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    Event Planner I - Irving, United States - AA2IT

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    Title - Conference Planning Assistant

    Location - Remote (must be able to commute to Irving, TX office when needed)

    Duration - 9+ months

    Pay Rate - $24.50/hr

    Job Summary

    The primary focus of this role is to support the Resource & Travel team processes and projects. This individual will manage the team inbox and will be responsible for responding to all emails and actioning resourcing / staffing changes and requests for stakeholders across the Conferences business. This person will be working in spreadsheets on a daily basis, including creating and updating formulas and creating reports to enable leaders to make informed decisions on resourcing / staffing for 40+ global conferences per year.

    Responsibilities
    • Manage the Conferences Resource & Travel inbox, responding to email inquiries within 24 hours.
    • Establish necessary flows of communication to Resource & Travel team while maintaining an organized inbox.
    • Action requested changes across all tools and consistently escalating to manager when necessary.
    • Maintain a strong line of communication with stakeholders, ensuring all emails and actions have been processed, information has been shared with affected teams, and following up with stakeholders when necessary.
    • Independently and confidently communicate with senior-level executives to request information required to update tools or meet deadlines.
    • Support with management of Conference Allocation and Conference Delivery Support List tools, ensuring data & formula consistency and accuracy across all tools and reporting.
    • Partner with Logistics, Associate Registration, and Housing teams to communicate and expedite next steps for late changes / additions to conference resourcing.
    • Create & maintain tools to support the Corporate Events team, providing a consistent approach for internal events staffing.
    • Assist in identifying resources to fill staffing gaps when required, leveraging data from availability survey.
    • Manage weekly ongoing travel approval process, tracking newly proposed associates and provide analysis by division for approval by manager.
    • Partner with Resource & Travel team to provide support during bi-annual travel review process.
    • Prioritize, improve, and manage multiple tasks in a data-driven, high-performance environment.
    • Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
    Qualifications -
    • Bachelor's degree required.
    • 1-3 years' experience in Travel Planning, Project Management, Conferences/Events or Consulting.
    • Conference or event experience preferred.
    • Exceptional oral and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to speak/write clearly and persuasively.
    • Fully competent in Microsoft Office and Google, especially Excel and Google Sheets (ex. using v-lookups, pivot tables and formulas consistently).
    • Exceptional collaboration skills with proven ability to build partnerships across lines of business.
    • Ability to efficiently prioritize in a dynamic work environment.
    • Consistent demonstration of integrity, collaboration, no-limits mindset, objectivity and delivery of results.
    • Inquisitive, creative, and innovative with exceptional problem-solving skills and very strong attention to detail.

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