Corporate Event Planner

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead planner for multiple multi-day, in-person corporate events, managing plans, timelines, and deliverables from kickoff through post-event closeout.
• Align internal teams, clients, sponsors, and partners on objectives, priorities, responsibilities, and deadlines.
• Develop and manage budgets, track expenses, reconcile costs, and process invoices.
• Serve as the primary contact for venues, hotels, exhibitor services, production partners, and other suppliers.
• Partner with sponsors and exhibitors to coordinate requirements and deliver a positive event experience.
• Take a customer-first approach, considering sponsor and attendee needs in every decision affecting their experience before, during, and after each event.
• Manage audiovisual, production, internet, power, security, and destination management requirements.
• Coordinate meeting room layouts, food and beverage service, and attendee-facing details.
• Negotiate and manage hotel room blocks, reservations, and related logistics.
• Track venue and sponsor logistics, identify risks, and resolve issues before they affect the program.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of proven experience planning and executing corporate events, conferences, meetings, exhibits, and sponsorships.
• Experience with hosted buyer programs and related tasks such as participant logistics, travel/accommodation, communications, and on-site execution.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple events, priorities, and deadlines.
• Working knowledge of event operations, hospitality, venue management, and supplier coordination.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence working across internal teams, clients, executives, sponsors, and vendors.
• Demonstrated budget management, expense tracking, invoice processing, and contract negotiation experience.
• Exceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, and a proactive approach to risk management and problem-solving.
• Collaborative leadership skills, including the ability to coordinate teams and delegate effectively.
• Proficiency with event management platforms, such as event registrations, travel platforms, project management, collaboration, and virtual meeting platforms generally.
• Ability to learn new systems quickly and adapt to changing event requirements.

Benefits

• All full-time employees of The Channel Company enjoy benefit offerings such as medical, dental, vision, tele-health, disability, life insurance, health savings accounts, paid parental leave, company matched 401k, unlimited PTO, sick time, and 15 company paid holidays.
• At The Channel Company we truly value work/life balance, are 100% remote, and employees enjoy flexible working hours.
• Beyond that, we are an innovative, collaborative, and inclusive group of employees who come together to overcome challenges and achieve best-in-class results.
• The Channel Company is licensed in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA. To be considered for this opportunity, you must reside in one of these listed states.