projects, learn from some truly inspirational people, build relationships at the most senior level within industry, and all within your first year.
We host twice-yearly company events, an extended chance to have fun, find out more about current company strategy and really recognise and reward our colleagues for great work. We have an active social and fundraising calendar, dress down Fridays, regular wellness activities and an openness to your ideas.
Thrilled to have made #27 in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 in 2020
Profiles
My journey with Kisaco Research began in 2018 as a Delegate Acquisition Executive. With a life sciences background, this sales position was an ideal role to combine my knowledge with new selling techniques, to demonstrate my understanding and an opportunity to generate revenue.
I successfully passed my probation with training and the support of my peers and managers. This wasn’t a simple period as it required mental strength and hard work. Very quickly I progressed to become a team leader as I took the responsibility of collating weekly reports and illustrating leadership skills to my peers. As a result I was given a clear career path to becoming a Sales Manager that was supported with internal and external management training.
I have never come across as unique a culture to operate in - one which uplifts your mood during those difficult days. The people you work with really have an impact on you My colleagues know how to have a good laugh as well as how to work hard. We have a healthy competitiveness as we all want to be the best seller, to be rewarded and recognised with weekly/monthly incentives.
Our company is growing at such a rapid pace and I’m proud to be a part of it. It provides me with an extra motivation knowing I’m part of the growth of connecting thousands across the globe who attend our events!
Exciting times lie ahead as I look forward to discovering new opportunities and challenges as I continue to grow here at Kisaco Research.
I joined Kisaco in 2019 in search of a smaller company atmosphere and a new challenge in a new section of the event industry. Within a month I was really pleased with the move I had made. I found the company to be such an open and progressive environment where ideas were shared across the teams and departments.
In Operations, our role now covers 2 different types of events: Live face-to-face and virtual. For face-to-face, jobs can range from coordinating AV and signage briefs to deciding on event lunch menus. We liaise heavily with the venues to decide on the room set up and onsite logistics. In the virtual world, we are responsible for creating the online event platform, setting up the live stream sessions and assisting delegates with their online experience. No day is ever the same which means we need to be prepared for anything!
One of my main reasons for taking the role was the travel side to the job. Since starting I have been lucky enough to have travelled to Brussels, Frankfurt, Mountain View - California and Austin - Texas. I always make the most of my free times in the evening to get out and see the local sites and eat the local cuisines, and look forward to this aspect of my role returning once international travel resumes.
Kisaco is a very welcoming, passionate company to work for. It is great to be part of a growing at such speed and working on such varied successful events.
I’ve been working in the finance team at Kisaco for over a year now and whilst I sit within a smaller department than most, from the start I felt very integrated into the business, working with people in all teams and at all levels. When I first joined Kisaco I was genuinely surprised by how diverse the business was, my colleagues are from all walks of life which makes it a really varied and exciting place to work.
Kisaco has an extremely fast paced environment which means every day is different and there are always new problems to solve. Kisaco are also very big on creating business minded individuals and I have attended multiple talks from external people on how to better yourself in the work environment, mentally and financially. The people here are always looking for ways to inject some fun into the workplace and even during Covid-19 when working remotely we have made the most of the situation with fancy dress days, a murder mystery Christmas party, walking challenges and more. Most of these things are born from someone seizing and idea and running with it – which is a definite theme to working at Kisaco!
When I first started at Kisaco Research I didn’t have any corporate experience and was really worried that I wont be able to fit in and understand the role. First week into Kisaco I was met with kindness and understanding which allowed for a comfortable training week and got rid of all the nerves and doubts I had as I quickly saw that I will receive a lot of support from each department to make sure I can do my day to day tasks. Got up and running in a month and my manager at the time didn’t just let me get on with it but thoughtout my probation period, I was guided and given constructive feedback helped me go from 10k months to 30k months +.
We have a great internal promotion process which allowed me to get promoted from Senior – Junior – Team leader – Manager in less than 2 years. For anyone who’s looking for progression, responsibility and a career path that’s mapped out with realistic goals for ambitious individuals. This is the place to be. Great culture and a DS Team that have an ideology that if 1 fails we all fail and it really shows, the way everyone is always helping each other is amazing, especially for new starters.
I have been working at Kisaco as a Commercial Partnerships Manager since November 2017. My previous experience in events was a placement year at another events company in the delegate acquisition team, so coming to Kisaco was a big step up and I was very well supported in my transition from the get-go.
My role is to work with organisations in respective industries to help meet their commercial objectives, from brand exposure to a dragons den style pitching session with start-ups. I aim to dig deep into the commercial goals of our partners and consequently advise ways we can partner which best aligns to meet these. I would say my role is quite pivotal to the success of the events I am working on as the targets I aim to meet and exceed are higher than the delegate revenue, so a lot is riding on me for overall event performance.
One of the best things about my role is having the flexibility to get creative on delivering great partnerships, particularly with global brands who are looking to tap into our start-up network. I’ve really enjoyed building our ‘In the Spotlight’ series, where start-ups apply to pitch their innovations to our partners such as Unilever, P&G and Beiersdorf. I also like the support I get from senior management to progress personally and as a project team. Although it’s been tricky throughout the pandemic, the social aspect of the company is a great laugh and I run the Kisaco FC football team which is good fun.