The Role and What You’ll Do:
Qualifies client requests and program briefs.
Develops profit, sourcing, and negotiation strategy.
Utilizes technology tools for sourcing, tracking sourcing, and contracted volume.
Qualifies vendor responses, proposals, contract process, and Addendums.
Acts as point of contact for vendor destination management (DMC) meeting requests.
Day to Day client management of program planning and deliverables, alongside the Client Services team.
Works closely with Client Services, Creative, Hospitality, and Production dept’s on vendor negotiations, vendor performance, and unique programming ideas as they pertain to Hospitality programs.
Maintains initiative-taking, a positive attitude, and an open line of communication with client and account teams to ensure understanding of deliverable timelines and roles and responsibilities.
Responsible for accurate program forecasting and updating business management system with current financials up until the file is turned over to operations.
Assist the Client Services team in planning site inspection materials.
As needed, arrange brainstorm and creative sessions for destination and programming ideation.
Maintain final electronic files through the process as required by company standard operating procedures.
Prepare and conduct turnover meetings to the assigned Client Services Team.
Develop and maintain excellent and professional working relationships with industry vendors and clients.
Look to develop workflow that will help strengthen the cohesiveness between other departments.
High-level of accuracy and diligence.
Assist with RFPs, RFIs, presentation deliverables, and special projects as assigned.
You Have These:
Knowledge of MICE Industry
Minimum of 3 + years’ experience in planning, sourcing, and designing with a hotel, convention center, DMC, Production Company, or 3rd Party Agency
Strong Computer Skills: Excel, Word and power point
Initiative-taker, motivated, and resourceful team player
How we work:
WME Group is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.
Hiring Rate Minimum:
$67,500 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum salary thresholds)Hiring Rate Maximum:
$90,000 annually160/90 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that encourages applications from qualified, eligible candidates from all backgrounds and life experiences regardless of race, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.