Overview
Corporate Events Planner Jobs in United States at Sunrise Systems, Inc.
Title: Corporate Events Planner
Company: Sunrise Systems, Inc.
Location: United States
100% Remote
Only on W2 – No C2C
Contract Duration: 06 Months Contract
- Open to any location but must be available to take a meeting at 4pm PT.
- This role will be supporting our CORE leadership meeting in October.
- Travel is required to Dallas and no time off the month of October.
- Person is required to be on site in Dallas 10/26-10/30.
- If person does well will most likely be extended to help with CORE meeting in the spring.
- Must have corporate even planning experience and managing large events (350-400).
- Must also be comfortable interaction with executive level stakeholders.
- Must have experience with contracts, vendors, menus, being onsite, budge, run of show docs, working with sales team and venues, hotels, transportations.
- Experience with Swoogo preferred
Technical Skills
Must Have
- Excellent communications skills, including clear, concise updates for CEO level stakeholders
- Experience in onsite event management, leading staff and vendor
- Experience with all phases of corporate event project management
- Experience with Swoogo preferred
- Experience working with travel agencies and ground transportation service providers
- Fluency in BEO and Hotel Operations including reading, editing and managing BEOs.
- Thrives in a high pressure, fast paced, high visibility onsite event leadership role
Job Description
- Plan and execute events that support the goals of the enterprise. Ensure successful execution of event from start to post-event evaluations.
- Plans and executes events, such as marketing and sales conferences, trade shows and customer related events
- Directs logistics, including registration and attendee tracking, presentation and materials support and pre- and post-event evaluations
- Procures vendor services
- Works with facility, exhibit set-up, equipment and catering requirements
- Provides on-site event support
- Research potential event locations and evaluate alternatives
- Prepares and tracks budgets, provides periodic progress reports for each event project
- Conducts post-event evaluations to determine how future events could be improved upon
- Regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment the in performance of his/her job duties
Job Specifications
- Typically has the following skills or abilities:
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, hospitality or related field or equivalent experience
- 2+ years in an event planner-oriented position
- Keen attention to detail and follow up / follow through are a must for this position
- Proficiency in Excel, PPT, Microsoft office
- Experience in budget and planning
- Experience managing all phases of multiple projects simultaneously, and adjust to continuously changing responsibilities and priorities
- Excellent communications skills
- Must be available to travel as needed
