POSITION: SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER
STATUS: Salary + Commission
REPORTS TO: General Manager
We are looking for a competent and skilled Special Events Manager to sell, oversee and execute special events. You’ll ensure events are successful and cost-effective, paying attention to budget and time constraints. An event manager is, above all, a project manager who understands marketing and promotion techniques. We want to see enthusiastic candidates with fresh ideas, organizational skills and a base-level of production knowledge.
Responsibilities:
- Manage all Bellwether special events, tv, commercial and film shoots and other private events as needed.
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- Attend advance meetings/walkthrus with client, vendors, or artists as needed
- Organize all vendors’ schedules and their event needs
- Create an event timeline to share with internal team/ production team
- Create a post-event summary and notes for GM, partners & venue/production team
- Manage all event costs and communicate to client
- Organize communication with General Manager & events staff
- Process all event invoices and organize settlements
- Collaboration in creating and updating all sales collateral for venue
- Manage onsite venue support specific to event needs, communicate changes to schedule or support directly to Venue Management
- Field all venue inquiry emails and provide detail on availability, pricing including sales pitches etc.
- Actively sell and promote event opportunities among great Los Angeles community including but not limited to holiday parties, filming opportunities, industry events, weddings, brand activations, etc.
Skills/ Experience Required:
- Excellent interpersonal skills, highly organized, client presentable, solution based thinking and quick thinking and composure in intense situations
- Motivated to create more efficiency in operational processes, communication, and advance methods
- College Degree and 2-4 years of experience in event management, preferably events of 3k attendance or larger
- Excellent time management in a fast-paced environment. Experience with venue contracting and vendor service buying.
- Excellent knowledge of operational aspects of event production, specifically corporate events
- Ability to work long hours, with various personality types
- Ability to juggle multiple responsibilities with conflicting deadlines
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite and Google Docs. Adobe suite & Vectorworks is a plus
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applications & resumes please email : info@thebellwetherla.com
