What Is a Remote Event Manager and How to Become One

By ZipRecruiter Marketplace Research Team

A remote event manager’s responsibilities are to coordinate an event, such as a trade show, corporate meeting, professional conference, or a wedding. You meet with your clients to discuss their goals and needs for the event, and after assessing these needs you research venue locations, plan the daily schedule, assess size requirements and technical considerations, contract vendors, and help develop programming, such as keynote speakers or video demonstrations. For weddings, you may be in charge of hiring caterers, florists, and other support staff.

To become a remote event manager, you must have some formal qualifications and postsecondary education, typically a bachelor’s degree in communications, event management, or a closely related field. After graduating you should pursue entry-level positions in event planning and gain the experience and skills necessary to assume greater responsibility. From there, you must take on more supervisory tasks and oversee successful events which you can include in your portfolio. As a remote event manager, you may work for an event management company or you may work on a freelance basis.