Elite Technical is seeking Event Planners to support our client with corporate and sponsorships events in and around the Baltimore and Washington DC locations. The selected hire will work cross-functionally with divisions internally and external partners to plan and execute each event and sponsorship successfully; also designing and presenting presentations for leadership media relations and social team to generate awareness for key events, product launches and campaigns is required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Implements memorable events by developing strategic plans and process, working cross functionally and suggesting innovative ideas
- Leads event and hospitality management process and serves as the point person with event vendors and internal stakeholders to coordinate details of events/hospitality including billing, logistics, promotion, vendor and agency management and other duties.
-Manages corporate, executive and sponsor events by developing program design; organizing event suppliers; coordinating production team; staffing.
- Designs implements, and manages event/hospitality/operation/sponsorship plans and strategy focused on growing CareFirst brand awareness and favorability
- Maintains accurate and updated records of all contacts, budgets and assets. Assess each corporate sponsorship or event effectiveness and report regularly on key metrics.

As the Event Planner, you will be required to attend events (avg. 2 per month) that could be held after hours or weekends. Majority of these events will be held in either Baltimore or Washington DC. Our client is also requiring 2-3 days per week onsite at their Canton office.

Required Skills

-Education Level: Bachelor's Degree preferred, not required.
-Experience: 5 years+ experience in corporate event planning.
-Able to design and present oral presentations, via MS PowerPoint, to C-Level stakeholders for pre-event descriptions/approvals.
-Able to track (not manage) Event budgets via MS Excel
- CVENT and SPLASH and TicketMaster for event planning is preferred, not required. Similar are acceptable
-Standard MS Office Suite is required
-Any Project Management tools (similar to Jira) considered a plus