WHY STUDY EVENT MANAGEMENT?

Adds variety:

The event management profession is full of variety. One day you might be planning a beach-themed wedding and another day you could be organising a professional conference. One of the best things about this profession is that you can decide your pace and area of interest within the industry, giving you the freedom of choice.

Freelance, be an entrepreneur or work with an Event Company:

Being an event management professional gives you the flexibility to freelance, start your own business or join an agency. Each of the parallels presents you with exciting opportunities that can help you enhance your career.

It can take you places:

This line of career is extremely versatile in terms of where you can practice it. Event management is welcomed in all parts of the world, because hello, events happen everywhere!

Exciting career:

If you are someone who likes challenges and innovation, this is the career for you. It presents you with the opportunity to explore new avenues and enhance your skills. You can put your imagination at work to create unique and beautiful events.

Enhances your people skills:

In a job like this, it is necessary that you interact with people on a daily basis, be it your clients, co-workers or subordinates. This gives you a platform to improve your people skills as well as communication skills.

What skills do you need to start your career in event management?

Networking skills:

Event management is a people-driven industry and largely relies on professional relationships. Hence, it is essential for professionals in this industry to build a strong network with a diverse set of event planning professionals. In fact, your professional network can also help you in finding potential business leads. A great way to start networking is during your course at EMDI!

Organisational skills:

Organisational skills, ability to multi task and eye for detail will go a long way in for a successful career.

Adaptability:

In a constantly changing world, it is imperative that you change your business outlook too. Moreover, being adaptable gives you the skills required to handle unprecedented situations.

Observational skills:

As an event management professional, you must have excellent observational skills and a keen eye for details. This not only helps you in keeping your organisational skills in check but ensures that anything out of normal catches your eye the minute you come across it.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN
EVENT MANAGEMENT

  • Event Planner: As a Event Planner you are responsible for scheduling the event, financial planning, sourcing vendors, legal and permissions required, coordinating with the team for effective execution within budgets.
  • Event Manager: event managers are responsible for tasks starting from conception to wrapping up the event. Their job responsibilities include tasks such as delegating with clients, planning the event with the clients’ and team’s input and taking care of booking locations, food and staff.
  • Venue Manager: As a venue manager, you will be responsible for supervising all the operations of the event space such as staff management, overseeing all procedures and handling problems that may arise during the course of the event.
  • Catering Services Manager: the job role of a catering manager includes responsibilities such as supervising the day-to-day catering services, overseeing the food quality and leading a team of chefs. They are also responsible for ensuring that all outlets under their jurisdiction perform well.
  • Social Media Event Coordinator: the influence of social media has been drastic in the past few decades. It has spread its wings over many industries, starting from marketing to events. The job responsibilities of a social media event coordinator include promoting events online, creating unique hashtags, designing digital campaigns and doing live feeds to garner more attention for the event.
  • Wedding Planner: The job responsibilities of a wedding planner include handling everything starting from wedding venue, wedding themes, to the number of events as per cleints budget and expectations and overseeing all the nitty-gritties of the event.
  • Marketing or Communications Manager: remember how we spoke about working in-house with a company earlier in this article? Well, as an event management graduate, you can take up the job of a marketing or communications manager in a mid-size or large-size organisation. If you take up this role, you will be responsible for organising promotional events for the company’s products and services. However, this will be one among various other responsibilities that you will have to fulfil as a communication manager. Hence, you must be equipped with other skills apart from event planning to do justice to a role of this calibre.
  • Volunteer Coordinator: As a volunteer coordinator, responsibilities include taking care of logistics concerned with the staff on site, ensuring timely execution and overseeing operations.
  • Show runner: Being the master coordinator to ensure smooth flow of the Event.
  • Events Social Media Coordinator: Social Media has influenced every industry, but perhaps the events industry as much as any. Social Media Coordinators work to promote events on social media to gain attendees and exposure for the event and the venue. They may create unique hashtags, do live feeds, design digital ad campaigns, and more. Social media coordinators are integral to making the event a success. They’re also just as important during event execution to showcase the event in real-time. And as far as event planning careers go, it’ll give you more of a chance to interact with technology.
  • Client Servicing & Business Development: If you have a knack for business development, the Events Industry opens up an array of opportunities.