Market America, a product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing, is seeking an experienced Events Coordinator. 

Position Summary 

Plans,down regional, national, or international conventions, employee events, and other various trainings. This includes events for for CEO"s and Executive events.

Must be willing to travel to to several events  within the US. 

Responsibilities:

• Researches and selects hotel and venue to find an appropriate location within budget.
• Negotiates contract to ensure budgets and convention requirements are met.
• Manages budget to ensure profitability and remain within costs designated.
• Selects food and beverage at events where necessary.
• Manages on-site event from set-up to tear-down.
• Participates in planning and coordinating annual large scale events as well as other events.
• Collaborates with the regional director in assessing ticket sales, goals, and convention success to identify improvements.
• Performs other duties as needed
• Complies with company policy and procedures.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Hospitality, or Event Management.
• Three years experience managing large and small scale corporate events.
• Or combination of education, skill, and experience.

Skills:

• Proficient use of MS Office Products.
• High levels organization and coordination.
• Above moderate levels of English speaking, reading, and writing; active listening; critical thinking; monitoring; negotiations, service orientation, problem solving; troubleshooting; attention to detail; and time management.
• Moderate use of mathematics, judgment, evaluations, and originality.

Working Conditions and Environment:

• Intermittently lift, carry, pull and push up to 20 pounds.
• Continuously see, sit, balance, grasp, and have repetitive use of arms, wrists, hands and fingers.
• Frequently hear and talk.
• Intermittently stand, stoop, bend, twist, crouch, kneel, walk, squeeze and reach above shoulders
• Exposure to electrical equipment, low noise levels at office, high noise levels at events, and mild indoor temperatures of hot and cold.
• Constant use of computer.
• Long or odd hours as needed (especially on weekends).

  Market America offers competitive salary and generous benefits, including health, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan with company match, and an on-site health clinic.
   
  Qualified candidates should apply online. This position is based in Greensboro NC
   
   
  Market America is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

• ABOUT MARKET AMERICA, INC. & SHOP.COM 
  
  Market America, Inc. is a product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing. Its mission is to provide a robust business system for entrepreneurs, while providing consumers a better way to shop.  Headquartered in Greensboro, NC, the company was founded in 1992 by President and CEO JR Ridinger and has generated over $7.3 billion in accumulated sales.  Market America employs over 800 people globally with operations in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom, and Malaysia.  Through the company’s shopping website, SHOP.COM, consumers have access to over 50 million products, including Market America exclusive brands and thousands of top retail brands. By combining Market America’s entrepreneurial business model with SHOP.COM’s powerful comparative shopping engine, Cashback program, Hot Deals, ShopBuddy®, social shopping integration and countless other features, the company has become the ultimate online shopping destination.

  More information is available at MarketAmerica.com (http://www.marketamerica.com).
  
  SHOP.COM is a comparison shopping site designed to meet the shopping needs of the consumer and the business needs of merchants. Leveraging the features of our patented OneCart®, along with extensive partner marketplace integration, a robust Cashback program, and thousands of pages of unique shopping-centric editorial, SHOP.COM helps customers "Shop Smart, Save Big" across thousands of online stores. SHOP.COM also powers ShopCompanion® and The Shopping Vine® (http://theshoppingvine.com), a shopping blog network. For more information, please visit SHOP.COM (http://www.SHOP.com).