Hire Software Developer for Event Planning
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A senior software developer for event planning
An event is a temporary organisation that has to work perfectly once. Venues, caterers, AV crews, florists, photographers, and transport each hold part of the plan, and the planner holds the rest in email threads and a run-sheet that is out of date the moment it is printed. When a vendor changes a delivery time or a guest count moves, the change has to reach everyone it affects, and email is a poor way to guarantee that.
This engagement builds one planning business's internal system: events, vendors, budgets, and run-sheets for that business alone, not a ticketing platform and not a marketplace of vendors. It holds each event as one record with its vendors, bookings, payments, and timeline, so a change to one part of the plan is visible to everyone working on that event. Public event pages and ticket sales, where they exist, are separate tools that feed it, not the thing being built.
The best first slice is usually the event record and run-sheet, because that is where a missed change does its damage. Book a free discovery call and the fit is tested on one real upcoming event, with its actual vendor list and timeline, rather than on a template event.
What an event planner's own system has to coordinate
- One record per event, start to finish — Each event holds its brief, venue, guest numbers, vendors, budget, and timeline in one place, so a planner covering for a colleague starts from the same plan.
- Vendor bookings with their commitments — Each vendor booking records scope, price, payment stages, delivery times, and contact, so a vendor dispute starts from the booking, not from a thread.
- Run-sheets generated from the record — The day-of timeline is produced from the event's bookings and tasks, so a changed delivery time flows into the run-sheet instead of living in a separate document.
- Budget tracking per event, not per month — Costs, deposits, and final payments are tracked against each event's budget, so profitability is visible per event while there is still time to act.
- Guest and attendee lists linked to the event — Guest counts, dietary needs, and access requirements attach to the event, so catering and venue numbers draw on the same list.
- Task ownership with visible overdue work — Tasks carry owners and due dates per event, and overdue tasks surface on the event view, so nothing depends on one planner remembering it.
Built for the week an event goes live
Event work spikes around the event itself, so the system is built for the week an event goes live: the run-sheet view is the centre, vendor contacts are one tap away, and changes made during the event update the record immediately. Outside event weeks, the same record serves planning and budgeting, but the design priority is the day when twenty people are asking the planner questions at once. The system is also built for handover between planners, because events outlast any one person's availability.
The pilot runs on one real upcoming event, with the old run-sheet kept alongside until the generated version proves itself on the day. The business owns the code, the data, and the hosting, and event histories export in readable form.
From scattered vendor threads to one event record
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Rebuild one past event from its threads
A completed event is reconstructed from emails, run-sheets, and invoices, and every place a change failed to reach someone is noted. That reconstruction sets the scope.
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Define the event, vendor, and budget records
What an event holds, how vendor bookings link to it, and how budget lines attach to bookings are agreed before building.
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Put the event record live for one upcoming event
The record and generated run-sheet go live for a pilot event, and the test is whether the run-sheet on the day matches reality.
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Add budgets, guests, and tasks, then hand over
Budget tracking, guest lists, and task ownership follow once the record is trusted, and handover leaves documented code and data.
What changes when this is done well
When the system works, the planner stops being the only person who knows the whole event. Vendors, budgets, and timelines live in one record, a change propagates to the run-sheet, and a covering planner can step in without a long briefing. The day of the event gets calmer not because events get simpler, but because the plan is in one place that everyone working on it can actually see.
Why hire Omer
- Changes that reach everyone: A vendor time change updates the run-sheet and the event record together, instead of living in one inbox.
- Run-sheets that match reality: The day-of timeline is generated from bookings, so it reflects the plan as it stands, not as it was printed.
- Profitability visible per event: Budget lines attach to events, so a planner sees margin while the event can still be steered.
- Handover without a briefing marathon: A covering planner reads the event record and starts from the same plan, vendors, and tasks.
- Business-owned event history: Code, data, and hosting belong to the business, and past events export as a usable archive.
Questions, answered
Does this sell tickets or manage registrations?
How are vendor changes handled on the day?
Can several planners work on the same event?
What happens to past events?
We already use spreadsheets and they mostly work. Why change?
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