Manager, Retail Experience & Place Activation

Responsibilities

• Execute approved asset-level strategies, campaigns, and initiatives.
• Support execution of the annual plan and approved budget.
• Manage local calendars to ensure alignment with campaign timing and on-site readiness.
• Coordinate on-site execution of creative, digital, and traditional channels in partnership with Central Marketing and external vendors.
• Plan and execute events, activations, seasonal programming, and grand openings.
• Coordinate vendors, logistics, timelines, permits, and on-site operations to ensure polished execution.
• Partner with property management team members and tenants to deliver experiential moments that drive traffic and sales.
• Support execution across retail, mixed-use, and destination programming, including evenings and weekends as required.
• Deliver customer-facing experiences, activations, and communications that enhance the customer journey and reinforce destination positioning.
• Serve as a visible on-site presence during key moments, fostering hospitality and community.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree events, marketing, hospitality, public relations, business administration, or related field from an accredited institution.
• Four or more years of experience in event planning required, ideally exposure to retail marketing and activation.
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a self-starter, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimum supervision.
• Proficiency with budget creation and management
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with Canva, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and/or InDesign, a plus.
• Proficiency with all forms of digital communication and social media platforms.
• Above-average ability to organize, manage time, understand and set priorities, and multi-task while maintaining deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and time management skills, consistent attention to detail, and the ability to deal effectively with people at all levels.