Executive Meeting Manager

About the Role

The Luskin Conference Center (LCC) is a 300,000‑square‑foot, 7‑story property on the UCLA campus, comprising 254 guest rooms, approximately 25,000 square feet of meeting space, a 160‑seat restaurant, a fitness center, and a business center. It serves as an academic meeting and conference destination supporting UCLA's education and research mission, and operates as a no‑tipping environment.

The UCLA Conference & Catering team seeks a dynamic, results‑driven Executive Meeting Manager to drive business growth and cultivate high‑impact partnerships across two premier campus hospitality destinations: the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center and The Inn at UCLA. In this pivotal role, you will identify new business opportunities, secure revenue streams, and serve as the primary point of contact for external vendors and strategic affinity partners. You will work closely with event planners who require 10–30 guest rooms per night along with high‑level meeting and catering services, collaborating with senior‑level corporate, business, and community leaders to design and execute revenue‑generating programs that elevate the prestige and performance of UCLA’s world‑class hospitality venues.

Qualifications

Required:

• 3+ years experience as a Hotel Sales Manager
• Ability to close sales and negotiate high‑dollar‑value financial contracts
• Working knowledge of catering and conferencing business, including menu planning, current trends in food and entertaining, basic room set‑ups and capacities, and audio‑visual equipment
• Analytical skills sufficient to contribute to marketing and sales plans
• Accounting and math skills sufficient to prepare cost estimates, proposals, and billing explanations
• Experience maintaining a high standard of productivity within a broad scope of responsibility despite frequent interruptions; ability to complete a large volume of diverse tasks efficiently, meeting established deadlines
• Highly developed interpersonal communication skills including political acumen and social perceptiveness
• Ability to give clear directives and use independent, rational judgment when making decisions and managing events
• Proficient skill using standard business software (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite) and hospitality sales software (e.g., Delphi)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with diverse populations with competing priorities
• Skill in writing grammatically correct business English, such as conference proposals, memos, and other routine correspondence

Preferred:

• Sufficient knowledge of University accounting forms and procedures to accomplish standard departmental accounting transactions
• Working knowledge of the policies and procedures of Housing & Hospitality operational units, such as the Food & Beverage department

Special Conditions for Employment

• Continued employment is contingent upon completion of a satisfactory background investigation
• A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment
• Candidate(s) must be 18 years or older to be eligible for hire
• Must carry a University cell phone
• Occasional attendance at offsite conferences and meetings
• Evening, weekend, and holiday work as business dictates
• Drive University vehicles, such as electric carts, for meetings, site inspections, etc. (Preferred)
• 5% domestic travel

Schedule

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Pay & Compensation

UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit the UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and the UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.

Benefits

Benefits start on day one; details available via the UC Benefit package link above.

Union/Policy Covered: 99‑Policy Covered