Job Opportunity at Procreation Design Works – Manager, Evening Events
Manager, Evening Events
If you possess:
• Event management or conference production competence, with a proven track record and a minimum of 2 years business experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Supervisory and/or management experience
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication aptitude
• Significant computer knowledge
• People management and leadership acumen
AND if you are:
• Highly organized, a team player, creative, and self motivated
• Possess knowledge of Vectorworks, CAD (Excel and Photoshop a plus)
We’d like to meet you. The working environment is fast paced. Applicants must possess high energy and work well under deadlines. Ability to efficiently manage multiple projects a must. Flexibility, willingness to shoulder responsibility, highly developed organizational skill, positive attitude, sense of humor, ability to take constructive feedback, are all desirable personality traits.
E-mail your resume and cover letter to our offices:
Closing Date: December 18,2009
We thank all candidates for their interest but due to busy schedules only short listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. No telephone calls please. All resumes are handled in strictest confidence.
* Location: North Vancouver
* Compensation: Dependent on experience
Job Opportunity at Procreation Design Works – Sponsor Concierge
Sponsor Concierge
We are expanding. We need people who have great experience with event management or conference production competence, with a proven track record
* A minimum of 2 years business experience
• Experience at event production and management
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Demonstrated verbal and written communication aptitude
* Excellent computer knowledge
* People management and leadership acumen
* Like to think and work independently, and as one of a team
AND if you are:
* Highly organized, a team player, creative, and self motivated
* Good skills with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
* Possess knowledge of Vectorworks, CAD
We’d like to meet you. The working environment is fast paced. Applicants must possess high energy and work well under deadlines. Ability to efficiently manage multiple projects a must. Flexibility, willingness to shoulder responsibility, highly developed organizational skill, positive attitude, sense of humor, ability to take constructive feedback, are all desirable personality traits.
E-mail your resume and cover letter to our office:
Closing Date: December 18,2009
We thank all candidates for their interest but due to busy schedules only short listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. No telephone calls please. All resumes are handled in strictest confidence.
* Location: North Vancouver
* Compensation: Dependent on experience
Job Opportunity at Procreation Design Works – Events Production
Events Production Position
We are expanding. We need someone who has great experience to assist with our Operations Team for contract work with event management or conference production competence, with a proven track record.
* A minimum of 2 years business experience
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Demonstrated verbal and written communication aptitude
* Excellent computer knowledge
* People management and leadership acumen
* Like to think and work independently, and as one of a team
* Acute attention to detail
AND if you are:
* Highly organized, a team player, creative, and self motivated
* Good skills with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
* Possess knowledge of Vectorworks, CAD
We’d like to meet you. The working environment is fast paced. Applicants must possess high energy and work well under deadlines. Ability to efficiently manage multiple projects a must. Flexibility, willingness to shoulder responsibility, highly developed organizational skill, positive attitude, sense of humor, ability to take constructive feedback, are all desirable personality traits.
E-mail your resume and cover letter to our offices:
Closing Date: December 17,2009
We thank all candidates for their interest but due to busy schedules only short listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. No telephone calls please. All resumes are handled in strictest confidence.
* Location: North Vancouver
* Compensation: Dependent on experience
Career Opportunities available at Sea to Sky Meeting Management
Meeting Professionals International Global Paragon Award Winner, Sea to Sky Meeting
Management Inc. (Sea to Sky), has career opportunity available. Please click on the link
below for more details on the Project Coordinator position,which include duties required
to coordinate Sea to Sky’s conference and event projects. Sea to Sky specializes in the
creative planning and quality management of conferences and special events throughout
British Columbia, across Canada,and internationally.
Volunteer Required by Science Fair Foundation BC
Volunteer Wanted!!!
The Science Fair Foundation BC is looking for Corporate Team Challenge Committee Member to help us recruit team am promote the event!
The Corporate Team Challenge Committee is primarily focused on the recruitment and organization of corporate teams for the Run. Corporate Team members make up the majority of the Run’s participants.
Duties
- Maintains Corporate Team Challenge captain contacts database in Microsoft Excel and forwards to Registration after the event for consolidation.
- Act as Primary contact for Team Captains (ie questions re: registration, etc.)
- Recruits new teams to the Fun Run and works to expand existing team’s participation.
- Works closely with Sponsorship Committee to ensure all sponsors are encouraged to enter teams.
- Working with PR to create awareness among Industry Associations and other groups.
- Collects logos from team captains for T-shirts
- Works with Public Relations and Registration Committees to prepare Team Captain Kit of timelines and team entries, including e-mail to colleagues
- Ensures Team Kits are sent to all team captains.
- Follows up with team captains on team entries reminding them of various registration deadlines
- Works with Registration Committee to ensure team captains receive their race packages (t-shirts, bibs etc.) in a timely manner.
- Sends thank you letters to team captains.
- Completes an event post mortem.
Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of, and contacts in, the local high-tech and life sciences industries.
- Ability to make cold calls and promote the idea of participation in the Fun Run.
- Understanding of the Science Fair Program – The Charity benefactor.
Commitment:
- January 5th – June 5th, 2010
- Attend 1 meeting every two weeks until March 31st
- Attend 1 meeting every week until the date of the run in April and May
Committee Chair Lorna Jackson
PMC-Sierra Science Fair Fun Run Information
- Date: Sunday, May 30st, 2010
- Time: 9:00 am
- Location: TELUS World of Science
To volunteer, please contact Dimpel Sandhu at volunteers@sciencefairs.ca
Volunteer Opportunity with the Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference
Conference Assistant Volunteer/Practicum Opportunity
Mineral Exploration Roundup is the world’s premier technical exploration conference and we are looking for a practicum/volunteer student to help as the conference assistant. We are looking for a student that is available to volunteer 2-3 hours a day 4-5 days a week between December 9th and January 21st. The tasks that the student will be performing are:
* Assisting with conference registration (online, phone, fax and in-person)
* Assisting with assembling of conference registration packages.
* Administrative duties for the trade show portion of the conference.
* Assisting with various mail-outs of conference brochures, invitations, etc.
* Creating the production binders for the events team.
* Assisting the Manager, Special Events and Director, Member Relations and Events as required.
* Other duties related to the conference as required.
The volunteer will work out of our office which is located at 800 – 889 W Pender St. located in Downtown Vancouver. This is a great experience for students interested in the event industry!
For more information contact Reesa Meltzer at 604-630-3924 or rmeltzer@amebc.ca