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Event Manager
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  • Location: Waterloo, Ontario
  • Type: Temporary - Contractor
  • Job #18332

Event Manager (6-Month Contract)

35 hours per week | Remote (with occasional onsite support for events in Southern Ontario)

We’re looking for an experienced Event Manager to support a busy corporate client through a high-volume period of conferences, broker events, and internal gatherings. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, can manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision, and takes ownership from planning through execution.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of in-person events – from large-scale conferences to intimate internal meetings (typically up to 500 attendees).

  • Partner with internal business units, brand teams, and external vendors to ensure flawless delivery across all event touchpoints.

  • Manage event timelines, logistics, communications, and post-event wrap-ups.

  • Collaborate with internal design teams on presentation decks, materials, and event collateral.

  • Oversee established vendor relationships, including catering, venues, and event production partners.

  • Anticipate challenges, propose solutions, and keep projects moving forward independently.

  • Provide on-site support as needed for key events in Southern Ontario.

What We’re Looking For

  • Proven experience managing corporate or broker-facing events — ideally within large or matrixed organizations.

  • Strong project management and coordination skills, with the ability to prioritize across multiple concurrent initiatives.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; comfortable liaising with senior partners and cross-functional teams.

  • A solutions-oriented, proactive, and hands-on approach — someone who takes ownership and delivers with confidence.

  • Flexibility to travel within Southern Ontario for in-person event support.

This is a 6-month contract, structured in 3-month increments. It’s a great opportunity to step into a dynamic, collaborative environment where you’ll make an immediate impact and help drive successful events across the organization.

Contact Us.

At Creative Niche, we’re committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces, both within our own team and for the clients we serve. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we’ll work with you to meet your needs.
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Creative Niche was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

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Creative Niche was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory we reside on, and a way of honouring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. Land acknowledgements do not exist in a past tense, or historical context: colonialism is current and ongoing, and we need to centre reconciliation in our actions and in our work. We encourage our team, partners, and clients to learn about the lands in which they live and to work towards reconciliation.

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Creative Niche was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

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Creative Niche was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory we reside on, and a way of honouring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. Land acknowledgements do not exist in a past tense, or historical context: colonialism is current and ongoing, and we need to centre reconciliation in our actions and in our work. We encourage our team, partners, and clients to learn about the lands in which they live and to work towards reconciliation.

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