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Event assistant

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Conference and event assistant Conference and event coordinator Event assistant Event coordinator Events assistant Special event assistant

Event assistant implement and follow plans detailed by event managers and planners. They specialise in a part of the planning either the coordination of the catering, transportation, or the facilities.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Promoting conferences, conventions and trade shows to potential customers;
(b) Responding to inquiries concerning services provided and costs for room and equipment hire, catering and related services;
(c) Meeting with clients to discuss their needs and outlining package options to meet these needs;
(d) Arranging and coordinating services, such as, conference facilities, catering, signage, displays, audiovisual and computer equipment, accommodation, transport and social events, for participants, logistical arrangements for presenters;
(e) Organizing registration of participants;
(f) Negotiating the type and costs of services to be provided within budget;
(g) Overseeing work by contractors and reporting on variations to work orders.

Knowledge

  • Management and administration

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Collaborating and liaising
  • Promoting products, services, or programs
  • Creating artistic designs or performances
  • Performing general clerical and administrative tasks

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Business and administration associate professionals

Business services agents

Conference and event planners

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Conference and event planners

519

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

66,71%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-8,79% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

40,27%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

20,81%

Part-time contracts

1,22% Turnover index

573

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

1%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Business and administration associate professionals

61%

39%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Business services agents

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Conference and event planners

No experience
5%
Less than 1 year
51%
Between 1 and 2 years
7%
Between 2 and 4 years
14%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
17%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
21%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
14%
Administrative and support service activities
13%
Manufacturing
12%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
11%
Others
29%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.