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Event Planner jobs are open across hospitality, corporate, nonprofit, and higher education, at every level from entry-level coordinator to senior director, with specializations in weddings, conferences, and experiential marketing. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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MELE is looking for a Part-Time Temporary Event Planner to help bring our employee events to life during the busy holiday season. This is a hands-on, short-term opportunity for an organized, outgoing, and resourceful individual who enjoys both the creative side of event planning and the behind-the-scenes work that makes every event a success. From coordinating logistics and preparing event materials to helping lead activities and engaging employees on event day, you’ll play an important role in creating fun, memorable experiences for our team.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Plan and coordinate employee events: Organize event details, manage timelines, track supplies, and ensure everything is ready for a successful event.
- Bring creative ideas to life: Help develop engaging activities, decorations, themes, games, and other details that make events special.
- Manage event logistics: Coordinate materials, supplies, deliveries, setup, breakdown, and other onsite needs.
- Be the go-to person on event day: Help facilitate activities, make announcements, engage employees, and assist with keeping events running smoothly.
- Handle hands-on tasks: Make local trips to pick up event materials, transport supplies, prepare packages, and ship event items as needed.
- Adapt and problem-solve: Respond to last-minute changes, troubleshoot unexpected issues, and keep things moving with a positive attitude.
- Collaborate with the team: Work with company staff and event stakeholders to coordinate details and deliver a great employee experience.
- Wrap up the details: Organize leftover supplies, process shipments, and help ensure all event materials are accounted for after each event.
- Plan and coordinate employee events: Organize event details, manage timelines, track supplies, and ensure everything is ready for a successful event.
- Bring creative ideas to life: Help develop engaging activities, decorations, themes, games, and other details that make events special.
- Manage event logistics: Coordinate materials, supplies, deliveries, setup, breakdown, and other onsite needs.
- Be the go-to person on event day: Help facilitate activities, make announcements, engage employees, and assist with keeping events running smoothly.
- Handle hands-on tasks: Make local trips to pick up event materials, transport supplies, prepare packages, and ship event items as needed.
- Adapt and problem-solve: Respond to last-minute changes, troubleshoot unexpected issues, and keep things moving with a positive attitude.
- Collaborate with the team: Work with company staff and event stakeholders to coordinate details and deliver a great employee experience.
- Wrap up the details: Organize leftover supplies, process shipments, and help ensure all event materials are accounted for after each event.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Highly organized: You can manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and moving pieces without losing track of the details.
- Creative and resourceful: You enjoy brainstorming ideas and finding practical solutions when plans change.
- Outgoing and personable: You are comfortable interacting with employees at all levels and helping create an upbeat atmosphere.
- A confident communicator: You are willing to speak in front of groups, make announcements, and help facilitate activities during events.
- Flexible and dependable: You can adjust to changing priorities and are reliable when it comes to deadlines and scheduled events.
- Proactive and hands-on: You see what needs to be done and take initiative rather than waiting to be asked.
- Comfortable with physical tasks: You can lift and carry up to 50 pounds and assist with event setup and breakdown.
- Able to travel locally: You have reliable transportation for local errands, supply pickups, deliveries, and shipping runs.
- Events Experience: Previous experience in event planning, hospitality, office coordination, admin support or customer service
- Attitude and creating experiences: Positive attitude, strong follow-through and enthusiasm for creating great experiences.
- Event dates are required.
LOCATION: This is a part-time position in Rockville, MD. Hours are flexible Tuesday through Thursday onsite with possible remote work on Mon/Fri if needed. Some travel to New Mexico for event is required.
SALARY: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position. The range for this position is 35/hr to 40/hr.
About MELE
With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include national security, intelligence, IT/cybersecurity, facility management and engineering, CBRNE defense and nuclear security, emergency response training/management, and mission and program support.
MELE Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
MELE is looking for a Part-Time Temporary Event Planner to help bring our employee events to life during the busy holiday season. This is a hands-on, short-term opportunity for an organized, outgoing, and resourceful individual who enjoys both the creative side of event planning and the behind-the-scenes work that makes every event a success. From coordinating logistics and preparing event materials to helping lead activities and engaging employees on event day, you’ll play an important role in creating fun, memorable experiences for our team.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Plan and coordinate employee events: Organize event details, manage timelines, track supplies, and ensure everything is ready for a successful event.
- Bring creative ideas to life: Help develop engaging activities, decorations, themes, games, and other details that make events special.
- Manage event logistics: Coordinate materials, supplies, deliveries, setup, breakdown, and other onsite needs.
- Be the go-to person on event day: Help facilitate activities, make announcements, engage employees, and assist with keeping events running smoothly.
- Handle hands-on tasks: Make local trips to pick up event materials, transport supplies, prepare packages, and ship event items as needed.
- Adapt and problem-solve: Respond to last-minute changes, troubleshoot unexpected issues, and keep things moving with a positive attitude.
- Collaborate with the team: Work with company staff and event stakeholders to coordinate details and deliver a great employee experience.
- Wrap up the details: Organize leftover supplies, process shipments, and help ensure all event materials are accounted for after each event.
- Plan and coordinate employee events: Organize event details, manage timelines, track supplies, and ensure everything is ready for a successful event.
