Wedding Planner Marina Ramirez

Education & Training Education field- Event Planning and Management Generally only a high school diploma is needed Sometimes Bachelors or Associates degrees are obtained Wedding planner certificates can also be gained by completing a quick course

Job Skills & Experience Excellent organizational skills The ability to work on more than one task at a time Good communication and 'people' skills Good customer care skills Problem-solving skills and the ability to deal with the unexpected Excellent attention to detail The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Earnings 80 billion dollars spent annually on weddings Top wedding planners can earn over $120,000 every year The average salary for a wedding planner in the U.S. in 2004 was $44,260 Who have been working for 10 years regularly gross $100,000 annually The salary of a wedding planner can range from a standard salary for new wedding planners to mid-six figures for the experienced and business savvy ones

Benefits Can be done on the side. If you don’t fancy leaving your full-time job, don’t worry, because you can actually work as a wedding planner even while maintaining your career Great source of profit Create your own hours Wedding planners also have the opportunity to travel to exotic locations

Employment

Typical Day Wedding planners typically are able to work freely and at their leisure They schedule appointments for the day for times that best suit them and their clients Wedding planners normally have other jobs as well Only on the actual day of a wedding are wedding planners up and about through out the whole day to make sure everything goes as planned.

Aptitude Being a wedding planner requires a lot of organization, which I believe is one of my strong points. It also requires one to be able to take control and handle stressful situations I would love to be a wedding planner, but also have another job