seeking part-time Event Planner / Program Manager

Posted 6 days ago

Worldwide

Summary

SEEKING PART-TIME EVENT PLANNER / PROGRAM MANAGER time commitment 5-10 hrs/week available for regular phone calls (I live in California, but can be flexible on timing) REQUIRED - fluent spoken and written English - event planning of university forums Project management (scope, timelines, dependencies, run-of-show) Spreadsheet competence (tracking of guests and speakers) Emails and phone calls to line up guests and speakers Clear written communication (briefs, schedules) Verbal communication & facilitation (meetings, MC coordination) Event design thinking (journey mapping) Programming & content curation (agenda architecture, speaker/session fit) - technical skills - Microsoft Office Products - AI tools / skills to automate tasks - Claude, GPT, or Gemini OPTIONAL - Web skills - Wordpress (knowledgeable or willing to learn) - math / financial literacy (able to estimate, basic understanding of finance) REQUEST Please send resume, transcript, and short description of your career goal. We build collaborative relationships where we help each other learn new tech skills. I am a technologist and I enjoy hosting conferences - having you join our small team would be a big help. Thanks for reaching out!

  • More than 30 hrs/week
    Hourly
  • 6+ months
    Duration
  • Expert
    Experience Level
  • Remote Job
  • Ongoing project
    Project Type
Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
Event Planning
Executive Support
Nice-to-have skills
Meeting Scheduling
Activity on this job
  • Proposals:20 to 50
  • Last viewed by client:4 days ago
  • Interviewing:
    1
  • Invites sent:
    0
  • Unanswered invites:
    0
About the client
Member since Jun 19, 2023
  • United States
    Los Altos Hills10:55 PM
  • $7.6K total spent
    9 hires, 5 active
  • 684 hours

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