Event Management Intern
Event Management Intern
Mayor’s Office, City of Erie
February 2025 through August 2025
Internship Objective
Gain valuable event management experience as you support the mayor's staff through community and vendor relations, program planning, and event coordination.
Job Responsibilities
- Assist with event and festival coordination, including vendor relations and program planning
- Assist with coordinating event hospitality needs, including food vendors and backstage hospitality
- Support with day-of event duties, assisting with vendor and hospitality needs and communicating with necessary event staff to complete tasks
- Assist the mayor’s staff with project management including scheduling, preparing for meetings, and conducting research for initiatives/projects
- Attend meetings and events with the mayor’s staff
- Answer phones, check voicemail, and log detailed messages
- Efficiently manage your own email account
- Perform other duties as assigned
Earnings
Part-time, $14.00 per hour
Required Qualifications
- Current enrollment in college studying hospitality, event management, communications, and/or another related field
- Prior employment or internship experience
- Samples of work
Required Skills
- Attention to detail
- Proactive and effective communication skills
- Experience with planning and managing events
- Creativity and problem-solving
- Eager and willing to learn
- Excellent customer service and writing skills
- Organization and time management
- Utilization of online programs to keep projects in order and on track
- Professionalism at meetings and community events