Event Director - Unlimited Growth Potential

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$85,000 - 120,000 yearly

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Job Description - Event Director - Unlimited Growth Potential

We are searching for a remarkable Event Director to join our collaborative team at Great Performances in New York, NY.
Growing your career as a Full-Time Event Director is an incredible opportunity to develop indispensable skills.
If you are strong in people management, leadership and have the right passion for the job, then apply for the position of Event Director at Great Performances today!

Event Director (Sales Manager) - Job Description

About us:

From innovative menus and striking design to impeccable service and critical attention to detail, at Great Performances, we weave our mission into all we do. This woman-owned business serving New York City for over four decades has evolved from a waitress staffing agency to the leading catering, events, and hospitality companies in the greater New York area. We provide food services in an array of celebrated New York City cultural institutions including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wave Hill, and The Apollo Theater. We are known for full-service catering and events, corporate workplace dining and amenity programs, and large-scale event and festival production. Great Performances is the nation’s first caterer to own and operate an organic farm, Katchkie Farm located in Kinderhook, NY. Progressive from the start, we consistently set the pace for industry best practices.

We are seeking highly motivated and talented individuals to join our team and to support our vision, mission, and values through everything they do. If you share our passion and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to apply.

Our Vision: Building Community to Better Our World

Our Mission: Unleash Joy through Genuine Hospitality

Our Core Values:

Craftsmanship: developing new menus, designs, and moments to deliver engaging experiences to our clients and guests.

People: creating fair access, opportunity, and advancement for everyone. Our employees are our greatest asset.

Sustainability: upholding and elevating standards for sustainable behaviors that support our planet.

Collaboration: aligning with our clients’, colleagues’, and community’s visions to execute a successful experience.

Doing Good through Food: engaging in action around food access, health and wellness, education, and philanthropy.

Job Purpose:

Selling dynamic, off-premise catering events and overseeing their coordination and execution. Present our brand and services to potential clients and maintain returning clients. Collaborate with internal department heads including culinary, design, and marketing. Oversee and collaborate with a Catering Operations Coordinator in the creation of event proposals, menus, equipment, and staffing orders.

Requirements:

  • 5-10 years demonstrated success in planning and executing events in responsible positions.
  • Must have a strong sales track record.
  • Keeping up with industry trends is a must.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the know how to engage clients and network to source new business.
  • Knowledge of style and design principles and their application is desirable.
  • The successful candidate will have a sophisticated presence, and a keen eye for detail.
  • Must be passionate, enthusiastic, creative, love food, and love working with people.
  • Must be a team player.
  • Most importantly we are interested in candidates who are hungry for developing more business opportunities, understand the art of the sale and of hospitality and possess the quality or disposition of receiving and treating clients and guests in a warm, friendly, generous way.
  • Bachelor's degree is required.
  • Prior managerial experience is preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $85,000 - $120,000/year + Commission

Benefits: PTO, 401K, Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, Transit, and FSA (Flexible Spending Account)

Great Performances is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Must be able to provide valid documentation that you are legally eligible to work in the United States.


Benefits of working as a Event Director in New York, NY:


● Company offers great benefits
● Room for Advancement
● Competitive salary
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