We are looking for an experienced, passionate and professional wedding planner to join our Seattle team as an Associate Planner for the 2021 + 2022 wedding seasons (and beyond!). Experience as a wedding planner or in the wedding/event industry is preferred.
The Associate Planner will be responsible for coordinating weddings at our Simply Coordination level of service, which is our version of final wedding management or day-of-coordination. Growth opportunities are available to advance to full-service planning and design once the Associate Planner has proven their skill-level within the company.
Additional hours are available for assisting other planners on our team with weddings and events. Tasks may include: assisting other planners on the team with various planning tasks for their clients, assisting at weddings, social media, writing inspiring blog posts, and vendor research tasks.
The ideal candidate must be polished, self-motivated, loves weddings, enthusiastic, detail oriented and comfortable being on their feet/active most of the day at weddings. They must be able to self-manage and work independently, while also enjoying a team environment. Experience in hospitality and events industry is essential and experience with wedding planning is a major plus!
Most importantly, you must have an energetic personality combined with grace, work ethic and impeccable style!
Desired Skills:
– Experience in the hospitality industry, preferably in the event industry
– Excellent written and oral communication skills
– Knowledgeable about Seattle wedding venues and vendors
– People person with an ambitious attitude
– Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure with limited timeframe
– Detail oriented with exceptional level of accuracy and follow-through
– Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment
– Flexibility to work remotely with the team with varying hours per week (and the ability to work in-person at our Seattle planning studio if it’s safe with covid-19)
– Ability to prepare written reports and correspondences, and presentations as required
– Agile at prioritizing and managing multiple projects
– Must possess strong communication, time management and collaboration skills; confident, self-starter, independent thinker
{We will highly consider candidates with previous event or wedding planning experience on a professional level!}
Compensation:
This is an hourly employee position, not an independent contractor. Pay rate is DOE.
This is an extremely part-time position with potential to grow; advancement to the Senior Planner level is available after at least one full wedding season with our company. The amount of work/hours will depend on how many weddings are booked.
Please send your cover letter, resume and portfolio {if applicable} by email to holly@perfectlyposhevents.com
Details matter to us so please mention “champagne” somewhere in your cover letter! We are in the midst of preparing for our wedding season and are extremely busy so please do not follow-up, we will contact if you if we would like to schedule an interview.
