Monday, February 9, 2015

[KITlist] Event Coordinator (Santa Clara, CA)

 

Please direct your responses to: http://tinyurl.com/Working-With-CrawfordGroup


Crawford Group (www.crawfordgroup.com) is seeking a full time Event Coordinator for our client in Santa Clara. The Event Coordinator will be responsible for assisting the execution of our client's upcoming global user conference. This is a great opportunity for a highly creative professional with proven success supporting the execution of large scale events.

The Event Coordinator is hands-on in the day-to-day execution of events including operations, budgeting, execution, vendor management, analysis and reporting.

The ideal candidate is a passionate individual with a sense of humor who loves being a part of a winning team and thrives on making a difference.

Responsibilities:

Assist the Event Operations Manager in driving the infrastructure and processes required to successfully execute a large scale event (9000+ attendees)

Assist with executing event deliverables, logistics, registration, attendee housing, staffing, sponsorship activation and measurement and metric program

Participate in ongoing meetings taking relevant notes and action items that support the program leads

Report into and partner with Event Operations Manager for the following:

Event operations and planning for targeted events which include networking programs during the user conference

Manage timeline of the conference mobile app and attendee experience

Website project management, ensuring all teams are in sync and delivering assets needed for web updates and email communications (marcom/promotions, community team, content team) for updates and email deployments.

Communicate with agencies and vendors which support direct efforts and collaborate closely to develop and successfully execute events

Possible work with other event team members on other events as needed

Skills:

2-4 years prior experience providing logistics support for live events (meetings, conferences, trade shows, internal corporate events), in the fast paced B2B technology sector

Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and professionally

Requires a high level of initiative, attention to detail and the ability to follow through on assignments to completion

Enthusiasm, self-starter initiative with the ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team

Tech savvy, must embrace technology

Strong project management and interpersonal communications skills

Must have a sense of humor and get along well with colleagues

Creative thinker, open to idea exploration with strong problem solving/analytical abilities

Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite

BA in Marketing, Communications or similar

Rate: D.O.E. as a w2 employee of Crawford Group, benefits available

Location: Onsite at clients' offices in Santa Clara, CA. No phone calls, please.

Hours/Duration: Full time, 2/17/15 – 4/30/15

Interested? Please create a profile and upload your resume in Word format to:

http://tinyurl.com/Working-With-CrawfordGroup

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