Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $75,000.00 - $90,000.00
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Weekend Shifts
Night Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) savings plan
401(k) matching
Paid Time Off
Job Description
Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. This dynamic company offers an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and maintains an impressive client roster that includes some of the most influential and highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions around the world. Oak View Group excels in creating top-tier environments that support the success of live events across multiple entertainment sectors. Their integrated approach ensures that venues not only meet high standards of operation but also... Show More
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or better from an accredited college or university
- Minimum of five to seven (5-7) years of increasingly responsible sales and events experience for an arena, convention center, sports franchise, hotel or similar public assembly or hospitality facility
- Experience in selling convention or meeting space of a minimum of 100,000 SF
- Ability to work event nights, weekends and holidays
- Knowledge of customer service practices
- Knowledge of crowd control
- Strong track record of building relationships and generating new business
- Excellent organizational, leadership, and customer service skills
- Enthusiastic and positive thinker
- Strong PC skills with knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and database management software
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or better from an accredited college or university with major course works in Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field
- Minimum of five to seven (5-7) years of increasingly responsible sales and events experience for an arena, convention center, sports franchise, hotel or other similar public assembly or hospitality facility, including supervisory responsibility
- Experience in selling convention or meeting space of a minimum of 100,000 SF
- Ability to work event nights, weekends and holidays as required
- Knowledge of customer service practices
- Knowledge of crowd control
- Has a strong track record of building relationships and generating new business
- Excellent organizational skills, leadership skills, customer service skills
- Enthusiastic and positive thinker
- Strong PC and data processing skills
- working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, as well as database management software
Job Duties
- Manage and participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities of all Sales programs and activities
- Oversee sales calendar reporting for all conventions, meeting, tradeshows, and event bookings
- Assist in the development and implementation of sales strategies and marketing plans to effectively promote and sell venue for all targeted markets
- Communicate with the sales leaders of OVG hospitality and other key hospitality partners to understand their sales strategies and needs while communicating venue needs and opportunities
- Supervise, advise, support, guide and direct the facility’s short-term sales team and monitor their performance on an ongoing basis
- Direct, implement, and oversee sales efforts of the sales team including bidding conventions, meetings, tradeshows, and events
- Negotiate contract terms with clients according to adopted policies and subject to AGM/General Manager’s approval
Job Qualifications
Experience
Expert Level (7+ years)
Job Location
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