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Event manager CV: example and template

This example is for event managers, event coordinators and organisers at event agencies, hotels, companies, cultural institutions and festivals, and for people who organise weddings and parties.

The employer and the client want to know which events you have prepared, for how many guests, with what budget, how you work with suppliers and how you cope when something goes wrong. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: event manager

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Sylwia Pawłowska

Event manager

Krakow +48 123 456 789 sylwia.pawlowska@example.com

Professional profile

Event manager with 8 years of experience at an event agency and a conference hotel. I organise conferences, corporate events and festivals for 50 to 3,000 people, from the concept and budget through suppliers and logistics to final accounts. I run about 30 events a year and coordinate teams of up to 40 people on the day.

Work experience

Event manager

03.2020 - present

Event agency, Krakow

  • Organising about 30 events a year: conferences, galas, company picnics and incentive trips.
  • Event budgets of up to PLN 1.5 million and cost control.
  • Choosing and negotiating with suppliers: venues, catering, technical crew, artists.
  • Event running orders, schedules and coordinating the team on the day.
  • Guest registration and post-event surveys, average client rating 4.8 out of 5.

Event coordinator

05.2017 - 02.2020

Conference hotel, Krakow

  • Handling conferences and training for companies.
  • Preparing offers and agreeing details with clients.
  • Coordinating rooms, catering and technical equipment.

Education

Master's degree, tourism and recreation

2012 - 2017

Krakow University of Economics

Skills

  • Planning and coordinating events
  • Budget and cost control
  • Negotiating with suppliers
  • Running orders and schedules
  • Guest registration
  • Managing the team on the day

Courses

  • Project management course, 2021
  • Event safety training, 2022

Languages

  • English: C1
  • German: B1

Additional information

  • Driving licence, category B, weekend and evening work

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write an event manager CV

Professional summary

Write which events you organise, for how long, for how many guests and with what budget. Add what you are responsible for: the concept, suppliers, logistics, the team, final accounts. The number of events a year shows your experience well.

Tourism graduate with a year of experience as an assistant at an event agency. I helped with conferences and company picnics, contacted suppliers and kept guest lists. I want to work as an event coordinator.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe types of events, the number of guests, budgets, suppliers and the team. Show results: client ratings, repeat business, savings. Add one difficult event that you managed to save, because employers ask about it at interviews.

Weaker: Organising events.

Better: Organising about 30 events a year: conferences, galas, company picnics and incentive trips.

Weaker: Budget.

Better: Event budgets of up to PLN 1.5 million and cost control.

Weaker: Contact with suppliers.

Better: Choosing and negotiating with suppliers: venues, catering, technical crew, artists.

Skills worth listing

List planning, the budget, negotiation, logistics, registration tools and team management. In your soft skills show calm in a crisis and organisation, because on the day there is always something to solve on the spot.

Professional skills

  • Event planning
  • Budget
  • Negotiation
  • Logistics
  • Guest registration
  • Running order

Personal skills

  • Calm in a crisis
  • Organisation
  • Communication
  • Team management
  • Availability

Courses

List project management courses, event safety training and guest registration software. For large outdoor events knowledge of mass event safety rules is useful.

Event manager CV with no experience

Describe events you organised at university, in organisations, as a volunteer or in your family. Give the number of guests and your role.

Start as an assistant at an agency or as event staff. It is a good way to learn the work from the inside.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An event agency looks for many events and work with clients, a hotel for conferences and room management, and a festival for the logistics of large outdoor events. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on an event manager CV

Questions and answers

What should an event manager put on a CV?

Types of events, the number of guests, budgets, suppliers, the team, results, courses, languages and availability.

Should you give event budgets on a CV?

Yes, approximately. The budget shows the scale of your responsibility well.

How do you become an event manager with no experience?

Through work as an agency assistant, volunteering at events and student organisations.

Which languages are useful for an event manager?

Most often English, especially for conferences and foreign clients.

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