Occupation Atlasevent manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1b38a27d-ef98-4d9f-b1b2-8c109bf47e79
event manager
Event managers plan and oversee events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, cultural events, exhibitions, formal parties, concerts, or conventions. They organise every stage of the events planning the venues, staff, suppliers, media, insurances all within the allocated budgetary and time limits. Event managers ensure the legal obligations are followed and the expectations of the target audience are met. They work together with the marketing team in promoting the event, searching new clients and gathering constructive feedback after the events took place.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional4.96
- S Social4.56
- A Artistic2.49
- I Investigative1.56
- R Realistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners (13-1121.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- arrange event needs
- confer with event staff
- consult exhibition organisers
- coordinate events
- develop event topics
- direct event administrative details
- educate on sustainable tourism
- evaluate events
- inspect event facilities
- maintain event records
- monitor event activities
- negotiate contracts with event providers
- organise event participants' registration
- plan events
- plan presence at professional events
- plan schedule
- review event bills
- supervise event staff
- work with respect for own safety
Optional (21)
- augmented reality
- contribute to the programmer's reflection process
- determine event objectives
- document safety actions
- ecotourism
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- food waste monitoring systems
- improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality
- liaise with event sponsors
- manage budgets
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- obtain event permits
- promote virtual reality travelling experiences
- select event providers
- solicit event publicity
- support community-based tourism
- support local tourism
- use e-tourism platforms
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
- virtual reality
- write risk assessment on performing arts production
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 19 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
event assistant
6 shared · 10 more of its ownnegotiate contracts with event providers, organise event participants' registration, review event bills, maintain event records
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5 shared · 11 more of its ownarrange event needs, plan presence at professional events, confer with event staff, plan events
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4 shared · 14 more of its owninspect event facilities, supervise event staff, plan events, coordinate events
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venue programmer
2 shared · 15 more of its ownplan presence at professional events, consult exhibition organisers
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hospitality entertainment manager
2 shared · 16 more of its ownplan events, coordinate events
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child care coordinator
2 shared · 17 more of its ownmonitor event activities, coordinate events
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2 shared · 23 more of its ownplan schedule, coordinate events
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