Abigail Fritz Dream Job January 26, 2018

Abigail Fritz

Professor Russo

Digital Apps

January 26, 2018

My Dream Job

My dream job entails working with others to make their dream event come true. I want to

be an event designer. An event designer will design and execute an overall look for an event.

Either that be a birthday, wedding, anniversary, convention, or a small get together with family.

To be an event designer it’s good to be creative and have eye for detail. To see things that other

people might not spot. Event designers often work alongside of event planners or managers.

Most event designers will be working with an array of different elements, these include ice,

candies, fabrics, balloons, flowers, and event design software (Carrer Magnifier , n.d.). To be an

event designer you can have a certificate, or a bachelor’s degree. Your degree could be in any of

the following major’s hospitality, communications, and public relations. Also some hospitality

programs offer a concentration in event planning, and they can take extra courses in special

events marketing, facilities operation, media relations and entertainment events. (Study.com,

n.d.)

Having a bachelors in hospitality will come in handy because this is what you are going

to school for, for about 4 years. So compared to people that just have a certification, that was

probably a 6-9 month course, you have more knowledge then them. For me I know I’m going to

try to do the 4+1 program here at Nichols which will allow me to get my masters and bachelors

in 5 years and I won’t have to worry about trying to find another school to get accepted in to for

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my grad program. For my current classes I am currently in Travel and Tourism with Professor

Conrad, and I am also taking Don Trella’s Casino and Hotel Management hybrid course. Last

semester I took Into to Hospitality with Professor Conrad as well. Also with the Travel and

Tourism class some of us will be going to Disney for spring break, and we will be taking classes

down there, to learn about how Disney functions.

The salary of an event designer in 2005 was 40-60 thousand a year. (Lavailee, 2005). Off

of Study.com in 2015 the recovered salary was $51, 200 so from 10 years ago to 3 years ago the

salary has still stayed the same. For other jobs that are related to an event designer, they do make

more. An Urban and regional planners can make up to about 65,000 and careers that involve

Management occupations can make up to a million per year. (Study.com, n.d.)

According to value penguin the average student loan debt we are in is about $26,700.

(Value Pegiun , n.d.)

Bibliography
Carrer Magnifier . (n.d.). Job Description: Event Designer . Retrieved from Career Magnifier :
https://www.careermagnifier.com/job-description.php?jobID=54

Lavailee, A. (2005, October 25 ). Carrers; In any event, planners cover the bases; They Create memories
that can last a life time. Retrieved from LexisNexis Academic :
http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?

Study.com. (n.d.). Event Planning: Requirements to Be an Event Planner . Retrieved from Study.com:
https://study.com/articles/Event_Planning_Requirements_to_Be_an_Event_Planner.html

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Value Pegiun . (n.d.). Average Student Loan Debt in America: 2017 Facts & Figures . Retrieved from Value
Peguin : https://www.valuepenguin.com/average-student-loan-debt

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