Are you organised? Punctual? Have an eye for details? Outgoing? And enjoy a great gathering? Then a career in event management may be the perfect career for you!
Event Managers spend their lives planning memorable events for their clients, and ensuring that these special functions run perfectly on the day. It can be an incredibly exciting, busy and fast-paced career. If this sounds like something you’d love, read on…
Event management is now an important marketing tool being widely used, the scale may however differ depending on the event and objective. Each event is different in its nature so process of planning & execution of each event differs on basis of type of event.The events industry now includes events of all sizes from the Olympics down to business breakfast meetings. Many industries, charitable organizations, and interest groups hold events in order to market themselves, build business relationships, raise money, or celebrate achievement.
Event Management is the application of project management to the creation and development of large-scale events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts, or conventions. It involves studying the brand, identifying its target audience, devising the event concept, and coordinating the technical aspects before actually launching the event.
The demand for Event Mangers is across all industries because the new marketing tool is Events whether it is for employees in the organization (R&R, Award Functions etc.) Or Product Launches, Sports, Education etc.
Doing an Internship in the vacations will be an insightful learning of the entertainment industry. Internship will help to understand the practical aspects which will be helpful to understand and learn your role which will help you in the long run to secure a job.
Sabbas Joseph, Wizcraft
There are online courses also available for this field from the top institutes mentioned above.