Meet the Coherent Solutions Team


Julie Begbie, CEO and Senior Event Manager
Our founder, Julie’s experience planning conferences to the highest standards for over 15 years have set the bar high for any event that Coherent Solutions takes on. A passion for creating lasting, sustainable systems that ensure repeated success mean that Julie’s ready to hit the ground running for any project thrown our way.
e-mail: [email protected]



CURRENT OPENINGS
Intermediate Events Manager
About the Role:
Coherent Solutions is seeking an intermediate event manager to join our growing, busy team. At Coherent solutions, we strive to help great organizations do good things. And do them well; really well.
We have high standards of ourselves, and love meeting high expectations of our clients and attendees. We also believe in creating systems and strategies that make our business sustainable and stable for ourselves and our clients.
Term: 1 Year contract, with possibility of extension
Salary: 50,000 CAD / year
Hours: 37 hours a week, flexible around core hours of 9:30-2:30 Monday-Friday
Location: Primarily virtual; however, will involve monthly or bi-weekly work out of Ottawa co-working space, so ideally candidate will be located in proximity to Ottawa
Other terms: Will involve travel within Canada
This role will involve managing a portfolio of client events from start to end. We do it all and we will need our Intermediate Event Manager to jump right in and do it all too. This will include:
- Site Selection and contracting
- Venue Management
- Accommodation Management
- Registration Management
- AV Management
- Sponsor/Exhibitor Management
- Speaker Management
- Program Development
- Onsite Delivery
- Materials Preparation
Core requirements:
- University or college-level education in relevant field
- 5 years experience in the event management industry
- Strong technical skills (Outlook, Word, Excel and PPT tips should be among your party-tricks)
- Excellent communication skills
- Solution-focused mindset
Ideal candidate will also:
- Be bilingual
- Have experience with Adobe Acrobat Pro and InDesign and/or Illustrator
To Apply, send your resume and a short cover-email letting us know why you think you’d be a fit to [email protected]
Deadline: August 31st, 2023; Download PDF