Events Specialist

Fayette Chamber of Commerce; Fayetteville (GA); On-site; USD 49,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Fayetteville in Georgia is seeking a Marketing and Events Coordinator to manage city-wide programs, coordinate marketing materials, and support sponsorships and volunteers. This role works independently, under limited supervision, and reports major activities at regular meetings.

Essential duties include event planning and execution, creating and publishing marketing content, tracking attendance and revenue, recruiting volunteers, and representing the city at events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration or Public Relations preferred.
• Two (2) years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and implements assigned programs and activities.
• Assists with designing and publishing marketing materials (news releases, brochures, flyers, posters, catalogs, signage) and markets via department website and social media.
• Monitors and evaluates special events, processes payments, and maintains attendance/revenue statistics.
• Recruits volunteers, maintains volunteer database, schedules volunteers, and coordinates volunteer recognition programs.
• Assists with sponsorships for amphitheater, events, and city-sponsored events while maintaining sponsor relationships.
• Represents the city at events and operates trade show booths; performs related duties as assigned.

Skills

Event planning

Marketing coordination

Volunteer management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration or Public Relations or related major

Job description

The City of Fayetteville, Georgia commits to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees, complying with local, state and federal laws. The City’s policy is to employ qualified persons without discrimination regarding race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, country of national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political affiliation, ethnicity, or status in any other group protected by federal/state/local law.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Summary Objective

The purpose of this position is to coordinate marketing and events for the city. The work consists of varied administrative and program coordination duties.

This class works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings.

Essential Functions

The essential functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.

• Performs event planning, organizing, and implementing assigned programs and activities.
• Assists with the Designing and publishing of marketing materials, including news releases, brochures, flyers, posters, catalog pages and signage; and to market through additional resources including departmental website and social media pages.
• Assists with the Monitoring and evaluates special events, processes payments, and maintains statistical information on attendance and revenue.
• Recruits volunteers, maintains volunteer database, schedules volunteers as needed, and coordinates volunteer recognition programs.
• Assist with the sponsorships for amphitheater, special events and city-sponsored events while maintaining relationship with current sponsors.
• Represents the city at city-sponsored events and other events as required; prepares and operates trade show booths for event services.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration, Public Relations or related major preferred.
• Two (2) years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Physical Demands

Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement

• Performs medium work that involves walking, standing, stooping, jumping, lifting, digging, pushing and raising objects and involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis and 50 to 100 pounds of force on an occasional basis with assistance.
• Requires the ability to perform repetitive movements related to setting up and breaking down event equipment (e.g. tables, chairs, tents, displays).
• Requires good manual dexterity to and hand-eye coordination to safely handle, assemble, and transport materials and equipment.

Unavoidable Hazards (Work Environment)

Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.

• Involves routine and frequent exposure to:
• Bright/dim light; Dusts and pollen.
• Extreme heat and/or cold; Wet or humid conditions.
• Extreme noise levels.

Special Certifications and Licenses

• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance

The City of Fayetteville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Standard Clauses

The position will be required to work nights, weekends and holidays to meet the business needs of the City.

Annual Salary: $57,811.13