Event & Wedding Planner
Company: Mugwump Productions
Location: Jacksonville
Posted on: May 15, 2022
Job Description:
Job DescriptionEvent & Wedding Project Manager – Décor & Design
FocusDo you have a passion for creating events and making
long-lasting memories for your clients? Mugwump Productions is
seeking a Project Manager focusing on event & wedding décor and
production!What is in it for you
- Paid time off
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, 401K
- Starting at $40,000 + Bonus Plan
- Team focused culture
- Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within our
company
- Complementary tickets to events including the Jacksonville
Icemen Hockey Games, Jumbo Shrimp Baseball Games, and the
Jacksonville Zoo (general admission + special events).What you will
be doing:
- Organizing event décor productions for high profile corporate
events from initial design to event day, including meetings with
clients to determine needs, budget, designing, and building quotes,
coordinating vendors and venues, oversee loading of trucks, on-site
management set-up, and execution.
- You will also be working on weddings, assisting couples/wedding
planners through design, decor selection, and occasionally full
planning and/or day-of coordination.
- Create floor plans, design stage sets, and coordinate with
venue for internal and external planning.
- Conduct pre/post-conference meetings with clients and pertinent
departments to confirm relevant information.
- Guide pre-planning and client deadlines for seamless execution
of event details.
- Work closely with technical, warehouse, marketing, sales, and
project management teams.
- In collaboration with the Production Manager, ensure there is
adequate staff scheduled for set-up/strike of the events.
- Participate in design reviews with internal staff, clients, and
consultants.
- Oversee and assist with load-on and load-out for events.
- Be the liaison onsite for your client and technician team to
maintain the highest level of customer service.
- Attend weekly meetings providing status reports on upcoming and
previous events as required.
- Preparation and management of job costing to ensure
cost-effectiveness.Your experience and skills include:
- At least 3 to 5 years of project management or wedding
experience in the event / hospitality industry.
- Creative and passionate about events.
- Overall knowledge of the event industry.
- Proficient in creating budgets and understanding of profit and
loss statement.
- Advanced verbal, and written communication skills.
- Previous management experience and innate leadership
abilities.
- Detail-oriented, organized, and able to multi-task.
- Able to work in a high energy, high-pressure environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a team
player.
- Able to work weekends and evenings.
- Flex Software Program, or the ability to quickly learn new
computer programs.
- Proficiency in general office equipment.
- Hospitality degree or experience is desirable.Your team and
working environment:Mugwump Productions is based in Jacksonville,
FL and has a second location in Daytona Beach, FL. Our corporate
Jacksonville office is where you will spend office days planning
and collaborating with the team is in a newly built building
conveniently located near the Town Center (off 295 & Beach Blvd.).
Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:We are an inclusive
company, and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote
diverse talent.Why work for Sight & Sound Productions?We are far
more than an event company. We are a community of passionate,
creative people who love building and executing ideas from the
ground up. Project Managers are a little bit like "adrenaline
junkies" who feed of the energy of events. A lot of companies say
they have a "great culture", but we have over 10 people who have
been with the company for over 8 years, some being here for 25
years, which shows what kind of culture we truly have. We are
excited that our team is growing and hope you will be a part of
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