Events & Marketing Assistant, IDE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · HybridFull-time$32–38.5/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Events & Marketing Assistant supports event planning and coordination for the MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy. The role assists with invitations, speakers, vendors, event logistics, and program budgets, and coordinates and edits print, digital, and social media content. It also provides information about event and room-use policies and supports scheduling procedures.
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Full job description
Events & Marketing Assistant, IDE
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Job Number: 26199
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Functional Area: Event Planning
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Department: MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Econ
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School Area: Sloan School of Management
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Pay Range Minimum: $32.00
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Pay Range Maximum: $38.50
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Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
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Employment Category: Non-Exempt
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Visa Sponsorship Available: No
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Schedule:
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Pay Grade: 6
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Posting Description
EVENTS & MARKETING ASSISTANT, IDE, MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Econ (IDE), assists with the planning and coordinating of high-profile events, developing invitation lists with input from others, sending invitations, confirming attendees, arranging speakers, ordering refreshments, and performing other administrative or analytic tasks to support the events; serves as an information resource for policies surrounding events and/or room use. Checks for space availability on desired date, explains scheduling procedures, and ensures that application forms are complete and accurate at the time of submission; assists faculty and staff across School(s)/Area(s) or DLCI(s) and works with vendors to arrange for hotel rooms, event venues, audiovisual equipment, lighting, decor, catering, cleaning, moving services, transportation, parking, security; supports budget management for programs, tracking and forecasting expenses to ensure efficient allocation of resources; coordinates the production of print and electronic content including social media for the MIT IDE; checks and formats communications/marketing materials and collaterals.; makes edits and template changes in print and digital materials.
The full job description is available, here: https://web.mit.edu/sloan-hr/jobs/MITIDEEventsandMarketingAssistant.pdf
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: High school diploma or equivalent; a minimum five years of administrative or events support experience; strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously; strong interpersonal, problem-solving, and collaboration skills; meticulous attention to detail and commitment to high-quality work; ability to work in person at MIT Sloan at least 2-3 days per week, with the opportunity for remote work on certain days. PREFERRED: Bachelor's degree in a related field.
10/30/2026
How this job compares
Set against the 6,675 open Marketing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$32–38.5/hr
- Massachusetts median$22–29/hr53 hourly ranges
- US median$22–26/hr1,111 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $35.25/hr, is 33% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the top quarter of Marketing hourly ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 204 open Marketing jobs in Massachusetts and 6,675 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Marketing postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,113 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,404 of the 6,675 open Marketing jobs (36%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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