Event Coordinator Career Path
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Based on 207 Jobtrees users who were an Event Coordinator in their career, on average, they have 2.24 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.8 years on average in this job building experience and earn $48K per year before moving on.
5% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Event Coordinator are Project Manager, Marketing Intern and General Manager. Project Manager, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step.
If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Team Lead, Trainer and Marketing Manager as they commonly lead to Event Coordinator as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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How can I become a
The most common career steps to get to Event Coordinator are Event Manager, Account Executive and Program Manager based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
While Event Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Event Coordinator that is an overwhelmingly common path. Another characteristic of the Event Coordinator career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary. This shows there are many potential paths to becoming an Event Coordinator so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
If you are looking for more potential career paths to Event Coordinator, you should also consider Intern, Marketing Coordinator and Production Assistant as they commonly lead to Event Coordinator as well.
What should I know about the career path
Event Coordinator is part of the Events job family which has a variety of unique role within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Event Coordinator are Events Coordinator, Special Event Coordinator.