Event Assistant Jobs

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About the Position: The Event Assistant, is responsible for overseeing particular tasks throughout the event planning process.

Responsibilities

• Planning event details
• Creating reliable financial reports and collecting payments on time
• Planning for potential scenarios that could impact the integrity of the event
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with vendors and venues
• Promotions and sales
• Maintaining a working knowledge of the complex needs of a wide variety of client products and customer queries
• Managing events and addressing potential problems that may arise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Event Assistant are required to network with a wide variety of entities in the course of their job.
• Team Management: Event Assistant carry out many tasks on their own, but a major aspect of the job is working with a team. Delegating to a team properly and making sure everyone has what they need to do their job requires team management and leadership skills.
• Budgeting: Every event comes with a cost, and it’s the Event Assistant’s job to keep those costs within the allocated budget. This will require a degree of financial skill as well as the ability to create accurate reports.
• Logistics: Everything in an event, from the seating to the entertainment, must be set up in a practical and useful manner for the guests. To accomplish this, the Event Assistant must possess a degree of skill in logistics to properly plan the details and anticipate potential problems that may arise.