Event Manager Position : Job Description
Sky Zone Trampoline Park is seeking a motivated and experienced Event Manager for its location in Durham, North Carolina. You will be a community ambassador to foster relationships and event sales while overseeing all event bookings, event staff, and event operations. You must be a leader who is passionate about sales and the sales process while providing exceptional guest service to "Wow" our guests. We are seeking candidates who are flexible, friendly, and hardworking and also enjoy interacting with both children and adults with a “fun meets fitness” attitude. Your past experience should demonstrate success in sales, creativity, drive and initiative.
This full time position has future internal growth potential.
Qualifications:
- Minimum Experience: Two years of management experience in a related field
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays
- Organizational, follow-up, and multitasking skills are a must
- Previous management experience with young, part time staff
- Ability to develop and market new event ideas
- Outgoing, energetic and friendly personality
- Willing to grow with the organization
- Able to host children's birthday parties
- First Aid and CPR Certification (or willingness to obtain)
- Above all this position requires a “fun meets fitness” spirit that is a dedicated team player as well
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Oversee all event bookings and ensure superior service to our guests with a genuine interest in providing guests with a memorable event / visit to Sky Zone
- Assist in the hiring, training, and scheduling of all event team members (Event assistants, Event hosts) to ensure adequate coverage of events
- Serve as primary contact for all guests booking events, following through with the entire process
- Oversee all paperwork related to the event process including food, party supplies, waivers, payment, and safety education
- Respond to all event inquiries in a proactive and timely manner
- Work with the management team to develop, host and promote special events to bring in new business to the facility
- Drive community relationships and event sales through database management, cold calling, and networking
- Develop and maintain relationships with key influencers (schools, churches, corporations, non-profits, community groups, etc)
- Drive group sales and corporate events
- Open and close the facility as a Manager on Duty
- Perform the functions of event team members when necessary
- Direct responsibility to ensure every guest and associate wears a smile
- Coordinate with all departments on deliverables to ensure a successful event
- Other management duties as assigned