Wedding Planner/Project Manager – Décor & Design Focus Do you have a passion for creating weddings & events and making long-lasting memories for your clients? Mugwump Productions is seeking an Event Project Manager focusing weddings. What is in it for you + Paid time off + Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, 401K + Starting at $50,000 + Bonus Plan + Team focused culture + Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within our company + Complementary tickets to events including the Jacksonville Icemen Hockey Games, Jumbo Shrimp Baseball Games, and Special events.   What you will be doing: + You will be assisting couples/wedding planners through design, decor selection, and occasionally full planning and/or day-of coordination. + Organizing décor productions for high profile weddings & corporate events from initial design to event day, including meetings with clients to determine needs, budget, designing, and building quotes, coordinating vendors and venues, oversee loading of trucks, on-site management set-up, and execution. + Create floor plans, design stage sets, and coordinate with venue for internal and external planning. + Conduct pre/post-event meetings with clients and pertinent departments to confirm relevant information. + Guide pre-planning and client deadlines for seamless execution of event details. + Work closely with technical, warehouse, marketing, sales, and project management teams. + In collaboration with the Production Manager, ensure there is adequate staff scheduled for set-up/strike of the events. + Participate in design reviews with internal staff, clients, and consultants. + Oversee and assist with load-on and load-out for events. + Be the liaison onsite for your client and technician team to maintain the highest level of customer service. + Attend weekly meetings providing status reports on upcoming and previous events as required. + Preparation and management of job costing to ensure cost-effectiveness.   Your experience and skills include: + At least 3 to 5 years of wedding and event planning experience. + Creative and passionate about events. + Overall knowledge of the wedding/event industry. + Proficient in creating budgets and understanding of profit and loss statement. + Advanced verbal, and written communication skills. + Previous management experience and innate leadership abilities. + Detail-oriented, organized, and able to multi-task. + Able to work in a high energy, high-pressure environment. + Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a team player. + Able to work weekends and evenings. + Flex Software Program, or the ability to quickly learn new computer programs. + Proficiency in general office equipment. + Hospitality degree or experience is desirable.   Your team and working environment: Mugwump Productions is based in Jacksonville, FL and has a second location in Daytona Beach, FL. Our corporate Jacksonville office is where you will spend office days planning and collaborating with the team is in a newly built building conveniently located near the Town Center (off 295 & Beach Blvd.).  Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are an inclusive company, and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent. Why work for Mugwump Productions? We are far more than an event company. We are a community of passionate, creative people who love building and executing ideas from the ground up. Project Managers are a little bit like “adrenaline junkies” who feed of the energy of weddings and events. A lot of companies say they have a “great culture”, but we have over 10 people who have been with the company for over 8 years, some being here for 25 years, which shows what kind of culture we truly have. We are excited that our team is growing and hope you will be a part of it!   Powered by JazzHR