Director of conference services and catering vs events assistant

Differences between director of conference services and catering and events assistant duties and responsibilities

Director of conference services and catering example responsibilities.

• Used Marriott computer applications to manage and administer events.
• Plan and service KPMG VIP client and internal partner meetings generating $800K in sales per year.
• Coordinate all events and activities for upcoming groups from room reservations, activities, restaurant reservations and catered/banquet events.
• Develop new resume, contracts, upselling and standards and incentives for convention services.
• Institute successful training programs for improve selling and upselling techniques to managers within the department.
• Used Marriott computer applications to manage and administer events.

Events assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage a pop-up shop, recruiting volunteers via Facebook, training them, and creating a volunteer calendar to manage hours.
• Lead and manage the Instagram and twitter social media sites, also host numerous interviews with stars and celebrities.
• Promote conversation and interaction among SUU alumni on Facebook by consistently writing posts and generating update photos and content.
• Design business cards, social tickets, delegate passes and certificates using Photoshop and InDesign.
• Publish stories on the college's website and post snippets on the college's Facebook page.
• Compile speaker content and create presentation slides through Microsoft PowerPoint.
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