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CareeRs

Planning & Design

Interested in working with our Wedicity Team? Here you'll find current opportunities to work with our talented team of planners and event designers! 

Wedicity career Opportunities 

Wedicity is where memorable moments meet chic experiential design! 

 

From the start of the planning process through wedding weekend

- we make it simple, approachable and fun!

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As a full service wedding planning and design firm, we only bring our couple clients the best the industry has to offer. Our team of talented planners are dedicated to lifelong learning and refining their planning and creative design skills. Anyone working with our team is required to have the same dedication to their career and to have a true passion for hospitality and service. A great wedding planning experience evolves from a passion for service and the fine details and logistics of what makes up a perfect wedding weekend. Our team is dedicated to having an inclusive creative vendor team and support a strong diversity initiative in the couples that we serve to the creative partners we connect with. Learn more about our mission and values here

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We’re proud to offer the Wedicity Internship Experience to a select few special college-student interns each year. We offer 3 internship periods per year during Winter, Summer and Fall in which we select 1-2 student interns to join our team for a 12-16 week period. We are passionate about elevating, training and providing experiential opportunities to the next generation of leaders in our industry. The Wedicity Internship Experience program is geared towards students who are looking towards a future career in the wedding and/or hospitality industry and is eager to dive into a hands-on internship.

Internship

Wedicity
Internship Experience

Summer 2025 applications will open in Fall 2024

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  • Internships are 12-16 weeks in length (based on college schedule).

  • Summer Internships are full time with an estimated 40 hours a week. (No part-time internships available for summer session) 

  • Fall/Winter Internships are part or full time (based on college schedule).

  • Internships are paid a $400 monthly stipend (full-time).

  • A weekly curriculum applies to the internship program and will be directed by owner, Tionna Van Gundy, CSEP.

  • Interns wiill work alongside the planners and designers for an immersive internship experience

  • Curriculum includes event research, hands-on application, in-office administrative assignments, on-site event production and concludes with the creation of an actual event led and directed by the Intern. 

  • Must be over 18 years of age. 

  • Must be available to work a flexible 40 hours a week (some nights and weekends).

  • Must have commitment to hospitality, service and a can-do/will-do positive attitude. 

  • Applicants must be eager and willing to learn.

  • Looking for those with a passion for the hospitality or planning industry.

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Wedicity is not currently hiring any full time positions however other opportunities to work with our team are noted below under "On-Site Event Assistant". 
Please send Resumes to: tionna@wed-icity.com 

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Full Time Positions

On-site event assistants are paid for work on a per-event basis. All event assistants must interview and then shadow 2 weddings/events with a lead planner prior to being hired for an event assistant position. Upon successful completion, On-site event assistants will be contacted with opportunities to be contracted at least one month prior to each event. Rates vary based on the event and day-of schedule.

On-site Event Assistant

Wedding & Event Planner

 

  • Coordinate with vendor partners to bring all event details together based on client requests.

  • Create timelines, design documents and other materials required to assist in the execution of a wedding weekend or event. 

  • Communicate with clients and vendors to cross reference information, reconcile payments and details on a regular basis.

  • Task management clients based on due dates and planning priorities throughout the planning process.

  • Attend in person and virtual client and vendor meetings in the coordination of a client wedding or special event as needed.

  • Regular use of planning platform in the planning and detailing of a client event.

  • Upkeep documents and communication lines between client, vendors and online tools.

  • Management of client profiles and vendor profiles.

  • Attend and manage all wedding weekend details per assigned clients.

  • Lead on-site wedding team by delegating tasks and providing all tools, resources, timelines and information.

  • Assist in post-event follow up (collecting reviews, gaining access to photography and videography for marketing, client gift sending)

  • Assist with marketing efforts (on-site PR events such as trade shows, bridal events, blog writing, styled shoot coordinating and attending networking events).

 

Position is a mix between in-office and work-from-home schedules, with our office being located in West Town, Chicago, IL. 

12 Paid Holidays / 10 Paid-time-off days used at your discretion. 

Full-time, salaried position.

Diversity
Equity
Inclusion

We pride ourselves on being a LGBTQ+ Friendly, Denomination-Wide and Racially / Culturally accepting planning team. We lead with a service-first mentality and passion for our craft. Wedicity is honored to create, design and plan for the diverse couples and creative partners we have the opportunity to work with.

 

Hate has no place here. Love is Love! 

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