meowfest Looking for Event Coordinator at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Best job EVER (if you love cats)

Our energetic team is looking to welcome a new, part-time Event Coordinator to join meowfest! As the festival grows, we are looking for a charismatic animal-lover who excels at handling event logistics, lives for building relationships, and thrives when multi-tasking. This role will report to and work closely with the Event Manager and Senior Event Coordinator.

If you are five or more of the things on this list, this position could be purrfect for you:

• A cat lover
• Social, both on and offline
• Love working within a small company and team
• An independent, self-motivated leader
• An outside-of-the-box thinker
• Kind-hearted

What your average week and daily tasks look like:

Event Coordination

• Assisting with event day set up and take down
• Day-of vendor, talent, sponsor, and volunteer coordination

Sponsorship and Sales

• Secure sponsorship opportunities to both new and existing clients of the event
• Prepare and deliver documents for marketing, accounting, surveys, and forecasting
• Develop and maintain relationships with existing and potential sponsorships

Social Media and Content Marketing

• Manage, engage, curate, and create content for each meowfest social media channel
• Create content and copy for meowfest blog, newsletters, website, and ads.
• Carry out influencer and PR outreach

The following are essential:

• 2+ years experience in event coordination
• 2+ years experience in a sales role or equivalent
• 2+ years experience in copywriting, and able to provide work samples
• Excellent at communicating with kindness, in written and spoken English
• Well-organized with excellent multi-tasking abilities.
• A true self-starter with the ability to meet multiple critical deadlines
• Adept at using programs such as Google Suite, Slack, Shopify, and Stripe
• Onboard with BYOD (bring your own device)
• Available to work within regular business hours, PST
• Able to start at 8-10 hours/week, increasing to 20-40 hours/week starting in June

The following are an asset:

• Post-secondary education in Event Management, Marketing, Communications, Business or equivalent experience
• Minimum 1 year experience in social media management, with a proven track record of success working with various social media platforms
• Previous work within a sponsorship or fundraising position
• Master of negotiation
• Preferably located in Vancouver, BC, but remote work is an option

The following interests excite us:

• Entrepreneurship
• Video production
• Photography
• Comfortable in front of a camera

The perks of working at meowfest:

• A happy and energizing workplace
• Flexibility to work from home
• Stylish bright office in trendy Mount Pleasant, with lots of free yummy snacks
• Non-stop cat content to consume
• Encouraged to practice your passions in the workplace
• You will leave your mark and make a difference in this company

Who and what the heck is meowfest?

meowfest, hosted bymeowbox, is a global celebration for cat lovers supporting feline shelters and other not-for-profit animal organizations. meowfest is Canada’s leading festival where cat lovers unite and enjoy food, photo ops, shopping, adoptable cats, entertainment, and meet & greets—all for a worthy cause! We are a proud Vancouver company with a global audience. meowfest is run by genuine people, who really love cats, and who care about their customers.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract, Seasonal
Contract length: 7 months
Part-time hours: 10-40 per week

Salary: $21.00-$23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• Flexible schedule
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Store discount
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC

Application deadline: 2023-02-10
Expected start date: 2023-03-01