Events & Marketing Assistant, IDE

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Posting Description

EVENTS & MARKETING ASSISTANT, IDE, MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Econ (IDE), assists with the planning and coordinating of high-profile events, developing invitation lists with input from others, sending invitations, confirming attendees, arranging speakers, ordering refreshments, and performing other administrative or analytic tasks to support the events; serves as an information resource for policies surrounding events and/or room use. Checks for space availability on desired date, explains scheduling procedures, and ensures that application forms are complete and accurate at the time of submission; assists faculty and staff across School(s)/Area(s) or DLCI(s) and works with vendors to arrange for hotel rooms, event venues, audiovisual equipment, lighting, decor, catering, cleaning, moving services, transportation, parking, security; supports budget management for programs, tracking and forecasting expenses to ensure efficient allocation of resources; coordinates the production of print and electronic content including social media for the MIT IDE; checks and formats communications/marketing materials and collaterals.; makes edits and template changes in print and digital materials.

The full job description is available, here: https://web.mit.edu/sloan-hr/jobs/MITIDEEventsandMarketingAssistant.pdf

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: High school diploma or equivalent; a minimum five years of administrative or events support experience; strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously; strong interpersonal, problem-solving, and collaboration skills; meticulous attention to detail and commitment to high-quality work; ability to work in person at MIT Sloan at least 2-3 days per week, with the opportunity for remote work on certain days. PREFERRED: Bachelor's degree in a related field.

10/30/2026

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