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About the Role
Corning Incorporated is seeking an Event Planning Specialist to support a world-renowned technical community that is shaping the future of technology. This role requires discretion, composure, and polish, working alongside scientists, leaders, and guests. It is ideal for someone organized, dependable, and energized by variety, with the poise to adapt in the moment.
Responsibilities
- Plan and coordinate logistics for customer visits, technology reviews, poster sessions, conferences, and symposiums
- Build itineraries, agendas, and timelines tailored to the host and the objective of each visit
- Manage schedules, rooms, and details across multiple events and attendees
- Partner with culinary, media services, security, facilities, operations, and communications teams to deliver each event
- Balance competing requests from multiple stakeholders with a solutions-oriented approach
- Support university collaborations, high school visits, and Sullivan Park-sponsored events
- Work independently with guidance from the Events Manager, adapting in real time and taking on more complex visits over time
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Relevant experience in event coordination, hospitality, administration, or a similar coordination-focused role
- Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple events and deadlines
- Clear written and verbal communication with all levels of the organization
- Sound judgment, composure under pressure, and discretion with confidential information
- Openness to feedback
- Flexibility to support occasional early, evening, or weekend events
- Associate's or bachelor's degree combined with hands-on experience in events, hospitality, or administration (internships, campus leadership, and volunteer event work count)
- Experience building agendas and timelines for multi-stakeholder events
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Familiarity with the Sullivan Park campus including the engineering extension at Erwin Technology Center and the Corning Museum of Glass
- This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Skills
- Event coordination
- Hospitality
- Administration
- Coordination
- Organization
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Judgment
- Composure
- Discretion
- Flexibility
- Microsoft Office proficiency
Location
- Sullivan Park, Corning, NY
Work Type
- Onsite
- Monday-Friday
- 40-hour week
- Flexibility as needed
- Occasional early mornings, evenings, or weekends
Experience Level
- Entry level
- Mid level
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Associate's degree
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $64,020.00 - $88,028.00
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses
- Long-term incentives
- 100% company-paid pension benefit
- Matching contributions to 401(k) savings plan
- Medical, dental, vision
- Paid parental leave
- Family building support
- Fitness
- Company-paid life insurance
- Disability
- Disease management programs
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Recognition program
About the Company
- Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science.
- Technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- Accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets.
- Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives.
- Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected.
- Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light.
- Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences.
- Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation.
- Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions.
Equal Opportunity
- Prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
- Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.
- Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment.
- To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.