Event Planner
Impact: Client satisfaction and memorable experiences through expert event planning and management
Plan, coordinate, and execute corporate events, conferences, weddings, and social gatherings. Manage venue selection, vendor coordination, budgets, logistics, and on-site event management to deliver memorable experiences that meet client objectives.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- 65% Team / 35% Solo
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- 20 to 40% for site visits and events
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40 to 60 hours/week
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $80,000
- Entry-level
- $40,000 - $60,000
- Senior
- $150,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 8% (as fast as average)
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- High - 65 to 80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $15,000 - $50,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Event planning
- Vendor management
- Budget management
- Logistics
- Contract negotiation
- Project management
Soft skills
- Organisation
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Creativity
- Client management
Technical complexity: Low
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 2 to 3 years
- Years to senior
- 4 to 7 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Event Coordinator > Event Planner > Senior Event Planner > Event Director > VP of Events
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15% low risk as event management requires human creativity and vendor relationships
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7.8/10
- Meaning
- 7.8/10
- Work-life balance
- 6.5/10
- Prestige
- 6.8/10
- Social perception
- Moderate