Event Coordinator - Mississauga, Canada - Mississauga Convention Centre
Description
EVENT COORDINATOR
Mississauga Convention Centre is the industry leader in team development and offers unique opportunities for personal growth, regardless of where you are in your career. You will be sure to make meaningful, career-enhancing connections and lifelong friends along the way.
Event Coordinator is required for Mississauga Convention Centre who could plan and manage events with a variety of sizes and purposes.
The duties and responsibilities of an Event Coordinator are:
- Communicating with clients
- Reserving event space
- Creating Floorplans and Banquet event orders (BEOs)
- Coordinating event requirements between kitchen and banquet management staff
- Liaising and coordinating with clients to finalize their menus, and event details
- Recommendations for event themes, entertainers, decor, and other aspects.
- Establishing relationships with venues and vendors
- Collecting payments from clients
- Calculating billing amounts due
- Coordinate with in house electrical, internet and Audio/visual company
- Must check the event is set up as per floorplans and BEO before start of each event
- Must collect content for each event for marketing purposes
Event Coordinator skills and qualifications:
Successful Event Coordinators usually have excellent organizational skills and the ability to work with a variety of people and personalities.
Top skills and qualifications for Event Coordinators include:
- Customer service skills
- Must be proficient in using Event software
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Management skills
- Negotiation skills
- A basic understanding of the Hospitality Industry and what the events are usually like
- The ability to do basic math
- Preferable 2 years' experience in organizing events in Hotel/ Banquet Hall
- An understanding of social media and other marketing skills used to send invitations and promote events
- Knowledge of performance monitoring methods for events and the ability to create reports to guide future event coordination improvements
- Computer Skills
- Upselling for the venue is an asset
We are 7 days a week operation and need someone who can be flexible to our business and operational needs.
J_Dass
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