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Greater Des Moines Partnership · 1 day ago

World Food & Music Festival Events Intern

Des Moines, IA

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

Start in 2026 Spring

Greater Des Moines Partnership is seeking an Events Intern to assist in the preparation of various events, particularly the World Food & Music Festival. The intern will lead planning efforts, manage vendors, and provide on-site support during events from March through October.

CommunitiesNon ProfitSharing EconomySocial

Responsibilities

Lead the planning, coordinating and execution of the Culinary Pavilion at the World Food & Music Festival. This includes recruiting local chefs, communication with chefs, information gathering for marketing materials, onsite support and more

Assist in managing the Food Vendors, Merchants and Nonprofit Organizations for the World Food & Music Festival. This includes contract creation, updating event platform, vendor communication, ensures all insurance documents and payments are received, document and packet creation, credentials and more

Brainstorm and implement adventure tents at the World Food & Music Festival

Support entertainment scheduling and administration for the Cultural Stage and Main Stage at the World Food & Music Festival

Distribute posters and other event marketing materials around the metro to event sponsors and supporters for the World Food & Music Festival as needed

Provide in-office event support for Events team, which includes inventory of event supplies, event production, communication with vendors, organization of internal documents, phone calls and more

Provide on-site event support at Out to Lunch and the Downtown Farmers’ Market, which includes set up and tear down of events, transportation of supplies, on-site vendor communication, volunteer management and more

Support event team by making sure database is updated with current information

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Event planningVendor managementCommunication skillsMicrosoft 365Team playerProblem solvingSelf-motivatedLeadership

Required

Team player with a positive attitude

Excellent written and verbal communications

Ability to problem solve

Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and complete multiple projects in stressful situations

Capacity to work independently and demonstrate initiative

Highly self-motivated

Ability to be the onsite leader, which includes vendor and volunteer management and make educated decisions, including task delegation in a collaborative way

Integrate the organization's business strategies by building positive internal and external relationships

Working towards Bachelor's degree in events, business or project management

Prior experience assisting at events

Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 products, including Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Excel and Word

Written and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated ability to articulate the organization's philosophy and position to a wide range of audiences and to the media

Experience in interacting with the community, Investors and the internal teams