Event Planner - Corporate Marketing

What We Do:

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department.

Who We Are:

Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.

Why You Should Join Us:

You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family. Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive. We value the importance of our employees’ emotional well-being. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days.

Reporting to the Director of Events, the Event Planner manages the planning process and executes successful events (virtual and in-person) that advance the recognition of Connection. The Event Planner supports our marketing strategy by overseeing the details of Connection meetings, trainings, conferences, and social events (internally and externally). In addition to venue selection, contract negotiation and room block management, the Event Planner manages external partner relationships with a goal of providing a memorable experience for the participants within the allocated budget.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

• Manages event process from start to finish. Facilitates and organizes event details to include site selection, platform (virtual), catering, entertainment, transportation, décor, audio-visual equipment, and other operational logistics as needed.
• Submits promotional material requests (Workfront) through the internal Creative team, sets realistic timeframes for creation and proof of documents to meet event roll-out dates, and ensures invitations and/or e-mails are deployed timely to meet event deadlines.
• Collaborates with internal departments and external partners to identify and/or clarify the objectives of the event to include discussion regarding budget, agenda, best practices, and overall event expectations.
• Strategizes various location/format options for the stakeholders to choose from to provide the most optimal and memorable experiences for the attendees and participants within the allocated budget.
• Assembles event assets– registration/rooming lists, badges and/or name tags, artwork supporting the event, print materials, and any other items/signage required for the event.
• Attends events (virtual and in-person) to ensure the attendee's expectations are met and coordinates last-minute modifications with external partners.