Sports Event Manager
Are you ready to take the next, best step in your career?
Would you like to join a team of excited, dedicated, incredibly talented professionals? You’ve found your opportunity - Visit Wichita is looking for a Sports Event Manager to join our expert team!
A little about you…
As our Sports Event Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to become a part of a team with a desire to grow Sports in the city of Wichita. You love sporting events and have a passion to help continue to make Wichita a Sports City. You love putting together the small and large details to make each sporting event a success. You thrive in working with partners on a daily basis and being detail oriented. You enjoy both time in the office working on the computer as well as getting out and meeting with partners, recruiting volunteers and running point on large sporting events. You take pride in your organizational skills and consider that one of your best strengths. You are great at multitasking and can deal with high stress situations during events. You are a team player and have a passion for Wichita. You are goal oriented and have a proven track record of success. And most of all, you LOVE putting on great events.
If you have a passion for sports and enjoy working collectively as a team to bring more sporting events to Wichita, enjoy putting on events and love the city of Wichita, you want to work with us.
A little about us…
Visit Wichita is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing visitors to Wichita. Our mission is to show the world just how great Wichita is, to bring visitors to our city, and ultimately to create jobs and make Wichita an even better place to be. We love what we do, and we are great at it. If you’d like to learn more about us, check us out at visitwichita.com.
If this sounds like the job for you, please send us your resume and cover letter. Be sure to give us the answer to this question as well: who is your favorite fictional character and why?
Role:
The sports event manager is responsible for producing great sporting events and working with internal colleagues and external partners to help grow & strengthen sporting events in Wichita, thereby enhancing the economic development of the City, County, Region and State. Must be willing to work some nights and weekends depending on the sporting event calendar. Role reports directly to the Vice President of Sports Development.
Responsibilities:
- Organize and operate sporting events hosted by Visit Wichita
- Delegate tasks and oversee event-day staff for sporting events
- Creating and overseeing Local Organizing Committees (LOC) for events
- Recruit and train volunteers for sporting events
- Oversee and manage volunteer scheduling software
- Maintain and update events & tasks in our project management software
- Serve as liaison between sports rights holders and partners
- Maintain well-informed, working knowledge of all local facilities, attractions and services
- Complete and submit pre and post-event reports as assigned
- Collaborate with marketing department to ensure a unified and effective promotional effort
- Oversee and manage sports calendar of events
- Help plan other Visit Wichita special events as needed
- Occasional travel to scout future events and attend trade shows
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Vice President of Sports Development
Education and Experience:
- A four-year degree from an accredited college or university preferred
- 5 years’ experience planning and facilitating events, preferably in sports and recruitment of and overseeing volunteers
- Experience being a team player in a work environment
Competencies and Skills:
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Team orientation and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of associates and clients
- Ability to multi-task and work on many different things at once
- Levelheaded and able to remain calm
- Planning skills – ability to set direction, establish priorities and action plans and reconcile multiple/conflicting priorities
- Able to work nights and weekends
- Must possess a valid Kansas driver’s license and an insured vehicle for periodic business use
Job:
Full-time
Schedule:
Monday–Friday, with occasional weekends as events require
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
To apply for this role, send cover letter, resume to careers@visitwichita.com
