What are careers in event planning?

Event planners, catering managers, and activities directors are careers in event planning. Here are some details about these careers in event planning:

• Event planner: An event planner organizes special events for clients, companies, or individuals. They bring the vision of a client's event to life by allocating the proper resources. This may include food catering, decorations, securing event spaces, and programming any key features of the event.

  Event planners meet with their clientele to discuss things like the atmosphere of the event, decorations and ambiance, scheduling of the event, food services, and the budget. Based on their client's input they then gather the equipment and hire the proper workers, such as caterers, waiters, performers, and more.

  They handle all logistical and coordinating duties with preparing and launching the event. This may include things like parking, event promotion, and ticket sales.

• Catering manager: Catering managers are in charge of overseeing all food services at an event, including meals, appetizers, snacks, beverages, and anything else food related. They often help to prepare menus with the client and outsource food service professionals, such as chefs, servers, bartenders, and more.

  Catering managers also make sure food meets safety standards and is served at the correct temperature during the event.

• Activities director: Activities directors can work in a wide range of environments. Their primary objective is to plan, coordinate, supervise, and host event-specific programs for groups of people. This may include musical acts, speakers, activity booths, or any number of other event-related activities.

  Many different places rely on activities directors' services, such as universities, corporations, summer camps, and community centers. They often meet with local community officials to help organize free events for the public.

  Activity directors may also help select an event's location. They also advertise and promote events, estimate the number of attendees, prepare supplies, organize event schedules and collect feedback via surveys to find out what attendees enjoyed most.