Meeting Planner—Career Opportunities

The Chicagoland area is the second largest meeting planner employer in the nation thanks to the dozens of associations that call Chicago home, including the American Bar Association, American Dental Association, American Medical Association and the National Association of Realtors.

Chicago hosts some of the largest conventions generating billions of dollars in revenue, which increases employment in nearly every aspect of the meeting/special events industry.

"Employment of meeting and convention planners is expected to grow faster than the average for all professions over the next decade or so. The number of jobs planners hold is forecast to jump 16 percent, thanks to the growing importance of meetings to increasingly global companies."
- Job Outlook for Best Careers 2010011, U.S. News

Where can a Moraine Valley Meeting Planning certificate or degree take you?
Anywhere you want to go!
Complete your education and the lineup is limitless for exciting career opportunities:
Account executive for a convention and visitors bureau
Account executive for a destination management company
Account executive for a service contractor
Association meeting planner
Catering sales manager
Conference sales manager
Convention audiovisual coordinator
Corporate meeting planner
Event planner
Exhibit manager
Exhibit sales
Hotel convention sales manager
Hotel convention service manager
Hotel sales and marketing manager
Independent meeting planner
Meeting concierge
Meeting marketing manager
Showroom/entertainment coordinator
Special events manager
Supplier/distributor account executive
Tour and travel sales manager
Tradeshow manager
Wedding planner

More information about the Meeting Planner Program