Title: Event Specialist
Location: San Francisco, CA
Schedule: 40 hours M-F, hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days WFH)
Type: 3-month contract with potential to extend and/or convert
Hourly Pay Rate: $35/hour
Our client, a fintech company that powers your favorite financial tools like Affirm, Chime, SoFi, and others, is currently seeking an Events Specialist for an initial 3-month contract and possibly longer. You'll be responsible for enhancing events and the employee experience by planning internal events that align with the mission of creating intentional experiences. As a part of the Events & Experiences Team, you'll lead all planning aspects for the company's San Francisco-based events and manage employee experience initiatives by collaborating with our Events & Experiences Team members and cross-functionally across the company for a holistic planning approach.
This will be a full-time (40 hours per week) CONTRACT position, with an initial length of 3 months with the potential to extend longer or even convert full-time depending on performance, need, and budget. This is a HYBRID position based out of the company's San Francisco headquarters 3 days per week. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary contact for internal event requests associated with or taking place near our San Francisco office.
- Lead planning, set up, and execute office Social Hours in partnership with SF Workplace Experience team members.
- Plan, coordinate and execute the San Francisco office holiday event and holiday related virtual programming, with support from the Events & Experiences team.
- Lead planning for weekly Wednesdays workout classes for the San Francisco office.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute virtual ancillary event programs accessible to all employees.
- Manage and oversee employee requests related to Events and Experiences programs through Jira tickets, including internal events and employee engagement initiatives.
- Support Onboarding program by hosting a monthly connection based virtual event for new hires.
- Other ad hoc projects as needed/requested.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred.
- 2-3 years' experience in an events planning role.
- Experience coordinating, managing, and working with outside vendors.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills.
- Ability to communicate event details and answer questions across multiple teams.
- Detail-oriented with a keen eye for details.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Creative and forward thinking.