Hiring event planner - career networking events

New York City NY

Description

Hi there, We're a profitable and growing jobs tech startup and our suite of tools help job seekers, career coaches, and recruiters. The CEO is in NYC and is looking for one person to help host meetups for job seekers, career coaches, and recruiters altogether in NYC. We're looking for someone with experience in hosting networking/meetups in the Flatiron to West Village areas to start. The first one can be smaller. But we'd like to get into a cadence of once a week. Requirements: 1. Experience with event planning 2. Excellent in logistics, coordination, and planning 3. Extroverted by nature and gains energy from socializing 4. Have no fear in reaching out to other businesses, startups, venues for partnerships 5. Experience with marketing tools such as eventbrite, mailchimp, or other event marketing planning tools Responsibilities: 1. Compare prices to secure the best location for the event 2. Promote and market to our members and the public 3. Be present at the day of the event for coordination, signing in guests, and take care of anything that pops up. 4. Follow-up with guests to ensure they're now our members 5. Identify opportunities for food/drink sponsorships and grow the event attendee count. You'll be working directly with our CEO and this role has the potential to become a full-time marketing/community manager role if you exceed expectations. It's a great way to break into the high-paying tech startup space if that's interesting to you. To apply, please: 1. Send a brief description about yourself, your background, and why you'd be a good fit for this role. 2. Submit a photo as we're looking for someone who can represent our company well.