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Meeting and Events Coordinator

Nashville, TN 37203

Posted: 09/14/2023 Employment Type: Contract To Hire Job Number: 577640 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

Pay Rate: $20-$25/hr depending on experience 

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Planet Technology
is seeking a Meetings and Events Coordinator to join one of our biotechnology clients. 

Meetings and Events Coordinator Responsibilities: 
  • Responsible for event-related tasks, including coordinating, maintaining, and overseeing the event planning process with guidance from Senior Project Manager.
  • Administrative tasks include but are not limited to maintaining event schedules, spreadsheets, project boards, records, and other event related documents.
  • Coordinate collateral material for meetings, events, and other projects as needed.
  • Assist with the development of meetings and events projects from initiation to completion.
  • Communicate with internal teams to ensure pre-event, at-event, and post-event strategies are implemented.
  • Establish and maintain productive relationships with both internal and external partners, stakeholders, vendors, and venues with the ability to communicate necessary event-related details.
  • Organize and support development of meetings and events projects from initiation to completion, including travel coordination to evaluating success afterwards.
  • Provide on-site quality customer service and troubleshooting with attendees, speakers and moderators during meetings and workshops; may be required to assist with setting up, troubleshooting presentation decks while on-site to ensure programs stay on track, speakers are prepared, and sessions remain on schedule.
  • Proactively gather all project requirements and clarifies specific requirements for each project.
  • Take weekly status meeting notes and effectively distributes to stakeholders and cross-functioning teams to communicate project progress and development of new initiatives.
  • Support the maintenance of detailed project plans and milestones in Asana, monitors and continuously tracks progress. 
  • Ensure all projects are delivered on time and within the scope of work requested.
  • Coordinate with third party vendors for production of various materials.
  • Stay up-to-date on PRC concerns and checks for accuracy and quality of assigned projects.
Meetings and Events Coordinator Qualifications: 
  • BA in Advertising, Business, Marketing, Communications, Hospitality or related field. 
  • 1+ years of event project management or coordinating experience with creative and/or promotional marketing materials (eg, print, digital, video).
  • Effective event planning, including program content, timelines, milestones, deadlines, and logistics.
  • Experience coordinating logistics for live meetings and post meeting activities, reporting, follow ups and metrics. 
  • Ability to effectively balance individual needs of clients and stakeholders with firm objectives and deadlines.
  • Strong prioritization and time management skills with the ability to execute duties independently and successfully under pressure and time constraints.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to work on several projects simultaneously while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Extremely organized, deadline-driven, detail-oriented, process-savvy.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and effective communicator. 
  • Proactive problem solver with a positive attitude, even under pressure and with conflicting priorities.
  • Collaborative and technologically savvy individual with a discerning eye for quality.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Functional knowledge of project management platforms, such as Asana.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
  • Ability to travel to and from Nashville headquarters or designated venue locations.
  • Ability to work extended and/or irregular hours including nights, weekends, and ability to adjust work schedule to coincide with events when necessary. 
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