Event Coordinator

Our Customer is a tech real-estate marketplace company with a portfolio of the largest and most vibrant real estate and home-related brands on the web and mobile. The company’s brands focus on all stages of the home lifecycle: renting, buying, selling, financing and home improvement. They are committed to empowering consumers with unparalleled data, inspiration and knowledge around homes, and connecting them with the right local professionals to help.

We are seeking an Event Coordinator on a contract basis to support our Customer’s business needs. This role is onsite in Seattle, WA.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support anywhere from 1-10 events per week at the company’s Seattle site, ranging in size but typically totaling 150-500 total employees gathering onsite during any given week
• Act as on-site point of contact for Seattle team gatherings, interfacing with the company leaders, Assistants and event contacts
• Contribute to on-site event operations, in partnership with company’s Workplace (Facilities) team, to ensure event supplies, catering, design assets, etc. help support a great attendee experience
• Support the company's team gatherings nationally, including support around areas like building access, event pages/RSVPs, attendee resources, and issue resolution in support of remote event planners
• Assist the meeting/event staff with all aspects of planning a meeting or special event (mainly zretreats) within the organization. Involved in location, food, transportation, and presentation arrangements
• Work/interface with a few different departments to include the AV team (which consists of 3-4 folks local who are supportive, seasoned folks within the company with tenure who know how to execute), the workplace team (this team executes zRetreats & overseas the facilities dedicated to the actual facilities support), and lastly the Internal Gatherings Team (which is the team that this person will be a part of but all team members other than this person are remote)
• Typically reports to a supervisor

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree preferred and required years of related experience
• Must have a minimum of 2 years experience with onsite event planning
• Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field
• Ability to rely on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job
• Ability to work under immediate supervision
• Must have basic knowledge of Google based platforms
• Strong prioritizing, extremely customer service oriented
• Hospitality experience is a huge plus (i.e. hotel experience such as handling conferences or banquets, restaurants, etc.)

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)
Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.