# Market evidence report — event-manager

Source: **36 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 36), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 29 | 81 % |
| senior | 3 | 8 % |
| lead | 2 | 6 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 11 | 31 % |
| 2 | OysterLink | 4 | 11 % |
| 3 | Zoom | 3 | 8 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | event planning | 19 | 53 % |
| 2 | budget management | 11 | 31 % |
| 3 | contract negotiation | 8 | 22 % |
| 4 | project management | 8 | 22 % |
| 5 | event execution | 7 | 19 % |
| 6 | vendor management | 7 | 19 % |
| 7 | vendor negotiation | 6 | 17 % |
| 8 | event management | 5 | 14 % |
| 9 | logistics management | 5 | 14 % |
| 10 | revenue forecasting | 5 | 14 % |
| 11 | group room block management | 4 | 11 % |
| 12 | billing accuracy | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | client relationship management | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | contract management | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | logistics coordination | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | problem solving | 3 | 8 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | event execution | 11 | 31 % |
| 2 | event coordination | 6 | 17 % |
| 3 | event planning | 5 | 14 % |
| 4 | bill review | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | client communication | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | customer communication | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | event documentation preparation | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | event setup | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | vendor management | 3 | 8 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 36 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

36 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- event planning — 53 % (19 ads)
- budget management — 31 % (11 ads)
- contract negotiation — 22 % (8 ads)
- project management — 22 % (8 ads)
- event execution — 19 % (7 ads)
- vendor management — 19 % (7 ads)
- vendor negotiation — 17 % (6 ads)
- event management — 14 % (5 ads)
- logistics management — 14 % (5 ads)
- revenue forecasting — 14 % (5 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Office — 31 % (11 ads)
- OysterLink — 11 % (4 ads)
- Zoom — 8 % (3 ads)
- database software — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft 365 — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 6 % (2 ads)
- POS register systems — 6 % (2 ads)
- Salesforce — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 81 % · senior 8 % · lead 6 % · junior 3 % · n/a 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Event Manager | 3 |
| Meeting and Events Manager | 2 |
| Deputy Senate Services Director and Events Manager | 1 |
| Development and Fundraising Events Manager | 1 |
| Director of Event Operations | 1 |
| Event Manager - $61000 to $79000 per YEAR | 1 |
| Event Manager - Main Event Caterers | 1 |
| Event Manager at Marriott Adelphi, MD | 1 |
| Event Manager at Meso Scale Discovery Silver Spring, MD | 1 |
| Event Operations Manager | 1 |
| Event Planner | 1 |
| Event Planning Manager | 1 |
| Event Producer | 1 |
| Event Services Manager | 1 |
| Event Services Manager - Capital Hilton - Quick Hire! | 1 |
| Events Manager | 1 |
| Events Manager - College Fairs | 1 |
| Events Manager (Alexandria, VA) | 1 |
| Events Organiser Intern | 1 |
| Internal Events Manager | 1 |
| Manager, Meetings & Event Logistics | 1 |
| Manager, Meetings & Events | 1 |
| Manager, Meetings & Events - Quick Hire! | 1 |
| Meeting & Events Manager | 1 |
| Offsite Event Manager, Audio Visual - Washington, DC | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.