Events Extraordinaire

Events Extraordinaire

By: Kelsey Martin

Since I was little I have always had a knack for being well-organized and always planning things. My mom has many stories from my development portraying how my aptitudes now have shaped me to be the planner and perfectionist I am today, and hopefully one day it will pay off. As scheduling has always been an interest for me, it was not until my high school years that I found a career that fit me- event planning. I enjoy meeting people’s needs and having a good time at parties and with my planning skills I became very interested in the career. Since then I have worked in many jobs that are in the industry to gain more experience.

As I am now graduating in December and starting to look for jobs the event industry seems much bigger and difficult to get into. I have talked with many people about different jobs in the industry, read books, and even visited event association web pages. After much research, I have decided that I would love to be a top event planner for a prestigious golf club or corporate company. However, getting to that point is going to take some time.

I am now talking to more people in the Oklahoma City and Dallas areas in different venues and country clubs including trying to secure interviews and sending my impressive (hopefully) resume. I know that in the world of the event industry its all about who you know to help you get places. And I think I know a lot of people but lately its not getting me far.

Graduating with a degree in Public Relations well prepared me to conduct campaigns and to represent a company but only until this year in campaigns class have I ever used my event planning skills in a class. However, I feel that the skills I have learned with my Public Relations degree will help me in event planning and to spread my skills further into other career outlets if necessary.

As I now search to get my foot in the door of the event industry, I only hope that after a few years I will reach my way to the top and be in charge of many prominent events and get to use the skills I have developed since a young age and during college in Public Relations.