Event Specialist 633728

About the role

Assist in the development, service, and retention of the Wes Watkins Center Customer Base. Serve as an inbound customer request contact with a focus on selling and marketing the Wes Watkins Center space for customer meetings, conferences, banquets, receptions, weddings, dances, and other functions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary source of information for providing estimate menu costs, preparing event proposals; event planning, development, and execution as well as field general questions, concerns and/or ideas.
• Proactively look for ways to improve profitability while increasing product offerings and providing world-class customer service.
• Provide reliable, accurate, and improvement-oriented frontend and backend data on events.
• Check events for quality presentation, order accuracy, and professionalism.
• Demonstrate punctuality and dependability in work arrival and departure times.
• Effectively manage time in order to see effective follow-through on events and leaving time to generate new bookings.
• Administer to outside vendors the requirements and procedures for kitchen policy, off campus vendor, and food handling requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School/GED (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)
• Two years of work experience
• Post-secondary education may be substituted for experience
• Certifications, Registrations, And/or Licenses: Valid Driver's License - before hire Food Handler's Permit/Serve Safe Certification - after hire

Qualifications

• Computer skills with the ability to learn applicable software programs
• Exceptional communication and interactive skills
• Flexibility to fast-paced environment, needs demands and changes
• Must work well under pressure
• Organizational skills
• Able to lift 50 lbs

Skills, Proficiencies, And/or Knowledge

• Analytical skills