Marketing and Events Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Staffing and fulfilling event metrics as scheduled (weekdays, weekends, and some holidays)
• Planning, booking, and coordinating travel arrangements
• Contacting and working with venue coordinators, such as school leadership, college career centers, and sponsorship partners
• Researching marketing tools and collecting program data
• Traveling to events and marketing highway safety campaigns effectively
• Reporting and communicating to managers for maximizing impact of highway safety programs
• Preparing professional recaps of each event for the client
• Capturing photographs of marketing activations and engagement at events
• Ensuring that each venue is meeting sponsorship requirements (signs, PA announcements, video commercials, print ads, etc.)
• Inventory management of the office and off-site storage
• Engage in “team-think” and brainstorming to increase the effectiveness of sponsorship activations
• Creation of projects using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Canva (optional)
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements

• Must be able to travel (75% of the time)
• Well-organized
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (Preferred: Teams Application)
• Able to multitask and time manage
• Able to stay flexible and adaptable
• Self-starter with a positive attitude
• Have strong interpersonal skills that complement a proactive, solution-driven, team-oriented work ethic
• Able to work untraditional hours, including weekends, evenings, and some holidays
• Be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. as needed

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (preferred)
• Junior/senior needing a semester-long internship to fulfill graduation requirements
• Recent graduates

Duration of Internship

Fall 2026 Fall 2026

Job Questions

• Do you have any prior experience in event marketing? If yes, please describe.
• What are your desired start and end dates?
• Do you currently live in or willing to relocate to the Meriden, CT area?