* Event Planning and Production: - Attend client briefing sessions. - Taking responsibility for summarizing the formal brief, and identifying & analyzing the required information to provide the creative team with a clearly defined brief. This brief should contain concise product, audience, and strategy information. - Assist with negotiations for space contracts and book event space, arrange food and beverage, order supplies and audiovisual equipment, make travel arrangements, order event signs, and ensure appropriate décor (floras, linens, color schemes, etc.) to meet the quality expectations of the alumni association. - Aggressively gather information on each project to achieve quality event productions. - Conduct research, which includes gathering information, statistics, and visuals. This research will analyze all relevant and necessary data. - Document the results of brainstorming sessions to create an internal deployment plan, which includes briefing all involved departments and setting deadlines - Serve as liaison with vendors on event-related matters. - Assist with managing on-site production and clean up for events as necessary. - Preparing nametags, materials, notebooks, packages, gift bags; registration lists, seating cards, etc. - Close out all events as required. * Administration: - Assist with preparing budgets and provide periodic progress reports to staff directors for each event project. - Coordinate appointments and visits to see our space, and scheduling of events on the calendar. - Support in preparing documents and contracts for Partners/Customers - Drafting and managing documents related to ongoing projects; - Support project participation and perform other administrative tasks; - Report work results to management;
