We are looking for an experienced, passionate and professional wedding coordinator to join our Seattle team as an Assistant Planner for the 2023 wedding season with the goal of being an Associate Wedding Planner for the 2024 season. Experience as a wedding planner or in the wedding/event/hospitality industry is preferred but not required as we will train.
The Assistant will be responsible for on-site assistance at weddings, providing support for our team of wedding planners during event days. Additional hours may be available for the right fit and tasks may include: assisting other planners on the team with various planning tasks for their clients, social media, writing inspiring blog posts, and vendor research tasks.
Once this person has advanced to the Associate Planner role, they 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 continue to advance to full-service planning and design as a Senior Planner once the Associate Planner has proven their skill-level within the company.
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
– 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
Compensation:
Pay rate is DOE, typically starting around $20-$24/hr for Assistants. Once in the Associate Planner role, pay rate will increase along with employee benefits for PTO and 401k.
Starting out, the Assistant role is an extremely part-time position with potential to grow.
Advancement to the Associate and/or Senior Planner level is available based on experience and hours will increase at that point based on how many weddings are booked (some Associates choose to work varying hours part-time, some are regular part-time, and some are full-time). We structure Associate Planner roles on the team around each individual’s unique needs.
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.
