Freelance Event Planner

The role

You will run sold and designed events end to end independently under the company brand. This includes planning, logistics, client management, and on-site leadership.

What you will do

• Own delivery of sold events from handoff through wrap
• Build and manage event timeline, run of show, and production schedule
• Coordinate vendors, rentals, and talent
• Work with production and warehouse teams
• Track events against approved budget
• Act as the client-facing point of contact
• Run client check-ins and manage changes
• Lead on site for setup, vendor management, run of show, troubleshooting, and teardown
• Support smaller proposals if needed

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of event planning experience
• Track record of running events end to end without close supervision
• Highly organized, detail-driven, and steady under pressure
• Polished, warm client communication, written and verbal
• Experience managing vendors and working within event budgets
• Comfort with Google Workspace
• Based in, or able to reliably work on site in, the SF Bay Area

Nice to have

• Corporate events experience
• Event or project management tools

About the company

The company is a Bay Area event design and production company specializing in large-scale, high-impact corporate events.