- Manage all aspects of event planning meeting strict deadlines and budget demands
- Nuture and build relationships with vendors and other industry contacts to craft and implement creative and logistcal aspects of all events
- Stay current, and often ahead of the curve, on event planning, design, and production trends, proactively identifying and solving operational challenges
- Coordinate with internal staff, clients, vendors, and other others to establish needs for events, and serve as liasion to senior level executives, government officials, and industry leaders throughout the planning process
- Research resources, make site visits, and lead pre-event meetings when necessary to help staff make decisions about event design
- Provide feedback and periodic reports to stakeholders
- Propose ideas to improve provided services and event quality
- Organize facility and manage all event’s details such as décor, catering, entertainment, transportation, location, invitee list, special guests, equipment, promotional material
- Ensure compliance with insurance, legal, health and safety obligations
- Cooperate with marketing to promote and publicize event
- Proactively handle any arising issues and troubleshoot any emerging problems on the event day
- Conduct pre- and post- event evaluations and report on outcomes
- Research market, identify event opportunities and generate interest