4494-Corporate Meetings & Events Planner

Santa Clara, CA (On-site)

$55/hr – $60/hrMid Level5+ years expContract

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end corporate meetings and events lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams to plan, budget, and execute in-person, virtual, and hybrid events while driving post-event improvements.

  • Own event lifecycles from planning to post-event review
  • Manage budgets, timelines, and vendor relationships
  • Collaborate across teams to support executive meetings and hybrid experiences

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to plan and execute business objectives
  • Manage detailed project plans, timelines, deliverables, and event production schedules
  • Coordinate end-to-end event logistics, including venue coordination, catering, audiovisual, production registration, and attendee communications
  • Manage relationships with external vendors, agencies, hotels, and service providers
  • Support executive meetings, including VIP attendee management and onsite event execution
  • Develop event budget estimates and maintain budget tracking, forecasting, reconciliation, and reporting
  • Partner with facilities, communications, production, and other internal teams to ensure event delivery
  • Support in-person, virtual, and hybrid event experiences as required
  • Maintain event documentation, planning tools, and operational processes
  • Conduct post-event evaluations and identify opportunities for improvement and scalability

Requirements

  • 5+ years of corporate meetings and events experience
  • Proven experience planning and executing corporate events with 100+ attendees
  • Experience with executive functions, customer programs, and employee engagement initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong budget management, forecasting, and reporting experience
  • Experience managing vendors, venues, hotels, and production partners
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize workstreams and drive execution
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications; Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
  • Experience facilitating cross-functional collaboration across multiple stakeholder groups

Preferred

  • Experience supporting virtual and hybrid events
  • Experience with Cvent or similar event management platforms
  • Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation
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Crawford Group

Crawford Group is a Marketing and Events Experts agency delivering strategy, planning, and execution across the full marketing lifecycle.We support marketing teams with scalable, high-impact solutions, and experts.Our experts plug directly into your team to support your digital marketing, creative, events, and content needs. With agile teams and proven workflows, we help leading brands move faster, collaborate better, and achieve real results.From campaign execution to event production and MarTech optimization, Crawford Group helps you scale smarter.

Founded in 1997
Campbell, California, USA
131 employees (42 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.2%
Direct
54.8%
Referral
7.7%
Social
10%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~131

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
33 (25% of company)
Median Career Experience
18.5 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6