Jobs
Meridian Geographics is looking for someone outgoing and organized to help support our 2008 events, including Street Scramble!
- Title: Events Coordinator
- Hours: Flexible part-time, about 10 hours/week in the winter, ramping up to about 30 hours/week in spring/summer.
- Salary: $10.00 to $15.00 per hour, depending on qualifications
- Benefits: The opportunity to expand three exciting event series, each of them already well-loved and primed for growth: Street Scramble, BEAST Adventure Race Series, and Northwest Trail Runs. In coming years, the salary for this position will grow as the events grow. The Events Coordinator has the opportunity to benefit in direct proportion to what she/he puts into his/her work.
- Start date: available immediately
The Events Coordinator will be involved in many aspects of event production, including day-of-event, equipment maintenance, participant communication and registration, and volunteer recruitment. In addition, depending on skills and interest, responsibilities will include some or all of the following: publicity, advertising, marketing, bookkeeping, merchandising, sponsor relations, grant applications, course design, cartography, venue permits, and web design and maintenance. As needed, the Events Coordinator will work on private events in addition to the three event series mentioned above.
About half the work will be at event sites or at the Meridian Geographics office in Magnuson Park. The other half may be done from home.
Qualifications: Excellent writing and communication skills. Ability to work independently. Ability to multi-task and to handle uncertain and chaotic situations with humor and grace. In addition, the following are desirable: interest in production of recreational events; interest/background in marketing; outgoing personality; skills in MS Excel, Word, and Publisher; skills in web design and/or maintenance; graphic design skills; experience in grant writing and/or sponsor relations.
To apply, send resume and cover letter in either of the following ways:
- Postal mail, to the address at the bottom of this page
- Email (Word, text, PDF, or HTML) to eric@mergeo.com