The Role:
CogX is seeking an Associate for its Intelligence & Research Unit based in CogX’s office in Marylebone Place, Bond Street, London. The role will support the Intelligence & Research Director with thought leadership and writing weekly briefings on some of the world’s most influential topics, including the impact of AI, the future of technology and economic progress.
About CogX
CogX Festival is Europe's leading festival of inspiration, impact & change across Transformational Technologies. In the past 6 years the Festival has had over 1,000 speakers across each event, over 30,000 in-person attendees and over 850,000 online viewers of its 2022 edition.
Covering topics from technology leadership to ethics to health and our planet, all seek to address our aims and mission question "How do we get the next 10 years right?".
Our festival combines the magic of an in-person experience and exclusive side events with a broadcast scale reach of 5m catch up online audience. Our previous world class speakers included Tony Fadell, John Kerry, Mary Robinson and Daphne Koller to name a few. Our community & alumni partners have an array of global organisations and include Google, Sony, Vice, Goldman Sachs, BBC, Barclays, ThoughtWorks, BT, NHS, Tesla, Warner Music Group, PWC and Microsoft. We are backed by the UK’s most successful investors.
At CogX we address the most critical challenges and opportunities of our time, whilst driving and galvanising the partnerships needed to make a difference to our mission statement. This is supported by 40 amazing people that make up our team.
You will help grow CogX Intelligence and advance an innovative culture that thrives on shared success. The Intelligence and Research Unit was created to provide a CogX view on some of the most interesting questions of the day. In your role you will research, write and publish thought leadership across different channels. If you’re intellectually curious and are looking for a challenging career where you think about some of the biggest issues facing the world, and want to work in a vibrant environment with access to a global network of experts, this could be the role for you.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a researcher and writer of regularly published CogX content including weekly briefings.
- Research and help draft thought leadership papers on a variety of topics such as AI, economic growth and tech transformation.
- Keep on top of the latest trends and developments in CogX’s 10 Festival topic tracks, including AI, and help shape the thought leadership that CogX provides.
- Support the Festival Content & Booking Team with input into the Festival content curation including suggested speakers and topics.
- Help CogX’s aim to be a “Do Tank” and ensure the ideas discussed at CogX translate into real action.
- Analyse and monitor the impact of CogX thought leadership, including interaction with the CogX community and help drive increased engagement .
Skills and Experience:
- Act as a researcher and writer of regularly published CogX content including weekly briefings.
- Research and help draft thought leadership papers on a variety of topics such as AI, economic growth and tech transformation.
- Keep on top of the latest trends and developments in CogX’s 10 Festival topic tracks, including AI, and help shape the thought leadership that CogX provides.
- Support the Festival Content & Booking Team with input into the Festival content curation including suggested speakers and topics.
- Help CogX’s aim to be a “Do Tank” and ensure the ideas discussed at CogX translate into real action.
- Analyse and monitor the impact of CogX thought leadership, including interaction with the CogX community and help drive increased engagement .
CogX is a purpose driven company focused on building the world’s biggest platform and community for leadership, creativity and innovation.. A social media platform and festival for global change makers. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic sector leading Operations team and a community of the most inclusive and forward-thinking leaders, CEOs, tech entrepreneurs, scientists, policy makers, artists, and activists in the world.
At CogX we address the most critical challenges and opportunities of our time, driving and galvanising the partnerships needed to make a difference to our mission statement “How do we get the next 10 years right?”. Our community & alumni partners have an array of global organisations and include Google, Sony, Vice, Goldman Sachs, BBC, Barclays, ThoughtWorks, BT, NHS, Tesla, Warner Music Group, PWC and Microsoft. We are backed by the UK’s most successful investors.
There are 2 parts to the business. The revolutionary CogX knowledge app and platform, which enables you to knowledge share and learn from the experts that matter directly to you. Whilst the CogX Festival which in 2023 is hosting its 7th edition.
The CogX Festival - The world's largest Festival of leadership, creativity and innovation - its where everything is possible. 2023 will see the biggest and most ambitious event yet, taking place across the O2 and Canary Wharf estates. 120,000 people, 20 stages, 2000 speakers, 1000 expo stands. Covering 20 topics from AI/DeepTech, Global Leadership, Future of Energy, Startup Innovation/IPO to Health and the Global Economy.
CogX is a community bringing together global leaders, technology industry, economists and the public at scale to explore the biggest transformation opportunities of our time and address the question, “How do we get the next 10 years right?”.
Co-founded by trailblazing serial tech entrepreneur Charlie Muirhead (Orchestream, Nexagent & Rightster) and Tabitha Goldstaub, MBE - Chair of the UK Government's AI Council and Creator of How To Talk To Robots; CogX aims to seek top talent from all industries and diverse backgrounds to join our team. People who succeed at CogX have something in common—they are tenacious, energetic and they strive to change the world and create positive impact.
The company is backed by many of the UK’s most successful Angel Investors and has a pipeline of over 100 enterprise clients for its unique “always on” knowledge sharing and thought leadership platform.