Event Planner

Elevance Health•Atlanta, IN

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Event Planner will be responsible for planning events for senior management, marketing, and sales. This role is ideal for an organized, proactive individual with strong communication, learning agility, and problem-solving skills who is interested in growing event planning, stakeholder management, and project coordination capabilities. This role requires associates to be in-office 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office. Candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless accommodation is granted as required by law.

Requirements

Requires a BA/BS degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Travels to worksite and other locations as necessary.

Nice To Haves

Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Demonstrates learning agility, curiosity, initiative, and willingness to learn new event planning tools, processes, business areas, and stakeholder expectations.
Demonstrates professionalism, customer-service orientation, and ability to support senior leaders, clients, and business partners.
Skills in event planning, stakeholder coordination, vendor management, budget tracking, and project coordination.

Responsibilities

Travels to worksite and other locations as necessary 25-30%.
Meets with customers to identify parameters of events.
Recommends appropriate format.
Coordinates promotion of event to target audience.
Identifies and recruits presenters, speakers, and event volunteers.
Assists in the preparation of presentations when requested (includes developing, writing, editing, and reviewing presentations and serving as a desktop publishing expert).
Negotiates with vendors to make event arrangements (e.g., hotels, travel agency, special venues, restaurants, etc.).
Serves as the onsite host/hostess for client.
Communicates event status.
Conducts follow-up to assess effectiveness of events.
Develops and tracks meeting budgets.
Seeks feedback after events and applies lessons learned to improve future planning and execution.
Builds effective working relationships with internal partners, vendors, presenters, volunteers, and attendees.
Uses sound judgment to identify issues, escalate risks, and recommend practical solutions during event planning and execution.