Social Event Designer

Location: Brookfield, WI | Full‑Time

About the Role

As a Social Event Designer at Zilli Hospitality Group, you will be one of the first points of contact for couples, families, or hosts planning weddings and social celebrations. You will guide clients from the initial inquiry through inspiration, proposal, and booking, uncovering their story, priorities, traditions, and style. Working with full culinary, operations, production, and venue teams, you will translate those conversations into personalized event concepts that combine food, beverage, service, venues, rentals, and design into unforgettable experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own a pipeline of weddings and social inquiries.
• Respond to and develop qualified leads from couples, families, hosts, and referral partners.
• Build trusted relationships with prospective clients and lead discovery conversations that uncover each client’s story, priorities, traditions, preferences, and non‑negotiables.
• Translate those conversations into compelling, highly personal event concepts and proposals.
• Recommend menus, beverages, service styles, venues, rentals, room layouts, and design elements that bring the celebration to life.
• Present proposals in a way that helps couples and families understand the experience, value, and investment.
• Manage the pipeline from consultation through venue tours, tastings, proposal revisions, and signed contract.
• Follow up thoughtfully and keep couples and hosts confident, informed, and excited throughout the decision process.
• Consistently contribute to individual and company revenue goals.
• Develop relationships with venues, planners, and industry partners that generate wedding and social‑event referrals.

Requirements

• Sales experience in weddings, social events, catering, hospitality, luxury service, or another relationship‑driven field.
• Proven track record of closing business and confidence discussing budget and investment directly.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple opportunities at different stages simultaneously.
• Creative eye for weddings, tablescapes, menus, beverage, décor, and guest experience, paired with genuine curiosity about each client’s story.
• Warm, polished, and persuasive communication, including consultation, proposal writing, and client presentations.
• Collaborative mindset for working across culinary, operations, production, venue teams, and outside event partners.
• Familiarity with CRM or sales pipeline tools is a plus.

Pay

Earning potential: $60,000–$70,000 base salary plus bonus potential discussed at interview.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• 401(k) with eligibility after one year
• Flexible scheduling
• On‑site meals
• Continuing education support
• Work‑from‑home flexibility
• Real opportunities for career advancement within a growing hospitality group