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Three positions are currently available:
Experienced Wedding Planner
Social Media Marketing Manager
Wedding Planner Mentorship Program
Wedding Planner
Want to build strong client relationships, trusted professional vendor friendships, and to celebrate love, learnings, and milestones?
Do you like autonomy, collaboration, and growth?If yes, this position is for you!
Strong client and vendor relationships are the most important aspect of this job, second to that is detailed planning and documentation skills, followed by a keen sense of business development.
We deeply value flexibility, transparency, career and business growth, hard work, and fun.
Responsibilities:
Leveraging Pomegranate Occasions trusted and established brand reputation and system resources, you will:
Manage and build your lead pipeline to develop your client portfolio.
Utilize and improve upon streamlined systems and workflows to effectively and efficiently guide clients in achieving their event vision.
Perform the duties outlined in the Wedding Planning Services we offer. Adhere to the high quality service level expectations set forth within the service offerings and the brand.
Maintain respectful, ego-less, positive relations with all clients, vendors, and venues.
Support and partner with the team and have a continuous improvement mindset. Attend regular managerial meetings for support and professional development.
Enhance products, procedures, services, and tools within the workflows by actively contributing suggestions, best practices, and workplace efficiencies.
Grow your client portfolio by leveraging our marketing budget and vendor network.
Requirements:
3+ years of direct wedding or hospitality planning experience.
A desire to build strong client relationships and trusted professional vendor friendships.
Must like autonomy, collaboration, growth, and be a self-starter.
Excellent time management, organization, communication, customer service, computer and technology, self motivation, and relationship building skills.
Must own own vehicle, cell phone, access to wifi, and computer. Must have excellent computer and executive customer service skills.
Must understand and support our Core Values and appreciate diversity & inclusion.
Must understand the seasonal nature of this work and be available in the summer months - our busiest time.
Pay & Perks:
This is a commission based sales position with a monthly payroll that is driven based on your annual book of business.
Hours vary from 40/hours/week in busy summer months to 5/hours/ week in off-season.
You keep all tips.
Flexible Schedule - must maintain a minimum of 10 consistently available meeting hours per week for client and team meetings.
Position is primarily Work-From-Home with travel based on client needs and vendor relationship management. Create your own ideal work-life harmony.
Work in a supportive team environment.
Opportunities for growth and career advancement.
Administrative Coordinator
Seeking a highly motivated, resourceful, organized team player with a passion for events and coordination.
Responsibilities:
Lead the administration of Pomegranate Occasions service inquiries, coordination and execution. Assist the Lead Event Planners with general administration of the organization.
Be knowledgable on our services to assist our prospective clients, answer inquires timely, send quotes and contracts for services, and assist as needed with our Planning & Coordination clients.
Take an active lead our Picnic services, Staffing & Rental Bookings, and Birthday Party services.
Assist the lead planners in client task management, invoicing and vendor reach out.
Provide support and contributions to our Social Media Management
Pay & Perks:
Base pay is $100/week for an expected ~5 hours/week. Annual profit-sharing bonus based on performance. Perks include remote work and flexible schedule and $100/month for business development and networking.
Social Media Marketer
Seeking a highly-motivated, creative, self starter who has a passion for connecting with an audience. Must love learning and becoming specialized in their craft and enjoy engaging with the audience on an ongoing basis.
Responsibilities:
Lead the Pomegranate Occasions social media marketing and advertising strategy which include but are not limited to:
Create and post a minimum of one social media posts/reels each week and one story per business day utilizing a large volume of professional photography images and videos and Canva and other AI marketing tools.
Engage with a minimum of five instagrams or facebook community members per business day.
Manage Marketing Platforms including (Google Business Page, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook)
Pay & Perks:
Pay rate is a flat $100/week with an expectation of ~5 hours / week + quarterly bonus for achieving quantitative performance goals. Remote work and personal and a monthly budget of $100/ month for professional development and networking needs.
Wedding Planner Mentorship Program
Do you throw great parties? Love organizing meetings or meet ups? Have a keen eye of detail, design, and guest experiences? Do you have excellent time management and love organization? Does it bother you when you don’t know when to show up for an event or how to get there? Then event planning might be perfect for you.
Pomegranate Occasions offers job shadowing opportunities to teach you what you need to know to become an effective, efficient wedding planner. For interns who exceed expectations, an offer for a Wedding Planning position with Pomegranate Occasions is available.
Job Shadowing includes duties related to:
1: Getting Started: Setting a mission, prioritization, & budgets
Learn the preliminary essentials that every successful event planner must understand, how to respond to market inquiries, drafting an event proposal, creating a preliminary budget, the role and importance of headcount, and review the importance of an event planning guide.
2: Venues & Event Flow
The venue drives the most important decisions you'll have for your event. Determine what specific things to look for in a venue; how to do a site inspection, and what questions to ask. Shadow discussions related to types of venues for different types of events. Explore how to work within event space to maximize the attendee experience; including the importance of understanding "flow," why it's important, and examples of good and bad flow.
3: The legal stuff
Contracts are a major part of becoming an event planner, they are necessary to insure that you, your client, and your event are protected. Shadow the basic elements that should be included in contracts as well as the different types of event insurance that you might need, and an explanation of licenses, permits, & permissions and how they apply to your event.
4: Food & Beverage (F&B)
F&B is a major part of any event, and therefore requires special considerations dependent on the venue, season, location, and more. Discover the process of selecting menus and how to work with your venue or caterer. Working around special dietary needs is a vital part of your job; so it's important to learn the terminology that is used within F&B. Finally, learn the different ways in which your hotel, venue, or caterer will charge for F&B to ensure you're maximizing your clients budget.
5: Decor
Decor is usually considered one of the most visual, and perhaps FUN, part of event planning! Shadow our process to curate and design visual examples and photos explaining different elements of decor. Learn how you can use tables, centerpieces, furniture, and lighting to add to your decor, as well as other tips for making the biggest impact with limited budgets.
6: Vendors & Client Relations
With every event, you'll be working with vendors, clients, and select key family, friend, or colleagues of the client. Shadow how to select and work with vendors, what contracts are needed for each, and how to schedule and timeline your event needs in consideration of your vendor needs. Discover special considerations when working with your clients expectations and emotions on their event day.
7: Finishing Touches & Billing
Planning helps, but can’t predict how your event will actually go. Explore the often-overlooked steps necessary to successfully manage your event on-site. Understand the importance of relating and helping your staff, vendors, clients, and guests. Review key professionalism and polishing touches to include and learn how to finalize and reconcile your billing.
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Headquarters
Los Angeles Ave
South Lake Tahoe, CA
but you may work from any desired location that provides you reliable wifi and cell phone coverage.