- Bring creative ideas to life: Help develop engaging activities, decorations, themes, games, and other details that make events special.
- Manage event logistics: Coordinate materials, supplies, deliveries, setup, breakdown, and other onsite needs.
- Be the go-to person on event day: Help facilitate activities, make announcements, engage employees, and assist with keeping events running smoothly.
- Handle hands-on tasks: Make local trips to pick up event materials, transport supplies, prepare packages, and ship event items as needed.
- Adapt and problem-solve: Respond to last-minute changes, troubleshoot unexpected issues, and keep things moving with a positive attitude.
- Collaborate with the team: Work with company staff and event stakeholders to coordinate details and deliver a great employee experience.
- Wrap up the details: Organize leftover supplies, process shipments, and help ensure all event materials are accounted for after each event.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Highly organized: You can manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and moving pieces without losing track of the details.
- Creative and resourceful: You enjoy brainstorming ideas and finding practical solutions when plans change.
- Outgoing and personable: You are comfortable interacting with employees at all levels and helping create an upbeat atmosphere.
- A confident communicator: You are willing to speak in front of groups, make announcements, and help facilitate activities during events.
- Flexible and dependable: You can adjust to changing priorities and are reliable when it comes to deadlines and scheduled events.
- Proactive and hands-on: You see what needs to be done and take initiative rather than waiting to be asked.
- Comfortable with physical tasks: You can lift and carry up to 50 pounds and assist with event setup and breakdown.
- Able to travel locally: You have reliable transportation for local errands, supply pickups, deliveries, and shipping runs.
- Events Experience: Previous experience in event planning, hospitality, office coordination, admin support or customer service
- Attitude and creating experiences: Positive attitude, strong follow-through and enthusiasm for creating great experiences.
- Event dates are required.
LOCATION: This is a part-time position in Rockville, MD. Hours are flexible Tuesday through Thursday onsite with possible remote work on Mon/Fri if needed. Some travel to New Mexico for event is required.
SALARY: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position. The range for this position is 35/hr to 40/hr.
About MELE
With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include national security, intelligence, IT/cybersecurity, facility management and engineering, CBRNE defense and nuclear security, emergency response training/management, and mission and program support.
MELE Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in event planner jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in hospitality management, communications, or a related field
- Proficiency in event management software such as Cvent or Eventbrite
- Demonstrated experience coordinating events from 50 to 500-plus attendees
- Strong vendor negotiation and contract management skills
- Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) credential preferred for senior roles
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent events and meet firm deadlines
Tips for Your Event Planner Job Search
Quantify your events on your resume
Hiring managers want to see scope, not just titles. List attendee counts, budget sizes, and the number of vendors you coordinated per event. Numbers turn vague experience into something a recruiter can picture and compare against their needs.
Build a portfolio before applying
Event planning is a visual field. Compile run-of-show documents, floor plans, vendor contracts, and photos from past events into a shareable PDF or online folder. Interviewers ask for work samples, and having them ready signals you take the role seriously.
Target job titles beyond event planner
Many openings for this work are posted as meeting planner, event coordinator, conference services manager, or experiential marketing specialist. Search all of these when scanning openings so you don't miss roles that match your skill set but use different language.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists event planner openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a logistics scenario for interviews
Most event planner interviews include a scenario question about a vendor cancellation, a venue problem, or a budget cut mid-event. Walk through a real example from your experience: what went wrong, what you decided, and what the outcome was for the client or attendee.
Negotiate based on event complexity
When discussing compensation, tie your ask to the complexity of events you've managed, not just years of experience. An annual gala with 500 attendees and 30 vendors is a stronger anchor than seniority alone, and it shifts the conversation toward your specific value.
Event Planner Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most event planners?
Service Corporation International, BCD, and Ernest are hiring the most event planners right now, with openings concentrated in California, New York, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Corporate, hospitality, and nonprofit employers consistently post the highest volume of openings.
How many event planner jobs are remote?
About 40% of event planner openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote roles concentrated in planning, coordination, and vendor communication work rather than on-site execution. In-person attendance is still required for setup, day-of management, and client-facing roles at physical venues.
How do you become an event planner?
Start by earning a degree in hospitality management, communications, or marketing, then gain hands-on experience through internships, volunteer coordination roles, or assisting at catering companies and venues. Build a portfolio of real events you've helped run, pursue the Certified Meeting Professional credential once you have qualifying experience, and take on progressively larger events to demonstrate your range.
Can you get hired as an event planner with little or no experience?
Yes, entry-level event coordinator roles often require only a relevant degree and demonstrated organizational ability. Volunteer work for nonprofit galas, campus events, or community fundraisers counts as real experience and gives you portfolio material. Highlight transferable skills like vendor communication, budget tracking, and logistics from any prior role, and apply to coordinator positions at hotels, convention centers, or event agencies that train new staff.
What does the event planner interview process look like?
Most event planner interviews include an initial phone screen focused on your event experience and availability, followed by one or two rounds with the hiring manager and sometimes a client-facing stakeholder. Expect behavioral questions about handling vendor problems, tight budgets, or last-minute changes. Some employers ask you to walk through a past event end-to-end or present a sample run-of-show document as a practical exercise.
Where can I find and apply to event planner jobs?
You can find and apply to event planner jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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