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Wedding planning is sold on taste and bought on control. Studio owners and couples want weddings delivered a year, typical budget range, guest counts and your vendor bench - plus evidence you kept a day running when the rain plan had to be called at noon.

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Simone Delacroix

Wedding Planner

Charleston, SC • simone.delacroix@example.com • +1 555 018 2299 • linkedin.com/in/simone-delacroix

Summary

Wedding planner delivering 28 full-service weddings a year at budgets of $45,000 to $180,000 and guest counts of 60 to 320, with a vendor bench of 90+ suppliers across the Lowcountry and a 100% on-time ceremony start record.

Experience

Lead Wedding PlannerMarsh and Magnolia Events Apr 2021 - Present

Plan and deliver 28 full-service weddings a year at budgets from $45,000 to $180,000 and guest counts from 60 to 320
Manage 12 to 18 vendors per event, negotiating contracts, deposits and load-in windows against the venue schedule
Build and hold the master budget for each couple, closing 24 of 28 weddings last year at or under the agreed figure
Run the wedding day from vendor arrival to send-off, including a marquee weather call that moved 240 guests indoors in 40 minutes
Grew the studio from referral-only to 40% of enquiries from venue partner recommendations

Events AssistantBattery Point Venue Group Aug 2018 - Mar 2021

Supported 60+ weddings and private events a year across two waterfront venues, handling floor plans, timings and vendor check-in
Coordinated banquet, bar and AV teams on event day and produced post-event billing packs

Skills

Full-service wedding planningBudget building and trackingVendor sourcing and contractingTimeline and run-of-show productionFloor plans and seatingVenue liaison and load-in schedulingRain plan and contingency managementDesign concept and styling directionClient communication and expectation settingAisle Planner and HoneyBook

Education

Bachelor of Arts, CommunicationsAshley River College 2014 - 2018

Certifications

Association of Bridal Consultants Accredited Bridal Consultant
ILEA Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP)
First Aid and CPR (American Red Cross)
Aisle Planner and HoneyBook platform training

What a manager checks first

Weddings a year, budget band, guest counts and vendor relationships.

What recruiters screen for

✓Weddings delivered a year and typical budget band, which place you in a market tier immediately
✓Guest counts and vendor numbers managed, since a 300-guest wedding is a different operation to a 60-guest one
✓Budget control - whether your couples finished on the number they agreed
✓Venue relationships, because referrals from venues are how most planning studios fill a calendar

Keywords for this role

wedding plannerfull-service weddingswedding budget managementvendor coordinationrun of showvenue liaisonguest counttimeline managementcontingency planningreferral pipeline

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How hiring works in this role

Studio owners hire on portfolio and temperament, and they check both. Expect a working interview or a weekend assisting on a live wedding, because how you behave at hour eleven with a late vendor is the actual test. Most planners start as assistants or coordinators for a studio or venue rather than by opening their own. If you are building from nothing, day-of coordination work and venue-side event roles produce the evidence a studio will take seriously.

What a manager checks first

The first pass happens fast, often standing up between services. A manager is looking for the shifts you can cover and the volume you are used to, because those are what decide whether you solve this week's problem. A resume that hides either loses to a weaker one that states them plainly.

Volume, speed and money

Use the numbers the industry runs on: covers per service, rooms per shift, average check, transactions per hour, sales per hour, food cost percentage. If you upsold, trained new staff, held a section alone on a busy night or cut waste, those are the lines that get read. Length of service in one venue is itself an achievement here, where turnover is high.

The top of the page: availability and volume

Availability is a hiring criterion in this industry, not an administrative detail, so state it near the top along with any food safety or alcohol service certification you hold. Two lines of summary is plenty: the service style you work in, and the volume you are used to.

Mistakes that cost wedding planner candidates interviews

Leading with aesthetics and never stating volume, budgets or guest counts
Listing weddings as a portfolio without the operational detail - vendors managed, budget held, timeline run
Omitting the day-of problems you solved, which is the part a studio owner is genuinely testing for

Where this role can take you

Assistant to coordinator, then lead planner, and on to owning a studio or moving into venue or destination event management. A named vendor bench and venue referrals are the assets that make an independent business work.

Before you hand it over

Many of these applications are handed over in person or filled in on a tablet in the venue, so keep the resume to one page and easy to skim in thirty seconds. Where the employer uses an online system, check the file parses cleanly with our free ATS checker.

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What should a wedding planner resume include?

Availability and any food safety or alcohol service certification near the top, a two-line summary naming your service style and the volume you are used to, experience bullets using covers, rooms, checks or transactions, then training you have given and length of service. One page.

How does hiring for wedding planner roles actually work?

Hiring moves quickly here and is often settled in a short conversation or a trial shift rather than from the page. The resume earns the conversation, so it has to be readable in half a minute, on a phone, by someone in the middle of service.

Do certifications help for a wedding planner role?

There is no licensing requirement for wedding planning. Several bodies award voluntary credentials - the Association of Bridal Consultants runs a graded consultant programme, and the International Live Events Association awards the Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) for wider events work. None is a prerequisite. Business insurance, a solid contract and, where you sell travel elements, state seller-of-travel registration matter more than any certificate.

What do hiring managers look at first on a wedding planner resume?

Your availability and the volume you are used to. Managers hire for the shifts they cannot cover, so a resume that makes availability obvious in the first few lines gets a call ahead of a stronger one that buries it.

Where does a wedding planner career usually go next?

Progression runs from the floor to a section or a shift, then to supervision and management, and it happens faster here than in most industries. Length of service in one venue and training new starters are the two things that make the case for you.

How long should this resume be?

One page. Employers in this field read quickly and often on a phone, and a second page rarely gets opened. Cut old short-term roles before you cut certifications or equipment experience.

Can I use this example as a template?

Use the structure and the way each achievement is phrased, but write your own content. The names and employers here are fictional, and a resume describing work you did not do will not survive an interview.

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