Smithbucklin, a 650-person, employee-owned professional services company with more than 70 years of success serving the association market, with primary offices Chicago, IL and Washington, D.C., is seeking a Program and Education Coordinator to join our Washington D.C Office.

What You Will Do

• Oversee and have deep collaboration with a group of diverse volunteers as they develop a robust educational program focused on serving conference attendees in the fields of research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, real-time graphics, virtual reality and more. Provide administrative support to the educational programs as the volunteers develop project plans, program content submission systems, curate and jury speakers/content, implement contributor database maintenance and reporting.

• Demonstrate strong comfort and experience with technology in order to lead and manage the development of a complicated virtual platform and mobile app for conference.

• Participate on video conference calls with the volunteer planning teams supporting various parts of the conference and member operations.

• Manage business correspondence including communications with volunteers and contributors.

Basic Qualifications…

• Proven ability to meet deadlines and successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Detail-oriented with a strong proficiency in project management
• Strong comfort for technology
• Understanding of educational content curation and process for supporting volunteer driven session selection
• Proactive and default towards action-taking
• Strong interpersonal skills and a high degree of responsibility, initiative and professionalism, you proactively communicate
• Passion for managing a diverse group of artistic and technical volunteers
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year institution
• 3-5 years professional experience

Where Do You Fit?

Whether you are just beginning your career or are a mid- or senior-level professional, working at Smithbucklin will offer you countless opportunities to develop transferrable skills, acquire meaningful knowledge and gain rich experiences at an accelerated pace. By working collaboratively with smart, ambitious, multi-talented, genuine, and hardworking colleagues, you will build meaningful, deep, and enduring relationships that will serve you well throughout your career, regardless of your chosen path. In addition, as a 100 percent employee-owned company, Smithbucklin offers all of our people – regardless of position or compensation – an equal chance to experience fulfillment and reap the benefits of ownership. As owners, our employees control the destiny of Smithbucklin and are unified in the goal of building a great, enduring company.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Smithbucklin, Equal Employment Opportunity is our commitment and goal. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status designated by federal, state, or local law. Applicants are encouraged to confidentially self-identify when applying. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a reference and background investigation based on the position.