Key Responsibilities:  

• Owning and delivering the editorial calendar across priority energy themes, aligned with industry developments and flagship summits.

• Leading the planning and delivery of high-quality editorial content including interviews, analysis, reports, and post-event coverage.

• Building and managing editorial partnerships with industry leaders, analysts, and media partners to ensure credible, consistent content delivery.

• Coordinating senior-level interviews and thought leadership with policymakers, executives, and speakers.

• Working closely with Marketing and Campaign teams to amplify summit visibility through strategic content across digital channels.

• Overseeing newsletters, podcasts, webinars, and sponsored content in line with commercial and editorial objectives.

• Ensuring editorial standards, tone, and quality across all outputs, from commissioning through to publication.

• Assisting with the PR activity relating to the conference portfolio, researching material for press releases, building relationships with relevant press and partners.

• Working with key media & association partners to secure valuable external publications.

Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours:

• Established editorial experience within journalism, energy, infrastructure, or policy-driven media, with a proven track record of delivering credible, independent content for senior decision-makers.

• Energy sector experience is desirable, with a strong understanding of Africa’s energy landscape (or the demonstrated ability to rapidly build deep subject-matter expertise).

• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with experience producing interviews, analysis, reports, and event-aligned coverage to a high editorial standard.

• Confident senior-level stakeholder partnership management, comfortable working with ministers, CEOs, investors, analysts, and policymakers, while coordinating contributors, partners, and internal teams.

• Strong digital capability across newsletters, podcasts, webinars, and CMS platforms for publishing, with the ability to align editorial output with marketing, events, and commercial objectives.

• Resilient, motivated and a starter/finisher, with keen eye for detail are essential.

• Highly organised with excellent time management skills.

• Mature and reliable – a team player.

• Easily adaptable to changing markets and situations.

• Enthusiastic and confident with a problem-solving approach to tasks.

• Positive attitude and passion for delivering results-driven campaigns.

• Creative and imaginative.

• Commercially minded and motivated to succeed.

• The ability to articulate and be naturally persuasive.

• Diligent and thorough approach to projects.

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Excellent communicator - great verbal and written communications skills that can translate complex data/technology in a simple way to a range of stakeholders.

• Must be able to work four days in the office and have flexibility to travel when needed.

• An interest in Africa’s energy and infrastructure sector and a strong willingness to learn about the sector.

Clarion Events is one of the world’s leading event organisers, producing and delivering innovative and market-leading events since 1947. (https://clarionevents.com/welcome)   

Clarion Events embrace diversity and equal opportunities in all that we do. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  

Clarion is private equity backed and owned by Blackstone. Blackstone is one of the world’s leading global investment funds, investing capital for the long term in order to build successful, resilient businesses. (https://www.blackstone.com/)    

Our purpose is to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and experiences, by making every connection count.   

Our vision is we want every one of our products to be a market leader in customer satisfaction and delight. 

Benefits

Equal Opportunities

We encourage employees to be open and confident and recognise that every member of the team makes a vital contribution.

Clarion embraces equality, diversity and inclusion and seeks to promote these principles in all of our business activities.

When recruiting new employees or providing opportunities for promotion, we will:

• Recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of background, and make the best use of their talents;

• Ensure that no person is unlawfully discriminated against;

• Select the best person for the role based on their skills, qualifications and abilities.

This statement sets out our commitment to equal opportunities and to preventing discrimination in the workplace.