Convention and Special Events Planner - Edmonton, Canada - Goodkey Show Services Ltd
1 week ago
Description
Work Term:
Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting:
- Willing to relocate
Tasks:
- Develop risk management plans
- Promote conference and meeting services or special events
- Develop and monitor emergency security plans
- Inspect and select sites
- Develop marketing and communication plans
- Develop media strategies and public relations activities
- Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers
- Prepare, present and manage budgets
- Develop financial procedures
- Develop sponsorship, partnership or fundraising programs
- Solicit event donors
- Review bids and negotiate costs
- Determine requirements for hospitality services, signage, multimedia equipment, printing and other technical services, and arrange for and manage contracts for these services
- Administer revenues and expenditures and assist in preparing financial reports
- Arrange for production or purchase of promotional products
- Arrange for shipping, receiving and storage
- Assist in budget preparation
- Assist in site selection and attend to related details
- Coordinate and monitor conference and meeting activities and attend to related details
- Coordinate media services
- Coordinate setups, staging, seating, parking, communication systems and other details for special events
- Confirm and coordinate speakers
- Implement registration systems
- Implement social programs, food and beverage, transportation, and other services
- Set up and monitor, or arrange for the setting up and monitoring of multimedia equipment
- Plan and arrange for accommodation and transportation services
- Plan and arrange for trade shows and exhibits
- Plan schedules, goals and objectives
- Develop registration systems and information materials
- Plan for required documentation and for pre
- Research and design special events programs
- Plan for VIP arrangements
- Plan for translation and interpretation services
- Plan for onsite offices
- Plan for traffic and crowd control and security
- Plan for social events and guest programs
- Develop policies and procedures and attend to other management responsibilities
- Prepare final financial and other reports
- Manage Event Logistics
- Plan and oversee Webinars
- Identify human resources requirements
- Develop and implement business plans
Supervision:
- Working groups
- Staff in various areas of responsibility
Area of work experience:
- Business
- Community service organization
- Conference and meeting planning companies
- Conference centres
- Convention centre
- Government department and/or agency
- Hotel, motel, resort
- Multipurpose facilities
- Professional association or organization
- Resort
- Sports and entertainment facilities
- Tourism associations
- Trade associations
- University or college
Health benefits:
- Paramedical services coverage
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