Responsibilities

• EXPERIENCES / Responsible for planning and executing event and experiential marketing programs.
• Be the main on-site point of contact for any outside vendor, host city personnel, or sanctioning body representative
• Oversee, manage and assist in executing all on-site activities
• Ensure that the on-site staff meet all event execution expectations
• Responsible for maintenance and security of all on-site activation equipment & assets
• Set daily schedules and assignments as necessary
• Serve as a direct liaison between the Regional Director and the on-site staff
• Oversee and verify all temporary staff hours
Ensure the fans and attendees that come into our footprint have a positive and engaging experience while on-site
• Other related duties as reasonably assigned

Requirements

• A passion for and expertise in sports, specifically soccer, entertainment, and/or pop culture
• 4-5+ years’ worth of previous tour management experience
• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills; fluency in multiple languages is a plus
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Capacity to become knowledgeable about our client’s industry, brand and product offerings
• Confident in training and managing on-site staff in each market, applying brand guidelines and operational procedures provided by the Octagon team
• Ability to lead, manage and diffuse customer concerns on-site in collaboration with Octagon team
• Willingness to travel consecutive days, for weeks at a time
• Strong ability to work as part of a team, demonstrate initiative and solve problems effectively and independently
• Must either live or have housing in specified host cities
• Full availability to support all or a majority of the event days (mid-May to mid-July)
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 50% of the time
• Flexibility and willingness to travel domestically and work weekends or holidays as needed. Anticipated travel level: Moderate (25-40%)