Event Manager | Full-Time | Mobile Convention Center

About the role

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the central contact during all phases of event management for clients and contractors of the center and will be tasked with acquiring and disseminating event and venue-related information.
• Receives, assembles, and distributes event information via resumes to the team members to facilitate efficient and satisfactory completion of client requirements.
• Provide leadership and guidance for event personnel.
• Oversees and manages all event-related services provided by the venue to ensure that our clients’ expectations are met.
• Ensure team members and clients are familiar with safety and emergency procedures during events.
• Cook up and coordinate all primary and pre-event meetings with the client team and staff.
• Provide exceptional service to current and future clients to ensure successful events.
• Constant communication with clients in order to plan and organize all event-related logistics.
• Ensure that daily post reports are sent out to team members during load-in, event days, and load-out.
• Prepare post-event settlement in coordination with the finance department in a timely manner.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in Event Management, Hospitality Management, or Business.
• 3-5 years of event management experience or related public relations, hospitality management, business, or industry experience.
• Working knowledge of the principles of facility management, services, and equipment for a similar facility.
• Experience with budget preparation and control.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and customer service skills required.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Problem-solving and communication skills.
• Knowledge of operational characteristics of events.
• Knowledge of crowd management and control techniques.
• Knowledge of fire and public safety regulations.
• Knowledge of A/V equipment and electronic systems in public assembly facilities.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint , MS SharePoint, and MS Outlook).
• Knowledge of Ungerboeck, Social Tables, AutoCAD, Vector, or a related event management and design software program.
• Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) certification is a plus, but not required.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid drivers’ license.