Event Planner Job Description: Top Duties and Qualifications

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Event Planner

HeadBox is on the hunt for an Event Planner to join our rapidly expanding team. We re Australia s fastest growing event technology and event management agency, on a mission to reinvent the global events industry through human-kind event technology.

HeadBox partners with organisations to support them in delivering their annual program of events. Ranging from private dinners to multi-day events, this role offers a huge variety of event planning. We re an ambitious team with big goals and are looking for someone who is ready to join a high-growth brand with an abundance of opportunity.

We ve built beautiful technology to seamlessly plan, manage and track events. This is where you come in! Leveraging our ecosystem of technology, this role presents an exciting opportunity to work with our corporate clientbase to plan brilliant events through to the contracting stage.

The Role

The Event Planner role will be based in Sydney and will remotely plan event briefs Australia-wide. We are looking for someone ambitious, a self-starter, a problem solver, and ready to get stuck in! This role will require a minimum of 1 years event experience (be that event sales, venue side or event management). Attention to detail and organisation will be key to this role, as you manage multiple events and tasks.

Responsibilities

Event Proposals: this is a 360 role whereby you will be qualifying the clients brief, creating bespoke event proposals based on the clients needs, taking the client on site visits (if applicable), negotiating costs with venues/suppliers and contracting the event, within set deadlines.

Client Pitches: you will have to present and pitch your event proposal to stakeholders with confidence and credibility, whilst handling their feedback and objections, and providing creative solutions.

Sales Delivery:you will be responsible for delivering monthly sales targets via your event pipeline. We are looking for someone commercially minded to be confident in up-selling both suppliers and event management.

Excellent Customer Service: we put clients at the centre of everything we do, including delivering brilliant customer service at every touchpoint. High written and verbal skills and attention to detail are essential.

Client Relationships: building and retaining strong relationships with your clients will be at the centre of your role, which will ensure you are their go-to event planner for their next event.

Requirements

Willingness to learn: there is a lot to learn about the industry, our technology, and our client base, so a desire to learn is essential for the role.

Attention to detail: you ll be pitching and planning multiple events at any one time so it is imperative you are detail-oriented and organised.

Hardworking: at a start-up you will be required to wear many hats, balancing lots of responsibilities at once and have a can-do attitude.

Be great to work with: we re looking for someone who embodies the HeadBox values of brilliance, integrity, empathy, and curiosity.

Package and Perks

Competitive, above-award salary + commission and discretionary bonus

Flexi-hours life happens and so we want to ensure you re able to juggle it all

A mix of office & work-from-home days we trust you to get the job done, wherever you are

Volunteering days to contribute to the HeadBox Social Mission

Regular training sessions with Senior Management or external providers

Company MacBook

Friday office (or virtual) drinks

HeadBox is 100% committed to building a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability - we would love to hear from you.

If this sounds like the ideal opportunity for you, submit your cover letter & CV.

Applications close 5pm, Friday 25th November 2021.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $60,000.00 $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Work from home
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay planning: 2 years (Required)