Event Assistant intern - Toronto, Canada - Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Discover Your Impact

You know those big cities that still feel like small towns? Where everyone's friendly and helps each other out? That's like Grant Thornton.

Except here we're all professionals and there isn't a mayor or a general store.

What we're trying to say is that we're a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community.

We employ over 2500 people across Canada, and we truly care about our colleagues, our clients and the communities where we work and live.

That's what's most important to us. We're building a thriving organization that's purpose driven and still want to remember what your favourite milkshake flavour is.

Discover what success feels like here
If you're a bit like us, you're driven to connect with how others are feeling and thinking. Here we walk in others shoes before taking action.

Just imagine being part of a team that puts "we before me", where flexAbility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back.

At Grant Thornton, you'll work with inspiring leaders who support your development, both personally and professionally.

This is a place where your insatiable curiosity enables you to think, see and hear from a variety of perspectives, a place where every day is different and having the courage to grow is part of who you are.

And when all this comes together, well that's when the magic happens

Discover your voice within an award-winning culture

Grant Thornton has been recognized by the Great Place To Work Institute for 14 years in a row as one of Canada's best workplaces.

We were also recognized as a Great Place to Work in 2020 for Today's Youth. This is your opportunity to experience what our culture is like for yourself

We believe flexibility in our way of working is essential to creating a culture and environment that enables our firm to achieve our Purpose to help our clients, colleagues and communities thrive.

Discover Your Best Self
Imagine working for an organization that believes in the power of authenticity in everything that we do.

Whether you're working on a client file, lobster fishing in Nova Scotia or rock-climbing in the Rockies we want you to bring your whole self to work.

You'll be a part of a team where leadership is shared, and your colleagues at all levels are fiercely committed to your development.

As part of a global organization, with offices in more than 130 countries and across Canada, you'll have opportunities to connect and learn globally.

As an Event Assistant your responsibilities will include:

Work collaboratively to support and assist with the coordination and execution of multiple in-person events.
Plan and support setup of virtual training or larger trainingrelated calls, including tracking participation, managing the web chat, and supporting technology needs.
Assist with updating and sending event communications and invites, as well as maintain detailed tracking for RSVPs and event registration
Manage eventrelated rooming lists, providing timely changes to hotel contacts.
Responsible for organizing all eventrelated materials, including sourcing, printing and shipping to venues (for inperson events)
Print & ship onsite participation lists, name badges and other eventrelated materials
Walk in other's shoes and visualize the experience from the attendee's perspective in order to make innovative suggestions which will help elevate and add value to events, as well as help foresee possible issues before they arise
Demonstrate creativity and initiative at every opportunity to help continue to improve the support we provide to our colleagues
Incorporate Grant Thornton's vision and purpose into everything you do
Other various tasks and projects related to Events and People and Culture Engagement as required

Think you've got what it takes to be an Event Assistant? Like the colour purple? Great.

Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

1+ years prior experience with inperson and/or virtual event coordination
Knowledge of or experience with one or more virtual event/training platforms (e.g. Zoom, MS Teams, WebEx, Kaltura etc.)
Intermediate to advanced computer skills
MS Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Knowledge of or experience with different Learning Management Systems considered an asset
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that build positive and strong relationships
Outstanding organizational and time/project management abilities
Exceptional attention to detail and proven ability to prioritize with an eye to consistently producing highquality work and meeting deadlines in a demanding environment
Selfstarter with creative problemsolving skills and a proven ability to be resourceful and proactive to obtain information needed to complete tasks
Demonstrated adaptability to interact with a diverse team of people and projects and exercise so