A VIP Coordinator is hired to meet important people who are coming into a city and to make them feel comfortable. The term VIP means “very important person.” The job is in the public relations area but may also spill over into the advertising field. Individuals may be hired by advertising agencies, corporations, public relations agencies, press agents, publicists, television and radio stations, placement specialists, book and magazine publishers, entertainment agencies, or government agencies.
The VIP Coordinator usually meets a variety of different types of people in his or her job. The individual may be responsible for meeting an advertising agency client from a foreign country, a book author, an entertainer, a radio personality, a movie star, or clients from public relations agencies. Depending on the situation, the VIP Coordinator has varied responsibilities. He or she may be responsible for making travel arrangements for people to and from their destination. Once a client arrives in the specific city, the individual meets him or her at the airport or train station. The VIP Coordinator may meet the client with a limousine or may perform the driving tasks.
In some instances the VIP Coordinator is responsible for arranging transportation for the client while he or she is in town. Once again, this might be a limo, a car with a driver, or a rented car. The VIP Coordinator may accompany clients to interviews at radio and television stations, to print publication interviews, to venues where they will be presenting speeches, or to meetings. The individual may also implement VIP public relations programs of press agents, publicists, or placement specialists.
The VIP Coordinator is often responsible for meeting agency clients from foreign countries. After greeting the clients at the airport and taking them to their hotel the individual may be responsible for changing foreign currency into American money or arranging for translators. He or she may also handle arrangements for shopping tours, shows, entertainment, sightseeing tours, and restaurants. The VIP Coordinator is often asked to make special arrangements for spouses and children of clients accompanying them on business trips. The individual may seek out baby-sitters, physicians, and special food. At times the VIP Coordinator must locate and hire secretarial or business services or any other service the client might need during his or her stay.
VIP Coordinators are responsible for arranging for the safety and comfort of their clients. When they are coordinating the visit of a VIP they may be on 24-hour call. If the client has an emergency or requires anything, it is the job of the Coordinator to take care of it. Most VIP Coordinators find this type of job exciting, glamorous, and fun. They often meet and mingle with interesting people from all over the country and the world.
It is almost impossible to estimate annual salaries for VIP Coordinators. Earnings vary depending on the type of arrangement they have. Coordinators may be compensated on a per project, daily, or weekly basis. Fees can range form US Dollars 75 to US Dollars 350 per day or up to US Dollars 1,500 per week or more. Those paid on a per project basis charge fees based on time and responsibilities involved in a project.
There are VIP Coordinators who work part time. Successful VIP Coordinators who work full time may earn US Dollars 75,000 plus per year.
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