Event Planner - Vancouver, Canada - DUSHAN FLOWERS INC.
3 weeks ago
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: College, CEGEP or other nonuniversity certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting:
- Retail/wholesale establishment/distribution centre
Tasks:
- Develop risk management plans
- Promote conference and meeting services or special events
- Inspect and select sites
- Develop marketing and communication plans
- Develop media strategies and public relations activities
- Develop financial procedures
- Determine requirements for hospitality services, signage, multimedia equipment, printing and other technical services, and arrange for and manage contracts for these services
- Arrange for shipping, receiving and storage
- Assist in budget preparation
- Assist in site selection and attend to related details
- Coordinate media services
- Coordinate setups, staging, seating, parking, communication systems and other details for special events
- Set up and monitor, or arrange for the setting up and monitoring of multimedia equipment
- Plan for social events and guest programs
Supervision:
- 34 people
Computer and technology knowledge:
- Google Docs
- MS Excel
- MS Office
- MS Outlook
- MS Word
- Adobe Photoshop
Area of work experience:
- Conference and meeting planning companies
- Conference centres
- Convention centre
- Hotel, motel, resort
- Resort
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Attention to detail
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Fastpaced environment
- Overtime required
Own tools/equipment:
- Cellular phone
- Internet access
Personal suitability:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Organized
- Team player
- Time management
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or oncall work?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
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