Senior Event Planner
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Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Senior Event Planner will serve as project leader on specific events coordinating teams that plan implement and manage all aspects of events. They will initiate and lead meetings with stakeholders to plan scope and format of events timeline design vendor sourcing and management visual and graphic design establish and monitor budgets and/or review administrative procedures and event progress.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage and support all strategic operations and logistical activities for meeting and event related projects.
- Organize facilities and manage all event details such as lodging catering setup entertainment transportation registration AV and production technology.
- Maintain report and forecast meeting budgets.
- Use technology to manage the planning processes for meeting including meeting registrations approvals budget and actual spend calendars meeting logistics attendee registrations etc.
- Negotiate with vendors to secure contracts maintain budgets and ensure event needs are met.
- Conduct research find resources and make recommendations regarding event possibilities.
- Design and build websites that provide exceptional user experience and maintain efficient backend attendee management and reporting.
- Understand the unique needs of different types of events.
- Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with dealers exhibitors vendors and internal staff.
- Partner with Marketing and other stakeholders in the development of communication plans and materials including invitations promotional materials meeting websites and other meeting/event collateral.
- Support execution of delivery in line with the overall strategy.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- 8 years of experience in the field of meeting and event planning.
- Bachelor s degree in business administration marketing meeting management public relations communications hospitality or equivalent work experience required.
- Cvent experience (Meeting/Registration development On Arrival Mobile App/Attendee Hub) required.
- Strong knowledge of program/event management and budget maintenance. Exposure to project planning/forecasting financial implications.
- Excellent computer skills knowledge of Microsoft Office tools CRM Systems Concur & ability to learn new technology quickly.
- Cvent certified preferred.
- Sourcing experience preferred.
- Executive/VIP planned experience preferred.
- Ability to work with minimal direction required.
- Ability to travel up to 20% required.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Sales Experience
- Time Management
- Marketing
- Catering
- Hotel Experience
- Organizational skills
- Hospitality Experience
- Event Planning
- Events Management
- Eloqua
- Event Marketing
- negotiation
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