Event Coordinator

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Event Coordinator is an integral part of Latham’s Events team. This role will be responsible for supporting meetings, conferences, and events for key stakeholders, while supporting multiple event projects, in collaboration with other team members, throughout the year from initial conception to onsite execution. This role will be located in either our Chicago or New York office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence. 

Other key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring goals and objectives of the department are met; ensuring that all tasks and duties completed are done within the firm’s set guidelines and policies
• Assisting with all day-to-day tasks supporting the staff on the meetings and events team
• Assisting with the department’s databases and collecting and inputting data with appropriate judgment and a high level of accuracy
• Researching venues for dinners, social gatherings at meetings, and other events
• Preparing summaries of appropriate venues, availability, costs, and capacities
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Possess well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm
• Display the ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with a customer-service focus
• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail skills for all events to ensure superior attendee experience

And have:

• A high school diploma or an equivalent
• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent, preferably
• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience at a professional services organization
• Experience with event management platforms, such as Cvent, preferably

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional Development programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

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Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. 

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